Whenever Olympic Games are held, some new sports are often introduced in them. For example, cricket will be introduced in the 2028 Olympic Games to be held in Los Angeles, USA, while a sport called break dancing made its debut in the Paris Olympics. Now there is a discussion on including a very dangerous looking sport in the Olympics. In fact, Dana White, CEO of mixed martial arts company UFC, has proposed to bring MMA to the Olympics.
Let us tell you that recently the question was raised as to why MMA is not included in the Olympic Games. 3 fighting sports in the form of wrestling, boxing and judo are already included in the Olympics and citing these three sports, the issue of including MMA has also been raised. Now UFC CEO Dana White has also come out in support of it.
Dana White said: I think it should have been included in the Olympics by now. This is not my job and neither am I pressuring anyone to include MMA in the Olympics. I just believe that whoever has talked about bringing MMA to the Olympics, I support him. I also want to make it clear that viewership remains a problem for the IOC and we can bring more viewers to them.
Will MMA not be effective in Olympics?
A combat sports analyst says that even if MMA is included in the Olympics, it will not last long. Actually, it takes a lot of time for the athlete to recover after a mixed martial arts fight. Boxing, wrestling and judo matches can be held in an interval of about 2 weeks, but due to the short recovery time, MMA will hardly be able to survive in the Olympics.
What is MMA?
You must have heard about martial arts, but martial arts also have many different techniques. Kalaripayattu is popular in India, while many sports including Judo, Boxing and Wushu are considered different forms of martial arts. All these were combined to form a sport called Mixed Martial Arts, which is called MMA in English. Talking about UFC, in the mixed martial arts fight held here, both fighters usually get drenched in blood and are hell-bent on killing each other.
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