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MMA comes to Nova Scotia
By Zach Arnold | March 15, 2006
By Zach Arnold
The Chronicle Herald newspaper has an article series about an upcoming MMA event in Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 29th (the same day as the proposed IFL show in Atlantic City, New Jersey). The newspaper has three articles (here, here, and here) that put a slightly negative slant on the upcoming event.
In some regards, it’s warranted. Having a 53-year old ex-boxer in an MMA fight is not a good idea.
One of the authors of the articles is Chris Cochrane. His e-mail is [email protected] if you would like to send (non-threatening) feedback to him.
The real story here should be the boxing commission regulating the event and putting boxing officials (not experienced in MMA officiating) in charge of officiating the show. That, and the commission’s admission that if they didn’t get involved in the process that they feared losing money because the shows would take place on Canadian land not under local jurisdiction/laws.
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Unfortunately, typical reaction for people that dont understand the techniques involved.
I think we need to drop the “ultimate fighting” names in general, which really draws that image and instead really emphasize the Mixed Martial Arts aspect…people seem to react better to that.
Considering that numerous fighters have been banned from fighting for their protection at old ages (Bob Fitzsimmons, Evander Holyfield and so forth), I really don’t see what’s the problem with suspending his license/refusing to issue a license due to potential health risks after getting beaten up in Boxing in his last for points to the point of having a near Emile Griffith-Benny Paret III experience in his fourth to last fight (getting TKOd in the 5th), then getting KOd 3 times straight. Yes, it was 22 years ago, but I would be really surprised if he didn’t suffer from some post concussion syndrome at the very least that would justify a medical suspension.
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