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 admin writes, "Backyard Parasites
submitted by Ron Dayley and Kathryn Norbeck"
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There has been a lot of noise lately about backyard fighting. As many of you may know mixed martial arts (MMA) is currently illegal in TN. However, schools such as SSF Submission Academy, Nashville Mixed Martial Arts, Nemesis and many other academies throughout the state have been working hard to legalize the sport. MMA is a combination of wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, and Western Boxing. And, one of the fastest growing sports in the nation as witnessed by the exponential growth of events such as the UFC, Bodog, IFL and King of the Cage. It can be found on TV on numerous channels just about any night of the week. Yet, there are large groups of people out there who call themselves fans who hurt the growth of the sport everyday by participating in or watching backyard fights. Lets be clear about what backyard fighting is; a group of a school kids and/or adults with no MMA training.
Every time people throw backyard fights it hurts the efforts at legalization. Parents find out about it and complain to their state representatives or call the local police. Not to mention that someone could with little to no training fight if he or she chooses to and risk serious injury. Anyone can do a quick search on YouTube and find numerous videos of backyard fighting; many of them ending in serious injury. They are unsanctioned, unregulated, and have no medical support for the participants (typically children, under the age of 18) on hand. The types of people that organize these kinds of events are parasites who care not about the fighters but rather about being the center of attention as the “matchmaker.”
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Posted on Feb 15, 2008 18:14pm.
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