Originally posted by Judo-kid
What do you mean, The rules in Ufc there arnt many one no poking the eyes out. two no head butting and no -breaking the neck or so forth so what are you saying Just admit it MAs arnt built to fight people who train in all the loop wholes and are super rounded fighters. I have never seen one MA guy besides Diffrent styles of Kickboxing and jujitsu judo etc, not many arts can meet the challengs of UFC . And what do you mean disable the target, You can still kick punch armbar legbar chock out pritty much 90% street fight 10 % rules,
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I'm REALLY tired of this silly argument. UFC is NOT real fighting -- it is a simulation, a 1-on-1, no weapons, wrestling bout with some punches and kicks thrown in. Sparring is NOT real fighting -- boxing is NOT real fighting -- the list goes on. All of these things are attempts to SAFELY MIMIC a real fight.
REAL fighting is what a soldier does when he loses his weapon and three guys come at him with bayonets. It is what happened on Iwo Jima and Wake Island and a million other places. There is no "winner" in a real fight, only a survivor.
If some jackass wanting to deck you is your idea of a street fight, then the UFC is for you. If a multi-person drunken brawl is you idea of a street fight, good for you. We all train for that sort of thing....
But what rules are there when someone draws a gun or knife on you? What rules are there when four guys kick in your door to rob you after you answer it? In these confrontations (what I consider "real fights"), there is only one rule: Be the survivor.
UFC fighters are GREAT at UFC fighting; go figure. MAists are GREAT at martial arts. But put a fencing guy in a kendo match, and the kendo guys will clean his clock. Put a UFC guy in the middle of a WWI trench charge, and I bet he lasts all of 3 seconds.
You're entitled to your opinion, but I'd like to say that I hope it changes with time. And I hope it doesn't take someone stabbing a knife into your ribcage when you get someone in the mount position to change it.
Tad