Would you allow your children to become a MMA fighter?

[Grijswaarde]

Just out of curiosity: would you?

When i grew up (born in 1981) there was not that much info about brain damage in combat sports and i kinda grew up with: the more you get hit the more you can endure. The mentality at basically all fight camps was: learn how to endure pain and deal with discomfort. Being able to take punishment was something you could train by taking punishment during training. It was just the way it worked over here.. but i guess it was the same in the US (at least with wrestling and NFL).

Now... 2018... we know EVERY hit to the head will cause brain damage in some sort of way. We know a knockout can seriously impede you for the rest of your life. We know a beating like JDS took from Cain WILL fuck you up for life. Damaged brain cells cannot be repaired, you will suffer the consequences.

With that in mind, would/do you allow your children to became an MMA fighter?

 

[MysticGOD]

He can do whatever the fuck he wants, because no matter what happens, he'll still be my boy

However, Id teach him trash talk, thats more important skill than having black belt in jiu jitsu these days

 

[joeyjoejoe]

Like my future kids would listen lol.

 

[SpiderCrawl]

No chance, have 2 and one on the way. It’s a shitty life.

 

[Grijswaarde]

Like my future kids would listen lol.

Fair enough (coming from a father of two)

 

[all caps]

Absolutely not.

MMA is for bottom feeding retards.

 

[Bubblun]

If they are old enough, they could do whatever they want.

I would be very opposed to full contact striking before 18.

 

[PrideJitZoo]

Kids? 99% of Sherdoggers are forever basement dwelling virgin neckbeards.

 

[Fishmonger]

Yes, all my children.

 

[MysticGOD]

Kids? 99% of Sherdoggers are forever basement dwelling virgin neckbeards.

I thought they were 6'4 200 lbs ripped, fucking 10s every day
Or am i missing something here?

 

[Nigol]

Hell no.

 

[TheLastEmperorReurns]

I'd strongly discourage it even though I have a lot of respect for MMA fighters.

 

[Grijswaarde]

I'd strongly discourage it even though I have a lot of respect for MMA fighters.

Agreed. It might even make MMA more interesting since i know what is at stake.... but i would die watching my children taking a huge beating or bad KO pfff...

 

[SpiderCrawl]

I'd strongly discourage it even though I have a lot of respect for MMA fighters.

Couldn’t agree more.

 

[franquito]

"Hell no I dont want my kids to fight. When Im done fighting I want everyone to be done fighting ... MMA is where bad things happen to good people... You get to know youre opponent and find out hes got a wife and kids and then you try to fuck this guy up as much as possible... And at the end of all this some young kid comes in and takes your name. So you come into the game getting fucked up and you leave the game getting fucked up.

-eddie alvarez

 

[Bogeyman]

I would only allow them to become Mirko Crocop.

 

[Grijswaarde]

"Hell no I dont want my kids to fight. When Im done fighting I want everyone to be done fighting ... MMA is where bad things happen to good people... You get to know youre opponent and find out hes got a wife and kids and then you try to fuck this guy up as much as possible... And at the end of all this some young kid comes in and takes your name. So you come into the game getting fucked up and you leave the game getting fucked up.

-eddie alvarez

Goddamn that is a strong quote... because it's true.

 

[theTKDguy]

"Hell no I dont want my kids to fight. When Im done fighting I want everyone to be done fighting ... MMA is where bad things happen to good people... You get to know youre opponent and find out hes got a wife and kids and then you try to fuck this guy up as much as possible... And at the end of all this some young kid comes in and takes your name. So you come into the game getting fucked up and you leave the game getting fucked up.

-eddie alvarez

"Hell no I dont want my kids to fight. When Im done fighting I want everyone to be done fighting ... MMA is where bad things happen to good people... You get to know youre opponent and find out hes got a wife and kids and then you try to fuck this guy up as much as possible... And at the end of all this some young kid comes in and takes your name. So you come into the game getting fucked up and you leave the game getting fucked up."- Kenny Florian

 

[Flokk]

I'd set up a backyard bare knuckle fight ring for them. Combat builds character and I could make some cash. Win-win.

 

[all caps]

The only people that are going to beat my kids are my husband and I.