MMA verbod in Ierland na dood Carvalho?UFC superstar Conor McGregor found himself at the sword against compatriot and pundit Joe Brolly as he criticized the Irish fighter for his reaction to the recent MMA death. Brolly also called for a shocking ban on MMA, which has caused an uproar of mixed reactions within the country.
Irrespective of any expertise, background or knowledge; everyone related to the Irish Sport has decided to weigh-in their opinion on caged-combat in MMA following the death of Portuguese fighter Joao Carvalho last Monday night in Dublin, Ireland.
Brolly, who has a decent fan following, made sensational and relentless statements against the sport in the Sunday Independent Column. A football pundit and a former Derry forward, Brolly argued that combat sports like MMA and boxing awaken the primitive recesses of the human psyche, which were nothing less in comparison to the blood baths of the Roman Colosseum.
“Something deep in us thrills to serious violence,” wrote Brolly. “Up to the end of the 19th century, public executions were the premier spectator sport in England. When Henry Fauntleroy was hanged a Newgate in 1824, the crowd was estimated at 100,000. If a smart promoter like Barry Hearn had been alive then, he’d have hired Michael Buffer to say, “Let’s get ready to haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang…” and get a half-naked dolly bird to hold up notices between executions.
“The violent professional sports lobby reacts violently to criticism, like the US gun lobby. When the young Welsh boxer Johnny Owen died in the ring, Hugh McIlvanney, one of those great writers who mythologises fighting, said, ‘It is his tragedy that he found himself articulate in such a violent language.’
“As though nothing could’ve been done about it. He was f**king dead, Hugh. Dead! Do you comprehend what that means? For him. For his family”.
“If an American hedge fund started ‘Ultimate Combat’ where the fighters use weapons and the battle is to the death, we’d have a queue of men wanting to sign up. It’s already been done, in Ancient Rome. The new sport would sweep the planet. We’d all be glued to our screens. PPVs would break all records. Young men would die. But, hey, it’s their tragedy if they find themselves articulate in such a dangerous language.”
Brolly added that people in combat sports needed to be stopped for their own good. The acceptance of risk to die in the fight was inhumane; and thus people needed to be awakened by what they had accepted as norms.
“The truth is that violent sports are a rich man’s play thing, where poor men try to put each other into a coma for our amusement,” Brolly added. “These violent life-an-death sports are fun. They bring us to somewhere primitive inside us. It is why the spectators in the Colosseum gasped and cheered as the knife was thrust home.
“The law permits it. And it shouldn’t. Time to ban these violent pro sports. Sometimes, human beings have to be protected from themselves.”
Brolly also attacked McGregor for his role in the saga of the death of Carvalho. McGregor was ringside supporting his teammate Charlie Ward when he defeated Carvalho by TKO in the 3rd Round. A video that showed McGregor celebrating with his teammate post-winning came under fire as well, but since it has been deleted.
“Is it good enough that a young man is beaten to death in a cage for our amusement
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