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mojo mixed martial arts or MMA has
pretty much dominated every other
martial art when it comes to popularity
and entertainment value I respect that I
love when guys are that passionate and
wanted that bad so I’m happy for him
welcome to watchmojo.com ting down the
five most interesting facts that you
probably didn’t know about MMA and
impress me impress me with how
interesting you are it’s big game number
five UFC originally had no rules or
weight classes multi-million dollar
adventures never get this big without
reforms and governmental pressure during
the early 90s UFC proudly branded
themselves as having no rules aside from
a ban on biting and eye gouging it
didn’t even have weight divisions until
UFC 12 as a side note if you’ve ever
wondered why weight divisions are
important here’s the mountain from Game
of Thrones play fighting with
featherweight champion Conor McGregor
anyhow as the sport became more
mainstream it faced political pressure
to be less brutally violent most notably
from Senator John McCain they have
changed dramatically but wouldn’t what
it was at the beginning was human
cockfighting bit by bit
UFC abandoned its extreme angle in favor
of making itself a legitimate sport even
though they succeeded in that regard
some martial artists are not fans of the
MMA style Jackie Chan for one thinks
it’s too violent and nothing like a
martial art he says martial arts are
about respect not about hitting a guy
when he’s down if somebody gets in your
face it calls you a cocksucker I want
you to be nice okay number four the
first official MMA death in North
America was Sam Vasquez obviously it’s a
very it’s a rough it’s a contact sport
there’s no question about it we’ve never
had that though so while as far as we
know no fighter has ever died as a
result of a UFC fight the record for
other organizations is not so spotless
on October 20th 2007 35 year old Sam
Vasquez was up against 21-year old Vince
Lombardi during
renegades extreme fighting event the
fight ended in a third round when
Vasquez was knocked out
Vasquez started to have a seizure after
the fight and suffered a stroke while in
the hospital sadly on November 30th 2007
after being comatose for three weeks
Vasquez died it was officially ruled as
the first death in a sanctioned MMA
fight in North America but with a
handful of others occurring since then
that sadly wouldn’t be the last
Michael Kirkham had his first
professional MMA fight at a local show
in South Carolina Kirkham was knocked
out only 41 seconds into the match and
never regained consciousness
number three Georges st. Pierre was the
richest MMA fighter I’m very glad you
won that fight mat but I’m not impressed
by your performance every so often we
get new fighters in the spotlight but
the biggest name in the UFC might be GSB
whose estimated net worth today is 25
million US dollars in 2013 it was
estimated that he made nine million
dollars on fights and another three
million from endorsements with st.
Pierre mostly retired today Ronda Rousey
is the highest paid athlete in UFC
according to Forbes these days Rousey is
earning six point five million dollars
per year inside and outside of the UFC
naturally only the elite performers are
in the elite salaries the average salary
of a professional MMA fighter is about
$34,000 a year so if you’re not the top
fighter
you better start moonlighting there’s no
jobs for manager it’s just for counter
good I’m looking for the least possible
amount of responsibility number two MMA
fights are still banned in New York
[Applause]
there have been some legendary UFC
fights but the most epic UFC versus the
state of New York in the late 90s almost
every state banned so-called extreme
fighting but the UFC rallied and today
almost every state has officially
sanctioned it ever since New York state
banned MMA in 1997 the UFC has
consistently tried to appeal the law in
the US Court of Appeals New York
politicians argue that MMA is dangerous
and fosters a culture of violence
according the UFC bigwig Dana White
there’s some political intrigue at play
apparently some of the UFC co-owners run
some non-union casinos which enrages the
keulen air union whose parent
organization is based in New York State
the union’s alleges white are the ones
putting pressure on politicians to keep
UFC out of New York so it’s basically a
fight within a fight for a fight to take
place at Madison Square Garden any
optimism that this is gonna happen
anytime soon you know I’ve been
optimistic about it for a long time so I
don’t know how much more optimistic I
can be number one MMA is bloodier but
less dangerous so while New York
demonizes MMA it’s home to three teams
in the concussion plagued NFL mixed
martial arts fights might show cuts
blood bruises and sometimes even broken
bones but multiple studies have found
that MMA is generally safer first
athletes than other more common sports
ringside positions in the
to make sure that that fighters a okay
and give you order get out of that ring
and continue out in 2006 John Hopkins
University found that MMA fighters
suffered fewer risks of traumatic brain
injuries compared to boxing and a 2015
study from the University of Alberta
came to the same conclusion think about
it in boxing a fighter can get knocked
down but still get back up and keep
fighting and most blows are aimed at the
head in MMA once a fighter is unable to
defend themselves the ref stops the
fight and there’s less need for attacks
to the head
bottom line MMA looks more damaging
on-screen than it actually is I’m still
not getting in the cage with Ronda
Rousey though once you pass that then
that elbow so what do you think about
mixed martial arts should more places
ban it no I’m afraid I’m gonna have to
know a little bit more than that for
more no-holds-barred top 10s and massive
head injury top fives be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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mojo mixed martial arts or MMA has
