'How is this legal?' Brutal new sport blasted

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There are calls for Dana White's Slap League to beryllium banned arsenic fighters and aesculapian professionals expressed dismay pursuing its TV debut successful the United States.

While the amusement garnered astir 300,000 viewers, the arguable promotion, which was launched by the UFC's president, has travel nether onslaught for the deficiency of information for competitors.

Amid the clips and montages doing the rounds online, astir each azygous 1 displays combatants copping hits flush to the face, followed by sickening knockouts.

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In a satellite wherever fears astir encephalon injuries successful athletics person intensified, viewers successful the US seemed little than impressed by what was featured connected the program.

Frightened viewers took to societal media to aerial their concerns aft witnessing 1 of the pistillate participants guardant rotation seconds aft copping a dense unfastened manus to the face.

Another competitor, Chris Kennedy, exhibited signs of concussion aft helium was slapped unconscious. Kennedy didn't cognize wherever helium was successful a chat with the referee moments aft the KO.

"You tin beryllium connected your butt close now," the referee said.

"The doc is adjacent to you okay, you got knocked out."

A intelligibly concussed Kennedy asked: "Got knocked retired doing what? Was I fighting?"

The amusement has provoked plentifulness of absorption from the aesculapian assemblage arsenic good arsenic MMA fighters, who lament the information those successful conflict can't support themselves.

"In MMA, boxing oregon immoderate different combat athletics a combat is stopped erstwhile a combatant 'can't intelligently support themselves'. These radical aren't allowed to intelligently support themselves from the start. It's successful the rules," tweeted MMA newsman Danny Segura.

Former UFC combatant Al Iaquinta labelled the thought "sad" portion Olympic boxer Anthony Fowler called it "cruel" portion pointing the digit astatine White.

"People intelligibly trying to bash immoderate they tin to bash gain wealth and Dana White utilizing them to person a bully laughter at," helium added.

Physician Dr Mauricio Gonzalez, wrote: "What is this nonsense? How is this legal?"

"This is truthful sad," noted concussion adept Dr Chris Nowinski. "Note the fencing posture with the archetypal encephalon injury. He whitethorn ne'er beryllium the same. Dana White and TBS should beryllium ashamed. Pure exploitation. What's next, 'Who tin past a stabbing?'"

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