SAN DIEGO – Friends and former teammates competing against each other is common in sports. Take the NFL, for example, where each Sunday players are always up against guys with whom they used to share the locker room.
Like MMA, football is a violent sport. Unlike MMA, there is no intent to injure with every tackle – only to bring the ball carrier down to the turf.
And therein lies the rub, the main reason why friends and training partners from the same gym don’t like to compete against each other in MMA. The whole point is to hurt your opponent with every strike.
