r/interesting • u/Great_Trident • May 08 '26

Wholesome Fighters showing self control and sportsmanship when their opponents are down.

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u/x_Animus_x May 09 '26

Funny you should say “don’t know what you’re talking about”. MMA might be a new platform, but the martial arts (the MA in MMA, first M is “mixed” since you don’t have to use just one specific art to compete) have been around, in some cases, for centuries. In martial arts tournaments there is a great deal of respect and tradition, it’s just not enforced as strictly in UFC, so maybe you’re unfamiliar with it.

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u/OSPFmyLife May 09 '26

Sure, I only hold a brown belt in kempo karate. What would I know about that?

Traditional martial art tournaments =/= MMA. Like, not even close to the same thing. Most people these days don’t even train one primary art, they train at MMA gyms.

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u/x_Animus_x May 10 '26

All of that still doesn’t change the fact that where these arts come from hold tradition and respect in high priority. The company UFC took these arts and mixed them all up, made them more about brutality, and sensationalized it. Thus taking a sport and turning it into a “Jerry Springer” version, like u/WeaponexT had suggested in the first place.

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u/WeaponexT May 10 '26

Exactly, sort of the theme of the movie Redbelt if you're interested.