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Originally Posted by Agamemnon

To each his own. I'm sure you've an interest or hobby someone else would be puzzled or disgusted by, different strokes for different folks.

I assume boxing is equally grotesque? As well as all other applied martial arts? Under what circumstances would human combat not be 'organized bar brawling'? Is a bare-knuckled brawling in hockey more acceptable, and if so, why?

Boxing requires intelligence, skill, dexterity, and tactics some of the best athletes of all time and the best sporting moments ever time have come from boxing its an art

While MMA is just two guys who throw some punches until they get tried so the dry hump on the floor, why not throw in a grizzly bear vs. a mountain lion? It would be same barbaric behavior

And fighting in hockey is justified in my mind because it’s a part of a bigger purpose in terms of the sport and plays a big role

I recall when they had a sole hockey fight competition a couple of year ago, that would be just as ridiculous as MMA