Back in the old days Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) competitions were a free for all. They had next to no rules in the fights other than you couldn't hit in the groin area or gouge the eyes out. While this was good to prove what style of martial arts was the toughest, it also prevented it from being on TV. It also made people think of it as human cockfighting instead of it being a sport.
If you closely watch the fights you will start to see that it is in fact a sport and a beautiful martial art when down correctly. The fighters that are fighting, train around the clock to improve their skills. They are not bar brawlers or someone who will get into street fights(although it has been known to happen).
Many people think that they can fight because they are tough or because they get into a lot of bar fights. However, they would quickly get hurt in a MMA fight because a MMA fight is not a street fight. Most street fights are over in 30 seconds, where as, the championship fights in the UFC last for as long as 25 minutes. Most non championship fights have a time limit of 15 minutes. This is something that you can't do just walking in off the street. You will have to train to have good enough cardio to last that long.
It is also not a street fight because it has rules to ensure the safety of the fighters. In a street fight, generally people will want to harm you and are not above using chairs or what every they can find to hurt you. Self defense classes teach that if you are in a street fight, then you want to do the most amount of damage in the quickest amount of time. This is to make sure that you get out of there alive.
What people don't see is that these fighters not only train all the time, but it is their job. Their very lively hood depends on how well they can fight. If they go around fighting everyone in a bar or on the street, then that is a very good way for them to lose their job and they don't want to lose their job. They also have nothing to prove to other people. They know that they can hurt others with their bodies so they make sure they never fight outside of the cage. MMA is anything but human cockfighting.
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