Can someone explain the obsession w/Ronda Rousey

Then your opinion makes sense to me even though I disagree with it.

 

Fair enough. We agree to disagree.

Can we get back to talking about how Rousey is a 4 now

 

Given there's less violence in your typical MMA fight than there is during a weekend at Greg Hardy's house, I'll just ignore all the comments here that MMA isn't a sport. Thanks.

 

I feel the same about boxing as I do about MMA. If I want to see nimrods smack each other around, I will hang out in bar parking lots for free.

Not a huge fan of real wrestling, because it bores me, but at least it is about pinning someone, not hurting them or knocking them out.

 

One of my favorite MMA writers once referred to MMA and boxing as "sports without the metaphor." I thought that was a very interesting way to phrase it and it really stuck with me. (He may have been quoting another writer, don't remember.)

In most traditional sports, the competitors are using their athletic ability to best an opponent by way of some mechanic like touchdowns, runs, times or distances. Those are the "metaphors." In combat sports, the metaphor is stripped away and you only have competitors using athletic ability to best each other. That leaves a very brutal result that isn't appealing to the vast majority.

I'm never going to begrudge anyone who thinks that metaphor is essential to sport, that without it the sport is gone and all that is left is barbarism. Having trained and competed in a couple of combat sports, I've experienced the nuance and skill they require, which trump so many other sports. I'm obviously a fan. But I acknowledge that to the untrained eye, it can look like a mess that seems no different than a drunken bar fight.

 

It would be awesome. Starman and DocQuaint would be able to write more posts about the shenanigans behind youth MMA. The Pandas will leave the basketball court for the Octagon.

 

I want a hubcap involved in that scenario.

 

Patrick will be allowed to stomp and throw a helmet.

 

There also needs to be a requirement for being scantily clad, and mandatory wardrobe malfunctions.

 

Only if you want to be wrong. The goal in MMA and boxing is to injure your opponent, to hurt him or her so badly that he or she cannot continue. Violence is certainly part of football, but it is not the primary goal.