Media "I might be dead right now"

[Jorge Luis Borges]

But it lacks some elements that sport should have. Just few on top of my head.
- There is no clear ranking system, biggest issue, sport must be fair with strict rules
- Activities outside of the octagon matter, trash talk, popularity, etc.. (that is not part of sport)
- not equal opportunities and treatment for every competitor.
- Different rules for champion vs regular fight.
- ambiguous fight dates, cancellations, fighting interval not the same for everyone etc..
- no equal rewards for winning, private pays, not transparent, etc..

Some of these are problematic, since it is combat, but still, needs to be more fair.

Yeah, some of those are good things and some are odd preferences that you have, but none of them at all are important in terms of defining what is and what isn't a sport.

You might wish you had a manual instead of an automatic or wish that your car's sound system was better than it is, but it would still be a car.

 

[NenadRS]

Yeah, true - it is sport, but not as fair as most other sports.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

I like that idea. Like the ref having a buzzer or something and having a doctor ringside to buzz him. I could see that being problematic, but as an emergency it would be helpful.

Yea at some point there would be a mistake made by the other person and people would be pissed. But nothing is worse than if someone gets seriously harmed because of this nonsense. And personally I think if you’re locked deep in a choke and it’s gets stopped “early,” oh well.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Yeah, true - it is sport, but not as fair as most other sports.

It depends what you mean. One baseball team can spend ten times what another spends. College teams have to worry about what the selection committees think about their conference. Golfers who aren’t from the U.S. have to fly across the world and fight jet lag for most of the biggest tournaments.

Sports, and life, aren’t fair in general.

But the only purpose of sports is our entertainment so who really cares?

 

[NenadRS]

It is not only entertainment, especially if you play it, you want it to be as fair as possible. And even if you only watch it, you want to know whose the best on equal playing field.

 

[SBC]

That was some terrible reffing. He could've gotten brain damage and his arm ruined as well. He needs to be reprimanded ASAP. How could you not tell he was out. It is weird just on a count of how fast that happened, but still...Yikes!

 

[Ares Black]

i want Frank Colazzo to ref the Izzy Poatan rematch. that way when izzy is knocked unconscious and continues to get hit for 1-2 minutes no one can argue its too early of stoppage

 

[BoxerMaurits]

You were right OP @Crazy Librarian … you might be dead right now

 

[Ares Black]

You were right OP @Crazy Librarian … you might be dead right now