From the Other Side of the Screen #2: The Rise of MMA and the Fall of the Sport of Boxing

April 1, 2011 by ChrisG No Comments

But what really accounts for the rise in MMA popularity? Certainly it’s not because of the clothes associated with it or how many movie stars the sport spawns. Personally, I think it has to do with the sport’s inherent violence. People like the subversive and when MMA came out to the public, there was some serious backlash…

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Weighing In on Weight Cutting

November 29, 2010 by Shana Hamid No Comments

Routine to combat sports, a significant custom in mixed martial arts is overt weight cutting by dehydration and starvation to make weight class before a fight. Though most athletes, coaches, commentators and fans agree that weight-cutting is a necessary skill, the procedure of cutting drastic percentages of weight in a matter of days, hours even, [...]

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