Comments on: MMA in the Olympics: A novel idea that will never happen http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/ Your Destination for Insider MMA News and Opinion Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:11:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: guy http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-44074 guy Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:07:26 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/#comment-44074 why not setup a huge tournament in each country. everyone is allowed in. single elimination. winner represents the country. get 2 week respits before ur next fight. make a show of it. 4 year tournament to find the best. if any of the pros want to represent their country they got to enter. have the tournament sponsored by rounds. or you could have a test of fitness, to quickly eliminate a lot of the fighter. if 10,000 fighters enter, 1 fight every 2 weeks. you have 10,000 enter and thats only like 13 rounds. so you could even make it a 1 year tournament and 1 fight a month. why not setup a huge tournament in each country. everyone is allowed in. single elimination. winner represents the country. get 2 week respits before ur next fight. make a show of it. 4 year tournament to find the best. if any of the pros want to represent their country they got to enter. have the tournament sponsored by rounds. or you could have a test of fitness, to quickly eliminate a lot of the fighter. if 10,000 fighters enter, 1 fight every 2 weeks. you have 10,000 enter and thats only like 13 rounds. so you could even make it a 1 year tournament and 1 fight a month.

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]]> By: Brandon cohert http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-43971 Brandon cohert Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:54:05 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/#comment-43971 MMA should become an olympic sport and it would be easy to pick the fighters.. they would all come from the UFC theres a reason why they are in the UFC its because they are the best.. fighters from other leagues dont fight in the UFC because they cant perform at the level as the guys who do fight for the UFC and as far as Medals go thats easy also you have a fight bracket with a random drawing at the begining to select who will fight in the first matches and each fighter who whens his fight will move up the bracket and so on until the semi finals which determine the bronze and the finals which determine the gold and silver...the ONLY problem still is the wieght class's you cant have a 225 fight a 155 so that needs to be worked out MMA should become an olympic sport and it would be easy to pick the fighters.. they would all come from the UFC theres a reason why they are in the UFC its because they are the best.. fighters from other leagues dont fight in the UFC because they cant perform at the level as the guys who do fight for the UFC and as far as Medals go thats easy also you have a fight bracket with a random drawing at the begining to select who will fight in the first matches and each fighter who whens his fight will move up the bracket and so on until the semi finals which determine the bronze and the finals which determine the gold and silver…the ONLY problem still is the wieght class’s you cant have a 225 fight a 155 so that needs to be worked out

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]]> By: whiskey http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-43689 whiskey Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:23:38 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/#comment-43689 I’m not being cynical or pessimistic; only a realist. After I give you the reasons why we’ll never see MMA in the Olympics, even eternal optimists will share my point of view. agreed I’m not being cynical or pessimistic; only a realist. After I give you the reasons why we’ll never see MMA in the Olympics, even eternal optimists will share my point of view.

agreed

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]]> By: steak_knife http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-42974 steak_knife Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:48:31 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/#comment-42974 This is an awesome article. I think it needs to be re-posted for the summer games opening this week. This is an awesome article. I think it needs to be re-posted for the summer games opening this week.

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]]> By: Jesse http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-33920 Jesse Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:49:06 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/#comment-33920 BJJ has the Mundials and Pan-Ams, No Gi has ADCC and now the Worlds to name a few. Seems like a logical transition. Plus you would have a lot of MMA fighters that are wrestlers and BJJ players who would compete (because they want a gold medal) who would never think of going back to competitive grappling without this type of incentive. Some of those match ups would be insane and wildly anticipated. Imagine a Drysdale or Raphael Lovato Jr vs a Noguiera? Or how about a BJ Penn vs Aoki in a Gi match? The possibilities are endless and would all be pretty darn cool. BJJ has the Mundials and Pan-Ams, No Gi has ADCC and now the Worlds to name a few. Seems like a logical transition. Plus you would have a lot of MMA fighters that are wrestlers and BJJ players who would compete (because they want a gold medal) who would never think of going back to competitive grappling without this type of incentive. Some of those match ups would be insane and wildly anticipated. Imagine a Drysdale or Raphael Lovato Jr vs a Noguiera? Or how about a BJ Penn vs Aoki in a Gi match? The possibilities are endless and would all be pretty darn cool.

