JustinLogan.com: Don't Tell Hillary Clinton and John McCain

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July 28, 2005

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Don't Tell Hillary Clinton and John McCain

So I see that the New York Times saw fit to demonize the resurgence of mixed martial arts events in the United States by writing an advocacy piece portraying it as "human cockfighting."

Now, of course, they didn't see fit to point out that no sanctioned mixed martial arts event has ever ended in death, the same of which can't be said about boxing. They didn't point out that the top mixed martial arts athletes in this country are remarkably educated and intelligent. They didn't discuss the thorough training that the athletes and referees go through; they didn't discuss the fact that mixed martial arts has long been a top-competing sport in places like Brazil and Japan; they didn't point out that the top mixed martial arts event in America has strived to, and finally achieved sanctioning in Nevada and New Jersey by, in fact, drawing up a thorough, clear set of rules to demonstrate that "no holds barred" isn't an accurate description. No, they decided to portray it as a bunch of rednecks climbing into a cage and trying to murder each other.

For a much fairer take on mixed martial arts and the last unsophisticated, ignorant jihad against it, see this piece by Slate's David Plotz.

All I can do is hope that once the congressional hearings take place (I mean, we've already done steroids and may still do some on sex in video games), they'll let some of the fighters speak for themselves. Preferably somebody like Rich Franklin or Matt Hughes as opposed to, say, Tito Ortiz.

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