Right up on the yahoo.com front page today was an article about kids learning MMA. It of course had the inflammatory title Ultimate fights expand to include kids – Yahoo! News. After the moms of the world finished hyperventilating, I hope they actually read the article. The language seemed a little biased as the reporter wrote (bold for my emphasis):
The bare-knuckle fights are now attracting competitors as young as 6 whose parents treat the sport as casually as wrestling, Little League or soccer.
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Two members of the group called the “Garage Boys Fight Crew” touched their thin martial-arts gloves in a flash of sportsmanship before beginning a relentless exchange of sucker punches, body blows and swift kicks.
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