Or would it end up having to be watered down too much even if it did make it into the Olympics? I think amateur bouts have no striking while on the ground, which is a unique feature of MMA.
2007-07-31 07:21:48 · 14 answers · asked by R. Lee 3 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
Way too early. The Olympic committee has become a huge bureaucracy. These things take forever. Tae-Kwon-Do was only recently accepted. So MMA? Not before 2040.
And yes, rules would definitely need to be watered down considerably. You can't have a sport into the Olympics unless there's about 500 pages of rules covering everything imaginable that could happen. By the time they're done, you'll hardly recognize it.
So short answer: For 2008, you can definitely forget it.
2007-07-31 07:31:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually Pancreas is in the upcoming Olympics in Greece. Hosting countries are allowed to have a sport that is particular to their country or region for competition as an exhibition sport and Greece has chosen Pancreas which is similar to MMA. There have been several tournaments held already to try and come up with a team to represent the United States and some other countries are also going to field teams. Since it is only an exhibition sport it does not qualify for direct financial support from the United States for it's team members and their training and transportation costs like other recognized sports do. Karate has been in the World Games for many years now and is handled much the same way with United States team members paying their own way to training camps and international competitions.
The Olympics has several different categories of sports one being the approved and recognized sports, another being trial sports which is what TKD and baseball were and then exhibition sports (sports appearing for the first time or appearing because of the host country). The process of a sport to become a recognized and approved sport is very lengthy and has many criteria that it has to meet. Not only that but money and numbers of television viewing audience have also had some influence on this and TKD and baseball have both been left out of the next upcoming summer Olympics. An example of this is Soccer as opposed to American football. Soccer is a recognized sport since it appeals to so many from several different continents but you will probably never see American Football rise to that level or be in the Olympics as anything more than an exhibition sport if at all.
Also the violence of MMA will probably keep it from ever really becoming an Olympic sport since the Olympics represents certain values that run contrary to MMA. That being mainly that even warring or hostile countries set aside their differences for a brief period of time to promote a peaceful, friendly venue where competition can take place.
2007-08-01 01:58:07 · answer #2 · answered by samuraiwarrior_98 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No..it takes quite a bit of time for any sport to be recognized and adopted by the IOC, and in almost every case it has to be a demonstration sport to 'test' it out first. Thus it would be impossible for MAA to make it into the '08 games.
MMA would have to do quite a bit of work to try to find an Olympic spot, but it's not impossible as TaeKwon-Do did the work.
I'd actually like to see the Olympics adopt a mixed discipline martial art event rather than the current Boxing, Wresling, Judo, and TaeKwon-Do format. I don't think MMA in it's current form would work, but I'm sure something could be developed that would allow all martial arts to showcase their skills on a level playing field with internationally adopted rules. Something to hope for in the far distant future perhaps.
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2007-08-03 08:32:39 · answer #3 · answered by Ken C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe not in '08, but eventually it will be.
Remember, Pankration, the ancestor of MMA, was THE OLYMPIC EVENT in Ancient Greece. With two different types of competition, a standup-only, and a grappling-permitted type, Pankration was the most violent sport in Olympics history, so modern MMA seems watered down by comparison.
At the rate the sport is growing, MMA will be an Olympic sport, and of course, USA will win every time.
2007-07-31 07:57:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Way too early for MMA to be admitted in the Olympics.
There are two major reasons:
1) The IOC is a huge bureaucracy, it is virtually impossible to add sports to the games.
2) There is no international sanctioning body for amateur MMA bouts, and there are no internationally accepted rules.
2007-07-31 09:35:26 · answer #5 · answered by Bigfoot 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they approved an MMA style fighting sport for 2020 along with other sports to fill in for kicking out other sports like Baseball, Wrestling etc
2016-04-01 03:38:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont see mma every becoming an olympic sport but i
could see bjj or submission wrestling as an olympic
sport in the near future....
2007-07-31 17:02:26 · answer #7 · answered by B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MMA will never be considered with the Olympics. It's not an event to bring the world together. It is on the other spectrum of what the Olympics stands for.
2007-07-31 08:53:22 · answer #8 · answered by Thomas 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No.
MMA is too violent to be considered for an olimpic sport.
Maybe a watered- down version, but it is still unlikely, people are just too ignorant about MMA.
2007-07-31 07:38:39 · answer #9 · answered by Frank the tank 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no because use of the term "olympic" and "sport" in the same sentance causes an oxymoron.
T'aint ancient greece people.
times change, patty cake has become a competitive event after curling fell out of favor.
2007-07-31 10:59:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