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Seanator Catherine Noone on the Tubridy show this morning.

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  • #52
    yipeeeee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,605 ✭✭✭yipeeeee


    El Guapo! wrote: »
    It was crocodiles actually. Seriously.
    That was a long time ago though. MMA was a totally different animal back then. And that was really only one guys idea and was never gonna happen.

    I'm talking about why the cage came in.

    When it was started lads were getting thrown out and injuring themselves i thought.

    The two lads enter one leaves is a myth i thought.


  • #53
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    El Guapo! wrote: »
    It was crocodiles actually. Seriously.
    That was a long time ago though. MMA was a totally different animal back then. And that was really only one guys idea and was never gonna happen.

    Pfft.. Give me the good old NHB days, least it wasn't full of profiteering shills and bandwagon jumpers back then.


  • #54
    BBJBIG
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 277 ✭✭BBJBIG


    Yeah ! Another Thick !
    I have said it before and I'll say it again : -
    Oireland is run by a bunch of Clowns for a bunch of Clowns ... and always has been ;)


  • #55
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    Cienciano wrote: »
    Fair play to her. Yes she made a mistake calling for it to be banned, she wasn't afraid to admit she made a mistake and changed her mind.
    I suppose it's a good thing she didn't belligerently stick to her guns, but it was more than a mistake though. It was a knee jerk reaction based on a 2nd hand opinion and pure ignorance.
    RDM_83 again wrote: »
    It might look nasty but I don't think the deep damage is as bad as a boxing match, they might end up with more cuts and broken bones (not sure about the second one) but there isn't the same amount of shaking up of the brain which causes the real nasty problems.
    The jury's out on whether boxing gloves do more harm than good. Boxer are basically wearing cushioned weights on their hands and while the force is spread across a wider load meaning there are less cuts but that weight and force still gets transferred into the guys brain.

    UFC fighters can get knocked out pretty easily and with much less force. The small gloves mean with an accurate punch to the right part of the head you can floor anybody instantly, without doing any major damage because you're causing an sensory overload as much as anything.


  • #56
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,186 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Reply from minister of sport:

    Dear Catherine,
    I'll just forget about this letter so lol??


  • #57
    yipeeeee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,605 ✭✭✭yipeeeee


    ScumLord wrote: »
    I suppose it's a good thing she didn't belligerently stick to her guns, but it was more than a mistake though. It was a knee jerk reaction based on a 2nd hand opinion and pure ignorance.

    The jury's out on whether boxing gloves do more harm than good. Boxer are basically wearing cushioned weights on their hands and while the force is spread across a wider load meaning there are less cuts but that weight and force still gets transferred into the guys brain.

    UFC fighters can get knocked out pretty easily and with much less force. The small gloves mean with an accurate punch to the right part of the head you can floor anybody instantly, without doing any major damage because you're causing an sensory overload as much as anything.
    Don't forget when you get knocked out in boxing they do a count to ten then send you back out.

    In ufc if you get knocked out or floored it's over and that's it.


  • #58
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,186 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    yipeeeee wrote: »
    Don't forget when you get knocked out in boxing they do a count to ten then send you back out.

    In ufc if you get knocked out or floored it's over and that's it.
    reminds me of watson eubank.....all watson had to do was survive the last round to win, he took a life threatening beating in round 11 and had to be assisted back out for the 12th


  • #59
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    yipeeeee wrote: »
    Don't forget when you get knocked out in boxing they do a count to ten then send you back out.

    In ufc if you get knocked out or floored it's over and that's it.
    Yeah, the referees in UFC seem to have much more power and are very much focused on the well being of the fighter. They are very quick to stop a fight and will call it even if a guy is still conscious but not putting up a fight. That's part of the chess like quality to UFC, there are a number of ways to end a fight including just preventing your opponent from fighting back.


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