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Honestly, I have no idea what people see in so-called Ultimate Fighting. It’s not ultimate – it still has rules. I mean, if you want to get ultimate, use guns.
But, West Virginia is trying to capitalize on the cage rage and bring half-naked, oiled up men, who cannot keep their hands off of each other to our borders.
Mixed martial arts, also known as ultimate fighting or cage fighting, is legal in most other states. Competitors can use a variety of fighting techniques while standing or on the ground. A final House vote on legalization is scheduled for today.
Earlier this week, at the request of Delegate Randy Swartzmiller, D-Hancock, the House of Delegates Government Organization Committee added a provision legalizing the sport to a bill (HB2562) meant to restructure the state Athletic Commission.
While, of course, at the same time, running bills to protect the sanctity of traditional marriage. No, not by banning divorce but by making it law that marriage is between one man and one woman.
Ironic, don’t you think?
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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Funny because its true. It only proves my theory that human society has evolved immensely. The gladiator games killed people. Today, not only is there less blood, but there is also more love as well in wrestling and MMA/UFC.
I dunno, Rodney. The only real difference between the Gladiator games and MMA/UFC is that the you cannot not find Lions or Christians at the latter.
MMA & Professional Wrestling are SUPER gay.
Two oiled up muscle-bound men in silk underwear and knee pads loving and hugging on one another in a ring, all so that they can win a belt and a purse…
G-A-Y!!!
Also, H-O-T…
Actually, being oiled is against the rules.
It’s a great sport, very exciting, surprisingly safe (either combatant can ‘tap out’ at any time, at which point the contest instantly ends), and some of the fighters are Christians — and aren’t afraid to say so!