Bloody Elbow · Jun 12, 2015
Broken bones, brain trauma and unregulated MMA: How New York is missing the point
The debate about regulating MMA in the New York Assembly is missing the point. Allowing unregulated MMA is endangering fighters.
Adrion and Marwin square off in a tiny basement boxing gym in the Bronx. Adrion's femur is broken exactly six seconds later, snapped clean in half after a misstep and Marwin jumping on his back like an angry monkey. The crowd goes wild. Adrion grits his teeth and clutches his leg. It's February, 2012, and though this fight has taken place at an event dubbed the "Underground Combat League," that name is just clever marketing.