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UFC banned in Germany?

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  1. Juanda 87 Juanda 87 is offline

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    Mar 19th, 2010 (3/19/2010 8:39pm)

    <span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">"After repeated criticism from the DSF martial arts program," The Ultimate Fighter "last summer. The approval of the formats of" The Ultimate Fighter, "UFC Unleashed "and" UFC Fight Night "are repealed. Thus, the Munich-based sports channel DSF, now called SPORT1, must not include the martial arts programs on their broadcast line up."

    This censorship or ban has come about due mostly to the fact the German's seem to find grounding and striking an opponent to be "undignifying" and not only is it violating human dignity it is, glorifying violence, apparently more so than other combat sports, considering it's the only one to receive this "censorship".

    Considering boxing is still very big in Germany, I find it hard to say only MMA would be glorifying violence anymore than boxing or kickboxing. Forgive me as well for being a bit skeptical on the "undignified" claim, human dignity is very important to me, but the land of "hot carls" and "bukkake" porn really has no place to be speaking of degrading behavior and I find it ironic they use that principal to justify condemning a legitimate sport. Thoughts?
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    Mar 19th, 2010 (3/19/2010 8:42pm) in reply to Juanda 87

     
    Originally Posted by Juanda 87 View Post

    Thoughts?

    Cool story.............

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    Mar 19th, 2010 (3/19/2010 8:44pm) in reply to Juanda 87

    funny how the krauts denounce violating human dignity. A step in the right direction I guess, but UFC is the tits imo.
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    Mar 19th, 2010 (3/19/2010 9:02pm) in reply to UNeedAMiracle

     
    Originally Posted by UNeedAMiracle View Post


    funny how the krauts denounce violating human dignity. A step in the right direction I guess, but UFC is the tits imo.

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    Mar 19th, 2010 (3/19/2010 9:04pm) in reply to Juanda 87

    their loss
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    Mar 19th, 2010 (3/19/2010 9:05pm) in reply to Juanda 87

    it's banned in Ontario as well if i'm not mistaken
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    Mar 19th, 2010 (3/19/2010 9:25pm) in reply to saxman

     
    Originally Posted by saxman View Post

    it's banned in Ontario as well if i'm not mistaken

    MMA is not banned from broadcasting anywhere in Canada. However Ontario has refused to "sanction" MMA at this time, therefore what we know as MMA in Ontario would be considered a "prize fight" which is illegal under section 83 of Canada's criminal code, and must be sanctioned to be considered a non-prize fight.

    This is just a law that has been around for a long time, and unfortunately MMA has fallen under it's jurisdiction, and the process has already begun to allow MMA to come to Ontario. Canada does not oppose mixed martial arts or do they claim it's glorifying violence or robbing humans of their dignity, they simply have some vague laws in different provinces that make sanctioning MMA very hard to do overnight.
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