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Anthony, your point is a good one about deaths- I was thinking about that before posting.
But come on- dying isn't the only sort of way you can take damage now, is it?
Most boxing deaths don't come from one punch situations- it's repeated concussive blows in round after round. And in MMA the end usually comes faster.
But these guys break arms, ribs, orbital bones- the training required involves major repeated stresses and bumps, bruises and other injuries- and the knockouts can have a level of brutality that you rarely even see in boxing. In the fights they often get their heads split open- small gloves and the fact that elbows are allowed- again, you see some stuff you don't even see in boxing.
It's a tough, tough sport.
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