Originally posted by SifuAbel
People are begining to treat MMA as a style unto itself. It just sounds cooler to call it MMA. Its kickboxing(some good but mostly bad kickboxing) and brand X wresting or jj.
As time goes on its becoming less and less about fighting and more about the new MMA, More Massive Anabolics.
It does attact the teenage fringe. As we can tell here every summer. Sex is a big seller to the 16- 23 demographic. It tells them , "hey, be like us and you get all these chicks". They don't tell them that their pee pee's shrink with every dose or that thery are going to mutilate their bodies for absolutley nothing.
Why is it not a style? CMA mix snake and crane and call it wing chun. they mix ape and crane and call it hop gar. But, when you mix muay thai and grappling, it can't be it's own style?
as for mutilation, the avg kickboxer suffers no more damage than the avg boxer. with sport fighting, especially where grappling is involved, there is higher risk for knee injury, but that risk is common among most sports. As popular as MMA has become, there are still many misunderstandings/misconceptions.
As for fads, the next will be either san shou or shuai chiao.
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