pretty much dominated every other
martial art when it comes to popularity
and entertainment value I respect that I
love when guys are that passionate and
wanted that bad so I’m happy for him
welcome to watchmojo.com ting down the
five most interesting facts that you
probably didn’t know about MMA and
impress me impress me with how
interesting you are it’s big game number
five UFC originally had no rules or
weight classes multi-million dollar
adventures never get this big without
reforms and governmental pressure during
the early 90s UFC proudly branded
themselves as having no rules aside from
a ban on biting and eye gouging it
didn’t even have weight divisions until
UFC 12 as a side note if you’ve ever
wondered why weight divisions are
important here’s the mountain from Game
of Thrones play fighting with
featherweight champion Conor McGregor
anyhow as the sport became more
mainstream it faced political pressure
to be less brutally violent most notably
from Senator John McCain they have
changed dramatically but wouldn’t what
it was at the beginning was human
cockfighting bit by bit
UFC abandoned its extreme angle in favor
of making itself a legitimate sport even
though they succeeded in that regard
some martial artists are not fans of the
MMA style Jackie Chan for one thinks
it’s too violent and nothing like a
martial art he says martial arts are
about respect not about hitting a guy
when he’s down if somebody gets in your
face it calls you a cocksucker I want
you to be nice okay number four the
first official MMA death in North
America was Sam Vasquez obviously it’s a
very it’s a rough it’s a contact sport
there’s no question about it we’ve never
had that though so while as far as we
know no fighter has ever died as a
result of a UFC fight the record for
other organizations is not so spotless
on October 20th 2007 35 year old Sam
Vasquez was up against 21-year old Vince
Lombardi during
renegades extreme fighting event the
fight ended in a third round when
Vasquez was knocked out
Vasquez started to have a seizure after
the fight and suffered a stroke while in
the hospital sadly on November 30th 2007
after being comatose for three weeks
Vasquez died it was officially ruled as
the first death in a sanctioned MMA
fight in North America but with a
handful of others occurring since then
that sadly wouldn’t be the last
Michael Kirkham had his first
professional MMA fight at a local show
in South Carolina Kirkham was knocked
out only 41 seconds into the match and
never regained consciousness
number three Georges st. Pierre was the
richest MMA fighter I’m very glad you
won that fight mat but I’m not impressed
by your performance every so often we
get new fighters in the spotlight but
the biggest name in the UFC might be GSB
whose estimated net worth today is 25
million US dollars in 2013 it was
estimated that he made nine million
dollars on fights and another three
million from endorsements with st.
Pierre mostly retired today Ronda Rousey
is the highest paid athlete in UFC
according to Forbes these days Rousey is
earning six point five million dollars
per year inside and outside of the UFC
naturally only the elite performers are
in the elite salaries the average salary
of a professional MMA fighter is about
$34,000 a year so if you’re not the top
fighter
you better start moonlighting there’s no
jobs for manager it’s just for counter
good I’m looking for the least possible
amount of responsibility number two MMA
fights are still banned in New York
[Applause]
there have been some legendary UFC
fights but the most epic UFC versus the
state of New York in the late 90s almost
every state banned so-called extreme
fighting but the UFC rallied and today
almost every state has officially
sanctioned it ever since New York state
banned MMA in 1997 the UFC has
consistently tried to appeal the law in
the US Court of Appeals New York
politicians argue that MMA is dangerous
and fosters a culture of violence
according the UFC bigwig Dana White
there’s some political intrigue at play
apparently some of the UFC co-owners run
some non-union casinos which enrages the
keulen air union whose parent
organization is based in New York State
the union’s alleges white are the ones
putting pressure on politicians to keep
UFC out of New York so it’s basically a
fight within a fight for a fight to take
place at Madison Square Garden any
optimism that this is gonna happen
anytime soon you know I’ve been
optimistic about it for a long time so I
don’t know how much more optimistic I
can be number one MMA is bloodier but
less dangerous so while New York
demonizes MMA it’s home to three teams
in the concussion plagued NFL mixed
martial arts fights might show cuts
blood bruises and sometimes even broken
bones but multiple studies have found
that MMA is generally safer first
athletes than other more common sports
ringside positions in the
to make sure that that fighters a okay
and give you order get out of that ring
and continue out in 2006 John Hopkins
University found that MMA fighters
suffered fewer risks of traumatic brain
injuries compared to boxing and a 2015
study from the University of Alberta
came to the same conclusion think about
it in boxing a fighter can get knocked
down but still get back up and keep
fighting and most blows are aimed at the
head in MMA once a fighter is unable to
defend themselves the ref stops the
fight and there’s less need for attacks
to the head
bottom line MMA looks more damaging
on-screen than it actually is I’m still
not getting in the cage with Ronda
Rousey though once you pass that then
that elbow so what do you think about
mixed martial arts should more places
ban it no I’m afraid I’m gonna have to
know a little bit more than that for
more no-holds-barred top 10s and massive
head injury top fives be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
[Applause]
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