Sports Asked on August 7, 2021
I read on https://www.mmamania.com/2021/7/15/22572007/joe-rogan-bone-break-conor-mcgregor-chris-weidman-ufc-264-mma-news (mirror), quoting Joe Rogan:
There’s been a ton of breaks over and over again. People are getting good at breaking people’s bones
Are bone breaks in MMA more common nowadays than in the past?
Perhaps! But it really depends what specific time period you're referring to. Just saying "Past" doesn't specify what time period you (or Joe Rogan in this case) are referring to. I'm not gonna provide any numbers to confirm or dispute that hypothesis in this answer.
There have been a number of bone breaks in the past few UFC events, notably the bone breaks of Jacare Souza, Chris Weidman, and Connor Mcgregor. But to truly be able to compare increase of bone breaks (or any statistical event) you need a large enough control group and experiment group. I don't think there's a big enough sample size of the experiment group in this case, just looking at the past couple of pay-per-view events. Whilst this hypothesis may be true, there has been a number of bone breaks to some of the more known names in UFC recently, promoting jumping to conclusions without supporting data. Also need to narrow down what is considered a bone break. Is a broken nose counted too? Or are you just referring to limbs?
Interestingly, Chael Sonnen did a video just on the same topic today. And he pointed out that greatest Jiu Jitsu skill differential existed when Royce Gracie fought in early days of UFC. Although that put him in a huge advantage to break opponent bones, he didn't, as he let his opponents tap under submissions.
There are a few things in my mind to note, comparing bone breaks of now, to the past:
In summary, without proper sample sizes and exact criteria for bone breaks, we can't answer if they've become more common. MMA fights are happening at a higher rate than before, so the occurrence of such event is higher, but we need to look at the rate of such events. If there's a database that keeps track of broken bones in MMA over time, we could study the data and see if there truly has been a raise in amount of broken bones. Otherwise, we can debate and speculate.
Answered by alamoot on August 7, 2021
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