Why is MMA safer than boxing  MMA raises mixed response among
viewers of contact support. However, none of them can deny its
rapid rise in terms of popularity. In fact, the sports scenario
in America and Asia, two of the most progressive continents, MMA
has clinched the hearts of one and all, courtesy the fact that
mixed martial art involves integration of many fight forms from
across the globe. First time viewers of the sport are bound to
feel the heat of watching competitors go berserk trying to knock
each other out. Some are even disturbed watching the flagrant
use of kicks and punches, so much so that MMA seems too crude to
be accepted as a form of competitive contact sport.  However, a
deeper analysis of the situation indicates that MMA could well
be safer than boxing, a widely renowned contact sport. It is not
uncommon for a 12 round championship match in boxing to have
close to 500 punches delivers, most of which are successful in
sending tremors into the cardinal regions of the competitors.
Each punch