Why not supplemental oxygen?

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This is a thought that pops in my head from time to time. The NFL uses this. The amount of money that goes into sport science in the NFL is second to to maybe only soccer. These guys are looking for every possible advantage for their athletes. Why does the UFC not do this.
How many times have you seen a warrior go out to die on his/her shield after a break because they could not recover in time. Its pointless damage IMO.

It sucks as a hardcore fan that wants to see technical battles instead of fighters getting hittinh a wall and stalling.

The only response I have ever seen against it is it "looks bad". I do not care what it looks like. I care about results. Is there a medical reason to not give MMA athletes supplemental oxygen in 2020?
 
I thought this was gonna be something they were working into that covid relief bill
 
I'm for it. The UFC should do everything it can to prevent these big fat HWs from being TKOed by cardiac arrest like DaDa was.

Greg Hardyesque in his cardio, Joe.
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Thank you for this gif and reminder. While not a UFC fight this is probably the most egregious example of what can happen to a fighter that gets sent into the danger zone that im talking about. It displays exactly the situation im tired of seeing and repeating itself.
 
Mandatory inhalers in between rounds
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Never mandatory. Just an option. And if a guy does legit have asthma and is cleared to fight under the athletic commission why not a medicinal inhaler? Id rather that than someone dying or getting seriously hurt?
 
Oxygen, covid, or a relief bill?


Non of it. We are doing ok where Im at. Air is good and breathable. With travel restrictions there were not many forest fires.

Not many Covid cases where im at. Small town living and everyone took good precautions to prevent it.

Dont even get me started what we paid for it haha
 
Mandatory inhalers in between rounds
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Hardy has asthma, and thought he was allowed to use it?

The guy who was the benefactor of this NC got into the UFC by eye gouging his opponent on the contender series and is no longer in the UFC because he is in prison.

Hardy haters still bitching lol.
 
Agreed, sure, why not. PEDs too. Why should these guys not benefit from technology.


Is breathing purer oxygen an advantage as great as hormones tho? At times i agree, let them roid. But then its also fllowes by the thought, why should an athlete take something that will hurt their health to such a degree"?

Does supplemental oxygen meet the standards of a traditional " PED". My example is the NFL. They outright ban hormones because as I said they know athlete health. But they give supplemental oxygen!

I say you are 100% wrong. They do not compare.
 
Never mandatory. Just an option. And if a guy does legit have asthma and is cleared to fight under the athletic commission why not a medicinal inhaler? Id rather that than someone dying or getting seriously hurt?
Because performance enhancing drugs aren't allowed and shouldn't be allowed? You should compete naturally, just like guys with low testosterone do. And if you're so unhealthy that you can't compete naturally, then you shouldn't compete.
 
Because performance enhancing drugs aren't allowed and shouldn't be allowed? You should compete naturally, just like guys with low testosterone do. And if you're so unhealthy that you can't compete naturally, then you shouldn't compete.


But then should we ban water in between rounds? Leave it to the fighters "natural" ability to recover? I see water and ice therapy and massage therapy and drugs in between rounds. Is adrenaline to stop bleeding not using drugs in your opinion? We already do these things. Why not extra O2? Its not like it destroys the athletes health in sny way.
 
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