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Ban UFC? Okay, but first we must ban...

16th November, 2015
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With the massive UFC 193 event hitting Melbourne recently, there was a large amount of debate whether the event should have been banned due to the graphic nature of the sport.

Pundits said that the UFC encourages senseless violence and sets a bad example for children.

These arguments are flawed, and if the UFC was given the heave-ho, way more major events and social activities would also have to be banned.

The Formula One Grand Prix around Albert Park would have to be banned. This sport encourages people to drive over five times the speed limit and may result in more deaths on our roads. Throw in Bathurst as well.

Boxing is finished. If you cannot have MMA in the octagon, then combat in the squared circle will have to be banned too.

The Melbourne Cup, if not the entire Spring Racing Carnival, gets the chop. Horse racing promotes animal cruelty and gambling in society, and these actions are discouraged.

The Olympic sports of shooting, archery, javelin, judo and tae-kwon-do do would have to be banned from competition as they too promote senseless violence.

The video game industry will have to close its doors. With no more Call Of Duty or Need For Speed games getting released, as they promote gun violence and reckless driving, how is it going to survive? On Angry Birds and Farmville alone?

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Let’s take it one step further:

Fast-food restaurants will need to shut down as they promote obesity, one of the biggest killers in Australia. A lot more people have died from overeating and diabetes than in the UFC cage.

Sexpo will have to be banned as the sexual nature of the event promotes sexual exploitation and sexual violence. Everything isn’t sexy at Sexpo.

Surf lifesaving will have to stop as it encourages people to swim in the ocean where they can get attacked by sharks.

Let’s throw in go-karting, pony rides, twerking and break-dancing for good measure. Think of the injuries!

What it really comes down to is the message that goes along with the sport. Spend time with any professional athlete and see the dedication they have to their craft. I bet they put a lot more time into the job than you do. It is their choice to do what they do and that is the way it should be.

I am against violence in society but targeting the UFC and MMA in general is like shooting fish in a barrel. The level of alcohol-fuelled violence across the country on Friday and Saturday nights far, far exceeds anything done in MMA. This doesn’t even include how alcohol (a legal drug) destroys families on a regular basis, often combines with illicit drugs, gambling or both.

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It is our role as parents to make sure that our children are either not exposed to the sport or or they are, that it is done in a controlled, accredited and disciplined MMA school. It’s time to take off the one-eyed glasses and see that MMA and the UFC is here to stay.

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