CBS and EliteXC are doing something very smart as they prepare for the first mixed martial arts broadcast on network television: They're trying to educate the public about the sport. As part of that effort, here's MMA referee Herb Dean demonstrating some of the rules, on a video on the official CBS YouTube channel:
Dean doesn't say anything that will come as news to hard-core MMA fans, but to casual fans and non-fans, it's good to have a basic background of the rules of the sport -- and that there are far more rules related to basic safety of the fighter than the average person realizes.
Dean doesn't say anything that will come as news to hard-core MMA fans, but to casual fans and non-fans, it's good to have a basic background of the rules of the sport -- and that there are far more rules related to basic safety of the fighter than the average person realizes.
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