Comments on: A Third Fatality for Modern Mixed Martial Arts http://martialhistory.com/2007/12/a-third-fatality-for-modern-mixed-martial-arts/ Articles, Reprints, Reviews, and Other Martial Arts Miscellanea Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:58:02 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Eric Frey http://martialhistory.com/2007/12/a-third-fatality-for-modern-mixed-martial-arts/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Eric Frey Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:16:13 +0000 http://martialhistory.com/2007/12/15/a-third-fatality-for-modern-mixed-martial-arts/#comment-42 It's sad when fighters die in the ring. I hope this doesn't bring about the the demise of the MMA sport. But, the deaths do serve a grim purpose. To point out to young martial artists who may be just starting and thinking about MMA competition, that it's not like in the movies where you get hit twenty times in a row and are fine if you just shake it off. The deaths may also keep out the weekend warriors who are not physically prepared and are just jumping in for a laugh, or because of some fantasy they have going on in their head. It’s sad when fighters die in the ring. I hope this doesn’t bring about the the demise of the MMA sport.

But, the deaths do serve a grim purpose. To point out to young martial artists who may be just starting and thinking about MMA competition, that it’s not like in the movies where you get hit twenty times in a row and are fine if you just shake it off.

The deaths may also keep out the weekend warriors who are not physically prepared and are just jumping in for a laugh, or because of some fantasy they have going on in their head.

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