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`lag

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I'm going to agree with you


To answer people below, boxing used to be bare knuckles and there was some attempt with gloves and no hitting below the belt and all that to make it safer so some UFC sneaks in and tests the limits. So yeah, UFC got in, got no pushback because it's sorta on the edges of the sporting world and basically back to bare knuckles fighting an hitting below the belt. They just simply got away with it because no one has complained yet.

I think Teddy Roosevelt got involved with safety for football players and we're sorta going through another layer now with concussion protocol so at least it's been been through a couple safety spin cycles.

[Post edited by `lag at 05/14/2020 6:29PM]

(In response to this post by DaveVT)

Posted: 05/14/2020 at 6:21PM



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