↵“It would be a huge benefit to us if mixed martial arts became an Olympic sport. It would create instant awareness around the world, and it would be huge,” White told the Herald.
↵“I would support it 100 per cent. I personally am not out there trying to get mixed martial arts as an Olympic sport - I got enough to do, somebody else can figure that out - but if it popped and they said, ‘Yes, we’re thinking about it,’ I would go guns ablazing and try to make it happen. It would change the game forever.”
Dana White Wants MMA in the Olympics
↵Olympic boxing barely qualifies as boxing and I have no doubts that the watered down version of MMA that would appear in the Olympics would share that unfortunate reality. Something like submission grappling is much more made for an Olympic set-up and would feature far less injuries ruining tournaments..etc.
↵Also, let’s not pretend that White would be allowing his athletes to compete in an Olympic MMA tournament. The chances of a UFC fighter losing to someone owned by another organization will prevent that from ever happening.
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