All it does is disfigures people and I cannot fathom how bad the cte can be not using gloves. Im all for people being allowed to do what they want but I also feel sometimes we should prevent them from causing long term harm. I have been a licensed judge for mma in several states and countries and have worked on Athletic Commissions so I am not just a random guy who doesn’t know what goes on behind the scenes at events.
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If you want to feel better about it, watch slap fight.
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I thought 4 ounce gloves only protected the hands and didn’t have any appreciable effect on the damage a strike would cause re: knocking the brain around in the skull.
Cuts? Broken fingers? sure, but CTE? I’m skeptical.
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Settle down John McCain
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I tell the what fam, I’d rather have a cool scar than talk like James toney
So am I. The cushioning from gloves is bad and the more cushioning, the worse it is. Gloves were invented to protect the hands as old-time bareknuckle fighters’ hands would get smashed to pieces but it also leads to the person being able to receive more shots without getting KOed.
Personally, I don’t like watching it. It is just not my thing. I don’t like seeing people getting their faces and hands destroyed.
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Less CTE. Bare knuckle fighters generally train to hit the head fast and the body hard. Otherwise things on the hand break
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I like kano, he’s a good egg.
Apparently the reason that old-time bareknuckle guys posed with their fists aimed upwards was because they punched like that as it was less likely to lead to broken hands than punching straight or downwards.
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That’s how we should still fight
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Bare knuckle’s been better than UFC lately. I wish it had early UFC rules though. I’m trying to see kicks and spinning shit too.
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Watch king of the streets. Bare knuckle MMA on concrete
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I don’t like the concrete part of it. Seems unnecessary.
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Nothing like being ko’d and then getting a skull fracture when hitting the floor
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Doesn’t happen
Y’all pussies
Spinning shit is good. It allows you to win a decision in a fight you clearly lost.
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This
Wouldn’t gloves add force to the punches, creating more damage? I don’t think bare knuckle is any more dangerous in the CTE department than MMA, in fact it may be less dangerous. Just bloody and brutal looking.
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