EMPIRE: UFC and the last days...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=buckheit/070405

ESPN Page2's writer Mary Buckheit, in the article linked above, defends and actually revels in the Ultimate Fighting Championships rise to becoming, perhaps, America's favorite 'fighting' sport.

See the boxer, Floy Mayweather, apparently a genius of pop culture and entertainment, when asked about the UFC called it a fad full of dudes who couldnt make it as boxers. Sad thing about Mary using Floyd as her reason for an article celebrating perhaps the most truly violent sport we have, is that Floyd is a boxer, perhaps even an ignorant boxer. Many of the fighters in the UFC were or are champions of their particular style of fighting. If they arent champions, they are, at least in the top 5 in the world. So the UFC has some serious athletes who do serious damage to one another, and the truth is, I'd put any of them against Floyd in a UFC match and expect, EXPECT to see Floyd get the shit beat out of him.

But thats not truly the issue.

To me the scary thing is I cant disagree with her regarding the UFC's popularity, and at the same time I truly worry about a society (ours) that has evolved to celebrate and enjoy the closeest thing we have to GLADIATOR games. UFC isnt about winning with technique, its about beating your opponent into submission. Sure, you will always know who the true winner is, and I guess we have been misled as a society so much that having a sport that truly is 'clear' when the event is over, may be slightly refreshing. But a sport where you are literally rewarded with a win after you jump on your downed opponent and try to bash his head in seems a little draconian. I tell you one thing, the last time an 'empire' eroded into gladiator games, the government was corrupt, the people poor, and the society was collapsing. .. .. and yet, a female writer finds this to be good. I guess the one good thing is somewhere, SEX is increasing.. OH thats right, its increasing in New Orleans in 5th grade class rooms where 5th graders are having sex in front of each other.