Is Team MMA even MMA at all?

Watching team mixed martial arts (MMA) is off-putting, at least for me. The action appears intentionally chaotic with the product itself seemingly geared to deliver gratuitous, overwhelming violence. Its origins are rooted in spectacle. While the activity involves elements of sport, it’s dubious to label the product as such.Yet, these criticisms should be familiar to fans of MMA. They are precisely the sort of arguments cynics, skeptics and other doubters have used to challenge the accepta