The Townsman June 16 2011
“Vogt checked Munroe’s heavy leg kicks and answered with punches of his own, opening up two cuts above each of Munroe’s eyes. Vogt stalked Munroe around the cage and got him into a clinch where he snapped Munroe’s head back with a vicious knee.” “Vogt’s punches landed solid and Munroe hit the canvas. Vogt followed up with a series of brutal hammer fists before the ref pulled him off an unconscious Munroe”
The Townsman April 29th 2011
“ When you get into the fight you get going you are almost euphoric and you don’t remember all of the fight”
http://www.wired.com/playbook/2010/08/canada-ban-mma/
http://www.sportsnet.ca/mma/2010/08/25/doctors_mma/
At their annual meeting in Niagara Falls, members of the Canadian Medical Association voted to seek a ban on mixed martial arts events within the country.
Speaking to the group’s governing body, internist Victor Dirnfeld, who was president of the CMA in the late ’90s, laid out the rationale for why Canada should be a leader in banning a sport he deems as “savage and brutal.”
“The aim is to disable and maim your opponent,” Dirnfeld told his colleagues. “We should not tolerate this so-called sport in a civilized society.”
At Cranbrook’s City Council Meeting for Monday August 15 2011 Council will consider the adoption of Bylaw 3723. This bylaw would see a Commission established to oversee Regulated Sports Events. A Commission must exist for Mixed Martial Arts Events to take place in a Community. It must also exist for prize fighting, boxing, wrestling and kickboxing events to take place. This bylaw was drafted however as a direct result of a promoter wishing to stage a Mixed Martial Arts Event in Cranbrook.
From the Athletic Commission Bylaw No. 3723 information in the Council Package
“An event could realistically generate 10 to 15 thousand dollars”
In all likelihood this bylaw will pass and it will then be up to those appointed to that commission to make decisions concerning the staging of such events in Cranbrook.
Should the source of profit however be at the expense of fractured lives?
Does pure popularity of mixed martial arts outweigh common sense and profit?
Does the cost to the medical system matter when the decision is deliberate to take part in these sports, in which the sole purpose is to disable the opponant?
What example and reputation is set when sports such as these are sanctioned by a community?
These questions, answers and decisions provide a very heavy burden of responsibility.
How ironic! We do not allow cock fights or organized dog fights in our country because they are "uncivilized" and barbaric. Yet we are looking at sanctioning humans plummeting one another into submission. And if, God forbid, one of these fighters is severely injured, do our precious health care dollars go toward treatment? I'm scratching my head on this one. Come on Cranbrook Council, think about what you are doing.
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