Ben Rothwell says bare knuckle fighting safer than MMA. Agree or disagree?

[don't ask]

I definitely know about the elbow trick. That's some oldschool 52 blocks type shit. Romero actually broke Whittaker's hand in their 2nd fight with that.

hahaha I remember when 52 Blocks was all the rage online! I can't deny that it's probably the easiest way for an untrained person to protect themselves in a fight.

 

[spinup]

More glove also means more of the damage is under the skin, I believe, whereas bare knuckle means your skin is eating and absorbing the damage from the difference in pounds per square inch. So that allows some of the 'give' or reaction to the action. So the damage is more visceral, but slightly more superficial.

To describe head damage, I like to compare it to a china vase (the brain) inside a wooden box (the skull and face).

Hit the box with a hammer, you will dent or crack the box but the vase inside will be fine.

Hit the box with a big pillow (hard enough that the box is pushed away or tipped over), the box will be intact but you will break the vase.

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

bout the same

 

[Slapjit]

idk yaar mma dangal there is lot of other position not just standing bang like barefist

there is hug position on cage, hug on ground, back hug, north south...etc...


IMHO slap dangal much safer haanji there is no brain-shot in training this where all the damage is stacking only 3 - 5 thappad during competition also

 

[Thy]

depends on who ur fighting and who's ur ref.

 

[Bork Neslar]

Maybe, especially if you fight people much smaller than you...

 

[50koruny]

BKFC is not very safe, and here is why:

"If a fighter gets knocked down, he will have 10 seconds to return to his feet, or the referee will stop the fight."

As far as i know, there is no limit to how many times this can happen during a fight.
And it is definitely not healthy.
It is the main cause of most deaths in boxing.

 

[Streeter]

Accumulation does the damage thats why boxing is the worst and why Ferg and Justin are gonna be vegetables by 50.

 

[Uber_Noober]

It’s safer for Ben, but not his opponents

 

[Harlekin]

At heavyweight it could be safer than boxing. Due to taking way less punches.
Also less injuries than mma probably, also in training.
Because it's not as heavy on the body without kicking, wrestling and grappling.

Otherwise, no ish

 

[El Fernas]

Probably, more important, when is he fighting Leonardo Perdomo guy? 9-0 in BKFC, 9 Round 1 KO´s...

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Few reasons it is, few reasons it isn't.

MMA allowing people to go to the ground and hunt the finish at all times means the damage overall you take is less than the prolonged beating of a fight that pauses for a few seconds with each knockdown to give you time to recover and return to getting beat

Now, he's right in that the stronger weapons like kicks, knees, and elbows being taken out saves him some grace, but the chances to save yourself from damage with submissions being part of the attack also being taken away is worse.

Target area is also part of the conversation. MMA fighters tend to head hunt when they strike. But they're allowed a wider range of targets. So that's more case by case basis.

People forget that gloves exist to reduce damage to your hands, not the other person's head/body. Because they exist, you are free to punch harder with them on. And it's added mass to the force.

However, the flip side of that is that most fighters are really stupid, and not having hands protection isn't preventing them from winging their punches at 100%. The flip flip side is, if that results in them breaking their hand, then they're doing less damage again.

More glove also means more of the damage is under the skin, I believe, whereas bare knuckle means your skin is eating and absorbing the damage from the difference in pounds per square inch. So that allows some of the 'give' or reaction to the action. So the damage is more visceral, but slightly more superficial.


*I've tried to review this post a few times for grammar cuz im really a bit out of it right now and noticing mistakes each time, but I don't know if I can catch em all right now, so good night and good luck reading it

Dude it's actually an excellent post with a lot of good points, I'm not sure I can add much more to it, other than I will never do bare knuckle or MMA cause they're both pretty fuckin dangerous haha