Reasons Why MMA Is Better Than Boxing

MMA is fast becoming the biggest combat sport in the world and yet it still isn't an Olympic sport which is just bizarre to think about when there are sports like skateboarding and surfing that have just been added to the 220 Olympic games in Tokyo. Does the Olympic committee think that these are bigger and more popular sports than MMA? Or are they just scared of the criticism and backlash that they might receive?

One of the main points that people who are against MMA as an Olympic sport say is that it is too dangerous and barbaric. People like Senator John McCain have said that MMA was nothing more than “human cock-fighting". Even though MMA is seen by some people as a primitive and cruel blood sport it is still not as dangerous as another Olympic sport, Boxing. One of the biggest reasons that MMA is safer than boxing is because of the equipment used. In MMA the fighters use small …show more content…
The number of people watching the 2016 Olympics was at a 15-year low while the numbers of people watching UFC just keep increasing. One of the main reason the number of people watching the Olympics are down is because of the number of young people that just don't seem interested in the sports on offer, while on the other hand people under the age of 30 are the people who mostly watch MMA. The number of people watching the Olympics in America dropped by 37% from the London Olympics according to NBC (the TV station that shows the Olympics in America). This would give The Olympics a boost in some countries they're not as popular in. This would mean that instead of the Olympics becoming less and less popular and fewer countries wanting to host the games more people will watch bringing in more money for the nations that host the Olympics. Would you rather see the Olympics thriving or see the Olympics becoming a pointless event that costs the host nation tens of millions of