MMA in the Olympics

[mizzou]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_y...lug=mmajunkie-Dana_White_Olympic_MMA_progress

omfg, I would ACTUALLY watch the olympic for once and be excited


USA! USA! USA!

 

[RavenSEAL]

There is no way we're gonna beat the Soviets...

 

[slayer202]

doubt thats gonna happen

 

[Fingolfin269]

That would be awesome.

 

[bfdd]

Well MMA is much closer to the combat sports in the original Olympics, Pankration. It would be more like bringing back an old sport than introducing a new one. As a big MMA fan I'm all for it.

 

[QueBert]

There is no way we're gonna beat the Soviets...

we would STOMP every other country. Brock > the world

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Can't see it happening. If it did the IOC would dumb it down so much that it wouldn't be recognizable as MMA. I could imagine the participants wearing headgear; knee, elbow, and foot pads; and gloves the size of blimps.

 

[Woosta]

we would STOMP every other country. Brock > the world

+triangle defense

 

[sourceninja]

The olympics would ruin MMA. It ruined boxing and it ruined judo.

Rules would be put in place to "make it more exciting" like in judo where you have a stand up ever 5 seconds. I love MMA would I would hate to see it in the olympics.

If you are going to do it, give it a different name.

 

[DrPizza]

Most of the other countries would be like "fuck that barbaric 'sport.' We're a bit more civilized than that. Stupid yanks."

It'll never be in the Olympics.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Most of the other countries would be like "fuck that barbaric 'sport.' We're a bit more civilized than that. Stupid yanks."

It'll never be in the Olympics.

While I agree that it will never be an Olympic sport, I don't get the uncivilized bit. MMA is popular in quite a few first world countries, including the U.S., Brazil, Australia, U.K., Japan, Russia, and probably a bunch of others. I don't see the "civilized" world looking down it. And if they do look down on us, we'll just kick their ass.:sneaky:

 

[ivan2]

wrestling is already in olympics. that's all i see in MMA, 90% of time those 2 guys are on the ground.