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]]> By: Fire http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-33913 Fire Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:12:20 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/#comment-33913 Great article Sam. I think it's interesting to note that this discussion on MMA as an Olympic sport begins with a woman earning a spot on the U.S. Olympic wrestling team when women's boxing isn't even recognized as an Olympic sport. Possibility in 2012, but no guarantee. Speaking of women and fighters... Sam, I wish your wife the best of luck in the future, keep us posted. Great article Sam. I think it’s interesting to note that this discussion on MMA as an Olympic sport begins with a woman earning a spot on the U.S. Olympic wrestling team when women’s boxing isn’t even recognized as an Olympic sport. Possibility in 2012, but no guarantee. Speaking of women and fighters… Sam, I wish your wife the best of luck in the future, keep us posted.

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]]> By: Primetyme199 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-33907 Primetyme199 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:03:14 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/#comment-33907 Why not use amateurs for MMA in the Olympics like it is with boxers? This way you don't have to worry about the organizations letting their fighters go. Why not use amateurs for MMA in the Olympics like it is with boxers? This way you don’t have to worry about the organizations letting their fighters go.

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]]> By: Adam http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-33854 Adam Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:20:00 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/#comment-33854 I think you are being somewhat shortsighted in this analysis. I agree with pretty much every point you make except: Using an age limit would severely hamper the quality of fights. You stated that most people pick up MMA post high school. That is true right now, will that be true 20 years from now? I don’t know anything about amateur MMA, and your statement about headgear is very surprising to me. I think two fun questions that go along with this topic are: What do you think the chances are of a Collegiate MMA league in the future? What is the current/future state of amateur MMA, is it being used as a legitimate stepping stone to turning pro for young people, or is it more for the casual MMAist? I think you are being somewhat shortsighted in this analysis. I agree with pretty much every point you make except: Using an age limit would severely hamper the quality of fights. You stated that most people pick up MMA post high school. That is true right now, will that be true 20 years from now?

I don’t know anything about amateur MMA, and your statement about headgear is very surprising to me. I think two fun questions that go along with this topic are: What do you think the chances are of a Collegiate MMA league in the future? What is the current/future state of amateur MMA, is it being used as a legitimate stepping stone to turning pro for young people, or is it more for the casual MMAist?

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]]> By: Cooped http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-33849 Cooped Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:11:16 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/#comment-33849 First off, MMA has a long way to go before it can be considered for the Olympics. However, there are a few high schools with MMA teams along with a few colleges putting up a team for competition. That is where it needs to start. Once that has been in place for a while, then you can start looking at International competitions and finally the Olympics. If you want a valid comparison, look at the NHL and Olympic hockey. NHL teams are thrown to the four corners every four years, with teammates competing against each other, and nobody comes back yelling that their NHL team is better than another because it has a gold medalist who scored against their goallie. Adding Brazilian Jiujitsu is a good start. If you look at the history of Judo and TKD, they first became National and then International sports before they were allowed into the Oympics. MMA has not officially reach that status, but BJJ has - It is both a National and International sport. As far as the Brazilians, who do you think they fight against in Brazil? They fight all the time. What they don't like to do is fight memebers of their camps\teams, regardless of nationality. First off, MMA has a long way to go before it can be considered for the Olympics. However, there are a few high schools with MMA teams along with a few colleges putting up a team for competition. That is where it needs to start. Once that has been in place for a while, then you can start looking at International competitions and finally the Olympics.

If you want a valid comparison, look at the NHL and Olympic hockey. NHL teams are thrown to the four corners every four years, with teammates competing against each other, and nobody comes back yelling that their NHL team is better than another because it has a gold medalist who scored against their goallie.

Adding Brazilian Jiujitsu is a good start. If you look at the history of Judo and TKD, they first became National and then International sports before they were allowed into the Oympics. MMA has not officially reach that status, but BJJ has – It is both a National and International sport.

As far as the Brazilians, who do you think they fight against in Brazil? They fight all the time. What they don’t like to do is fight memebers of their camps\teams, regardless of nationality.

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]]> By: Ken http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-33844 Ken Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:03:44 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/19/mma-in-the-olympics-a-novel-idea-that-will-never-happen/#comment-33844 Like Sam says it's important to try to view this from the standpoint of the Olympic Committee. I doubt they would consider it for very long. I think they think it would appear far too violent to the general public. It would shock people and have an adverse effect on the Olympic image (to the general public). Yes, the general public would think it far more violent than TKD, wrestling, judo and boxing. Facts don't count for much, perception is paramount. Like Sam says it’s important to try to view this from the standpoint of the Olympic Committee. I doubt they would consider it for very long.

I think they think it would appear far too violent to the general public. It would shock people and have an adverse effect on the Olympic image (to the general public). Yes, the general public would think it far more violent than TKD, wrestling, judo and boxing. Facts don’t count for much, perception is paramount.

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