Relatives in professional sports

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Originally Posted by Jeffy25

I didn't say it was easy, just that it shouldn't be called a sport. ;)

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...because?

Is it done by professional athletes? Yes.
Are other combat sports (Kickboxing, boxing, etc.) considered sports? Yes.

UFC and Nascar are pretty loosely considered sports

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Originally Posted by Jeffy25

UFC and Nascar are pretty loosely considered sports

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Again...BECAUSE?

Oh, and it's MMA. UFC is an individual company.

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Originally Posted by Jeffy25

UFC and Nascar are pretty loosely considered sports

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You're comparing MMA to Nascar?

Lawl.

Uh, NASCAR is totally different then MMA so the connection to the two is...?

Are the guys that do this athletes? Yes.

Is boxing a sport? Yes.

Is heavyweight boxing is still a sport (or better called heavyweight kneel on each other)? Yes.

MMA is a sport, and one I would never even think about getting into.

The guys that do this are great athletes, and to this day I've seen maybe one fat guy do it (who fought on Saturday and got worked by Carwin's training partner)

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Originally Posted by Jeffy25

I didn't say it was easy, just that it shouldn't be called a sport. ;)

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If boxing is a sport, so is MMA.

The idea that somehow UFC is "not a sport" is 100 percent weapons-grade nonsense.

Oh, and I went to high school with Tim Redding. And I work with the guy who took the video of LeBron getting dunked on at his basketball camp last year that Nike confiscated. So yeah.

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Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989

Uh, you do it.

That **** is tough.

And not fake, like WWE.

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Pretty much my thoughts. I'm trying to figure out the reasoning in why it isn't a sport. :confused:

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Originally Posted by Kobie

Oh, and I went to high school with Tim Redding. And I work with the guy who took the video of LeBron getting dunked on at his basketball camp last year that Nike confiscated. So yeah.

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The guy who dunked on LeBron, Jordan Crawford, is now a member of the New Jersey Nets, who are now pursuing LeBron.

Full circle.

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Originally Posted by ragecage

Pretty much my thoughts. I'm trying to figure out the reasoning in why it isn't a sport. :confused:

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it's just kicking each others asses and fighting....let me tell ya, wooohooo, what a tactical sport

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Originally Posted by Jeffy25

it's just kicking each others asses and fighting....let me tell ya, wooohooo, what a tactical sport

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Jeffy, I like ya, but in this case, you really don't have a leg to stand on.

You're damn right it's tactical. It's EXTREMELY tactical.

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Originally Posted by Jeffy25

it's just kicking each others asses and fighting....let me tell ya, wooohooo, what a tactical sport

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You're right, no tactics at all...just a blend of every combat sport in to one. Trying to mix together hand and foot strikes with takedowns, and defending against all of the same without being fooled. And then there's the ground portion of things.

Seriously, dude...watch a ground fight and tell me that isn't tactics. Grappling and jiu-jitsu is nothing but tactics.

Jeffy.

Just because you don't like MMA, doesn't mean it's not a sport.

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Originally Posted by Jeffy25

it's just kicking each others asses and fighting....let me tell ya, wooohooo, what a tactical sport

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Well, these fighters do have win/loss records. They fight for championships. If I didn't know any better, I think most other sports do the same thing.

Besides that, if it's all about tactics you're saying every single Olympic event is not a sport, and that soccer, hockey and basketball are sports in a very minimal sense.