There probably wont be unless voluntary. This an amateur fight being run by the promoter who employs the sanctioning body. This is more a less a backyard brawl in a casino setting.
I don't think there's anything wrong with this, but I'm sure there will be lots of people who will derive enjoyment from it in ways they nomally don't from a typical fight, if you know what I mean.
No Excuses. He also named his gym and his book that. He's a motivational speaker now. I do remember people calling him Pac Man and The Biter on Sherdog or one of ther other MMA forums from hell.
On one hand, this seems like parading around disabled people in order for the non-disabled to point and watch (like an old style "freak" show). On the other hand, if these two people enjoy fighting, shouldn't they be given a chance to do what they enjoy doing?
That's exactly it, had their conditions not been used like this for promotion it would seem fine, but now it does feel like a "freak show".
I'm all for them participating in sports but this feels iffy to me.
This reminds me of my idea for a sitcom about a guy who looks like he has Down syndrome, but doesn't, and how he goes about his day to day life. It was tentatively titled "Down & Out".
Palsy Punch is nothing compared to Retard Rage. Stronger than 10 bears yo!!
(oh god I am sorry please forgive me father)
I used to work with a Downs guy and he was so strong he could lift up a big shop freezer and would hurt himself by accident all the time without realising it. Insane strength + less pain? Winner!
joking aside, I think this is OK as long as the combatants can both give consent and know what's going on. There should be more fights putting differently abled people against each other. Smart vs dumb, fat vs little, deaf vs blind... we're all people still. People with a bloodlust.
I don't really get where the people who have an issue with this are coming from. It feels like they'd rather people with developmental disorders were sheltered away in private "for their own protection", rather than letting them participate.
I don't really get where the people who have an issue with this are coming from. It feels like they'd rather people with developmental disorders were sheltered away in private "for their own protection", rather than letting them participate.
If they are physically able and cleared by a medical professional then I'm fine, but most people with downs have serious heart problems and a lot of other internal organ problems too. I really don't want people dying for my entertainment and don't see it is as noble cause for the disabled to encourage it. I'm sure there are potential liability issues as well, so I don't blame anyone who won't sign off on it.
I don't really get where the people who have an issue with this are coming from. It feels like they'd rather people with developmental disorders were sheltered away in private "for their own protection", rather than letting them participate.
There is a huge difference between letting people participate and putting on a show for people to mock and laugh at. This is clearly not being marketed as a "real" fight, but as a way to watch a disabled person get injured for enjoyment.
There is a huge difference between letting people participate and putting on a show for people to mock and laugh at. This is clearly not being marketed as a "real" fight, but as a way to watch a disabled person get injured for enjoyment.
Not sanctioned so it definitely shouldn't have happened. MMA is a dangerous sport but most of the terrible things that happen occur in these types of unsanctioned matches where the organizer only cares to make quick money and not the health of the fighters.
Edited your post because that's all it really is. I'd got out on a limb and say that this is something that they both want to do, both love doing, and aren't being forced to do it. If they want gross cauliflower ear let them have gross cauliflower ear.
There is a huge difference between letting people participate and putting on a show for people to mock and laugh at. This is clearly not being marketed as a "real" fight, but as a way to watch a disabled person get injured for enjoyment.
I don't see why it's not marketed as a real fight. They have a whole Olympics for the disabled and nothing about that poster posted in the OP mocks the disabled or mentally handicapped.
1) Why can't people with disabilities have the same opportunities as those without?
2) Reading posts like "retard strength" and "retard rage" make me absolutely sad for society. I am a special education teacher and people who say things like this are what makes me fear for my students after they leave me for the "real world." Please stop being so ignorant.