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evalistinho
09-09-2009, 10:28 PM
Its been talked about for while with sports struggling in the olympics and being cut from future olympics, MMA is taken into consideration.

Would you like to see it as an Olympic event? Is it to hard to do? Or would you rather it stay the way it is? How would it be if done?
ufoalf
09-09-2009, 10:36 PM
I think Olympics MMA should look like Combat Sambo. It will be easier to pass, very few injuries and you can do tournament brackets like in boxing. I would totally support that.

If it was anything like professional MMA it would be a disaster, impossible to pass through the comish, fighters won't last past one fight, and plenty of injuries.
cross_trainer
09-09-2009, 10:40 PM
I think Olympics MMA should look like Combat Sambo. It will be easier to pass, very few injuries and you can do tournament brackets like in boxing. I would totally support that.

If it was anything like professional MMA it would be a disaster, impossible to pass through the comish, fighters won't last past one fight, and plenty of injuries.

What about the version of Pankration that the people were trying out in the 2004 Olympics? No head contact, but everything else (including knees to the body) permitted.

One interesting side effect of this would be to reduce the amount of concussion-based wear and tear--leaving MMA athletes able to compete at a top level for a longer period of time after their amateur career is over and avoid Liddell Syndrome for a while longer.
jimmie
09-09-2009, 10:48 PM
Id rather it not TBH. Boxing,Judo,Freestyle and Greco Roman Wrestling are in the Olympics the only thing id suggest they do is add in JiuJitsu but we have the Mundials and Abu Dhabi for that so it doesnt bother me.
evalistinho
09-09-2009, 10:49 PM
Id rather it not TBH. Boxing,Judo,Freestyle and Greco Roman Wrestling are in the Olympics the only thing id suggest they do is add in JiuJitsu but we have the Mundials and Abu Dhabi for that so it doesnt bother me.

Thats what i was thinking put BJJ in the olympics. MMA would get to complicated.
ufoalf
09-09-2009, 10:50 PM
What about the version of Pankration that the people were trying out in the 2004 Olympics? No head contact, but everything else (including knees to the body) permitted.

One interesting side effect of this would be to reduce the amount of concussion-based wear and tear--leaving MMA athletes able to compete at a top level for a longer period of time after their amateur career is over and avoid Liddell Syndrome for a while longer.

In my opinion there MUST be head strikes standing up. There's no 2 ways about it for this to be a legit attempt at MMA in the Olympics.
Maybe take out the knees to the face and face strikes on the ground(Rings style).
I think head gear(which will be a must in the Olympics for this to pass) will take care of the Liddell Syndrome.

What's your take on this?
Dave_j1985
09-10-2009, 01:17 AM
Thats what i was thinking put BJJ in the olympics. MMA would get to complicated.

BJJ and Judo were very similair styles until sport judo was watered down for the olympics to be more spectator friendly. This is why BJJ will never be an olympic sport and truth be told I'm glad.

Like Jimmie mentioned ealier they already have greco roman, boxing, judo etc. Also MMA doesn't really have an amatuer system set out yet like boxing which would make it near impossible.
Polymath
09-10-2009, 01:37 AM
Nah.
scurlaruntings
09-10-2009, 05:27 AM
The IOC wouldnt sanction it. They barely sanction boxing let alone MMA. And no i wouldnt want to see it in the Olympics. I prefer to see the individual styles. Thats what keeps the MA pure.
amhlilhaus
09-10-2009, 06:19 AM
The IOC wouldnt sanction it. They barely sanction boxing let alone MMA. And no i wouldnt want to see it in the Olympics. I prefer to see the individual styles. Thats what keeps the MA pure.


I agree.
thejokerswild
09-10-2009, 06:39 AM
The answer for me, NO.

I see MMA mostly as combatitive competition that exploits the discliplines of serious Martial Arts for the purpose of glorified violence.

Boxing, Judo, Taekwondo, Wrestling are all technical trades with completely non violent intentions, whereas MMA itself is not a technical trade, simply just a cage where anything goes.

I do believe MMA is turning into something though, something amazing will(is) come out of this idea.
achillesthegreat
09-10-2009, 07:09 AM
Too many possible injuries.

Make sure they are wearing headgear, bigger gloves, shin pads etc Basically what MMA use to spar. Then I think it is doable.
cross_trainer
09-10-2009, 10:13 AM
In my opinion there MUST be head strikes standing up. There's no 2 ways about it for this to be a legit attempt at MMA in the Olympics.
Maybe take out the knees to the face and face strikes on the ground(Rings style).
I think head gear(which will be a must in the Olympics for this to pass) will take care of the Liddell Syndrome.

What's your take on this?

Hard to say. Personally, I'd prefer more or less regular MMA rules, but I don't think that it would pass. As many on here mention, it would be difficult to get full face-contact-and-all MMA sanctioned. They require a LOT of padding in Olympic boxing gloves; far too much to allow solid grappling.

MAYBE if you had awkward 8 oz. grappling gloves plus shin pads plus headgear, you'd be able to get a version approved which permitted punches, kicks, and grappling (but no knees, elbows, or strikes on the ground). That would be the closest to "real" MMA that I could see them allowing--and it would work well enough, I suppose. Perhaps you could get knee strikes to the body approved if you allowed 'em to wear some sort of torso protectors. It would look ridiculous, but it might give the overly cautious Olympic committees (and audiences) the impression that the sport was "safe".
achillesthegreat
09-10-2009, 12:07 PM
Other combat sports in the O's aren't really dangerous and Amateur boxing and Pro boxing are two different ball games. MMA needs to find it's softer side.
ufoalf
09-10-2009, 01:21 PM
It would look ridiculous, but it might give the overly cautious Olympic committees (and audiences) the impression that the sport was "safe".

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It could work...
cross_trainer
09-10-2009, 02:29 PM
:think

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It could work...

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wentz
09-10-2009, 03:58 PM
Sure, just modify sambo a bit.

It may help the sport and its fans grow up a bit. We have to get people out of this UFWWE thing.
IntentionalButt
09-10-2009, 04:28 PM
Add a poll.

Some form of integrated combat discipline, yes. Full-contact MMA as it exists in the professional ranks, eh - don't know how realistic a goal that is.
cross_trainer
09-10-2009, 04:47 PM
Here's a challenge for all of you:

Look around on the internet for the MOST SUITABLE set of rules for amateur MMA that would be most likely to garner acceptance from the Olympic officials.

(And post it, of course).
ufoalf
09-10-2009, 07:40 PM
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I still think it's the best. It's been tested in and out. These rules work, perhaps change the point system. The video looks very "Olympic" if you will.

This get my vote :).

Pro's can't compete. This is an amateur event, much like boxing" eventng, and the likes of Fedor, A.Silva, GSP etc. can't compete.