eassy # 2

Johnathen Hall
9/11/09
Lit 11
2nd period


Writing Two

A sport is an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, such as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, and basketball. There many other activities that people don’t consider a sport like the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). UFC is kind of a new sport hitting the streets. MMA is Martial arts in a ring no hold bars. MMA is kind of like street fighting anything goes. its is very entertaining, and very fun to watch.
UFC Started in 1993, the brand is a professional mixed martial arts organization offering the premier series of MMA sports events. The UFC organization follows a rich history and tradition of competitive MMA dating back to the Olympic Games in Athens. About 80 years ago, a Brazilian form of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) known as Vale Tudo (anything goes) sparked local interest in the sport. Then UFC brought MMA to America. The Goal was to find the Ultimate Fighting Champion with a concept to have a tournament of the best athletes skilled in various disciplines in martial arts including karate, jiu-jitsu, boxing, kickboxing, grappling, wrestling, sumo and other combat sports.
To be in the UFC you must be physical and mental stable. You must train for years to become a great fighter. Athletes will need to be in shape. The athlete would have to endure the pain of the sport. The Athlete must become fit to be able to endure punches, kicks, knees, and to be able to with stand having your arms and legs twisted. You must be strong to not give up when you losing. You must toughing it out, because if you aren’t mentally stable you going to get knocked out. The athlete who is hyped and endured for the fight is most likely to win.
Sports should be competitive, like the UFC. How can you get more competitive than hand to hand fighting? You try your best to knock your opponent out or down, and people say that UFC isn’t a sport. On the other hand people consider golf and bowling sports and you never touch your opponent.
Compare kick boxing and the UFC together. They consider kickboxing a sport why not UFC. They are about the same sport. They have Kicking, boxing, and submissions. They are similar in many ways. Not like traditional boxing you can kick and but your opponent into a submission. They are also different in lots of ways. UFC has a octagon Ring while kickboxing has and square ring like boxing, and in the UFC you can kick below the waist not in kickboxing. So they both have the same mentally is to knock your opponent out. So I think UFC should be considered as a sport like Boxing and Kickboxing.
To the people who say UFC isn’t a real sport their crazy. UFC is just like boxing. They say boxing a sport why not UFC. Like in boxing they punch and get punched. UFC is and upgrade on the traditional boxing. So I think they should consider it a sport just like boxing and all the other sports.