Ultimate Fighting: Stereotypes And Misconceptions

Mixed Martial Arts is the fastest growing sport in the world. Mixed Martial Arts (or MMA) is a combat sport that combines every and any fighting technique in a bout. To look closer at this sport as a discourse community, we will break down the sport into 5 different categories. We will take a look at the goals and values of MMA, the typical fighting styles or genres of MMA, the general rules of MMA, tasks and roles of each MMA community, and the targeted audience of MMA.

Millions of people worldwide take part as spectators to the sport of prize fighting: better known as boxing. In a 1962 essay entitled “Who Killed Benny Paret?” the author, Norman Cousins, writes about the dangers that come with the sport of boxing. He especially talks about a match that resulted in the death of a boxer named Benny Paret. Cousins argues that boxing is just a show of violence and that boxers put themselves in the ring just for the simple purpose of entertaining a crowd. Even though investigations reflect the role of the referee, Paret’s manager, and the doctor’s examinations as the main cause of Paret’s death, Cousins blames Paret’s death on the people that attends boxing matches to see a man get hurt or knockout because he

The UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship, belongs to the mixed martial arts industry. It is actually the largest MMA promotion company in the world. Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport. It allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques. There are numerous types of mixed martial arts including boxing, wrestling, kickboxing, karate, and taekwondo.

Utilitarianism is the ethical theory which states what is morally good and helps the greatest number of people. A utilitarian could defend the UFC by pointing out the fact that other sports also celebrate hatred and injury, but are not deemed to be immoral. They could also state that many other sports come with risks that may cause injury and brain damage. Another point that could be mentioned is that sports are a form of entertainment that contributes to the greater good of all people. The UFC fighters might willingly take these risks, but the people watching these fights aren’t going to be harmed. If anything, they will be entertained and enjoy the fight that brings so many people together.

* Even though MMA might be a very physical and bloody sport that shouldn’t keep you from wanting to watch it and be a part of it.

Boxing - a violent cage fight, or a crowd pleasing sport? Boxing is a high intensified sport that can be seen as helping the fighter in life or permanently damaging the fighters future. Many say that boxing is one of the safest sports; however, boxing can leave permanent brain damage from constant punches to the skull. The sport boxing is for managers to earn money while their fighter is in the ring fighting against another human until one gives up, or gets knocked out. A fight could be the end of one’s career, or even one’s life. Boxing should be banned because the money earned does not trump the risk of death, the mixed messages from fighters in the ring confuse the laws regarding assault, and the constant punches to and athletes head leaves permanent damage.

The MMA sports is getting popular in the recent years for the techniques that involved – the MMA sports comprised of variety of martial arts while boxing uses only punches and hands only to knock out opponent and win on

Unless you've been covering up under a stone for as far back as couple of years or somewhere in the vicinity, you would have seen that on account of rivalries, for example, UFC the consistent development of Mixed Martial Arts.

The Ultimate Fighting Champion, or UFC for short, is the most physical sport in the world. In football, you can’t knee the opponent’s receiver in the nose or hit the quarterback with a spinning back fist. In basketball, you can’t knee LeBron James in the

The UFC organization is influenced by the history and tradition of Vale Tudo, which was lead 80 years ago in The Olympic Games in Athens. Vale Tudo is known as a Brazilian competitive form of MMA. Vale Tudo, which means, “No Rules” has gained popularity in the 20th century as a side event at Brazilian carnivals and festivals that allowed two men to fight against each other in an open space for entertainment. The matches were not known as a sport then

People do get hurt, people can die, so UFC/MMA events certainly aren’t everybody’s cup of tea, but these fighting competitions are popular to bet on. In some countries, these sports are deemed illegal to bet on, but for the vast majority of us, that shouldn’t be a problem. Whilst the UFC and MMA are two entirely

Just like in other sports, when mixed martial arts fighters run afoul of public opinion, it taints their legacy. Whether it’s allegations of improper performance enhancing drug use or legal problems, when the media gets a hold of the story the fighter’s image can be destroyed. Here are situations where MMA fighters have had their legacy severely tainted by scandal, some dragging the reputation of mixed martial arts fighting through mud with them.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, was founded back in 1993 and is the world’s leading professional mixed martial arts, or MMA, organization. The UFC has evolved into an organization where athletes have to learn different disciplines of MMA in order to reach and stay in the UFC. The different forms include karate, jiu-jitsu, boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, and other methods of MMA. Early on the UFC used a tournament style event and it wasn’t until UFC 18 when they abandoned that format for the style still used today were its all single matches and fighters no longer have to worry about multiple fights in one night.

Boxing, also known as pugilism, is a very old and famous type of combat sport which was invented few centuries BC. It is an ever-changing sport which develops into different styles through time and it is regarded as one of the most popular and exciting types of sports nowadays. Some people make it their profession and fight for prizes, and money while some enjoy it as a hobby and a way to be physically active and have a healthy lifestyle. As it is a very entertaining kind of sport and it is part of the Olympic Games, the sport has garnered many fans worldwide. A lot of people prefer watching it and following championships and different athletes.

What defines a sport? What makes a sport “dangerous”? Well, a sport is defined as “An athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature...”(“Sport”). So, a sport requires skill or physical prowess and is often competitive, this means that sports such as soccer, football, baseball, etc are classified as sports. What about the UFC? The UFC or Ultimate Fighting Championship is arguably a sport which has two contestants use mixed martial to have the other person submit or ruled too injured to continue by the referee. This is a multi-million dollar business that has been around since nine-teen ninety-three.. There are many people that support and participate in the so called sport, is this enough to officiate