Slap Fighting is the Dumbest 'Sport' Ever - Doctor Reacts to Dana White’s New League
The most senseless sport in the world is about to go mainstream with the announcement of the Dana White backed Power Slap slap fighting league.
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Love how the athletic commission has specific rules about stopping fights when fighter's cannot intelligently defend themselves and then they sanction a league where the whole point is is to NOT intelligently defend yourself.
Money makes things happen, especially with athletic commissions.
Exactly
@@BrianSuttererMD If people want to participate in this "sport" the government shouldn't be stopping them. Its not the governments place to protect someone from themself. "slappers" are participating on their own volition at their own prerogative. Educate them on the risks and let them make the decision for themself.
@@Nono464. Exactly, who cares….We either stop ALL combat sports, or let them smack each other silly!…..🤷🏾♂️✋🏾✋🏾✋🏾✋🏾✋🏾✋🏾😂….#CHOICE
it's all about money.
"No man slaps the same man twice in Power Slap, for the slap is not the same and the man's brain is not the same after each slap" -Confucious, 1864
1864. Excellent.
@@werquantum ah yes, famous ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius from the … *checks notes* … Ching dynasty
@@_helium_ ;)
lol
Wise words indeed.
If Dana White could make money from ex-fighters getting bit by alligators, he would and the Nevada State Athletic Commission would support him.
Florida man gator slap bite fights! name just rolls off the tongue. I'd watch it
Dana White is serious a trash human being.
Dictator Dana is the worst.
@@aveleziii Yeah i'd watch the shit out of that.
THE YEAR IS 2155,, THE WORLD IS A CYBER PUNK DYSTOPIA AND DANA WHITE HAS LONG TRANSFORMER INTO AN INMORTSAL CYBORG, HIS NEW LEAGUE, CYBORGS VS HUMANS IS THE BIGGEST SHOW ON EARTH. Dana: "safety is our number one priority, all are cyborgs are tested and are atleast 30% human"
Wow Dana. You went from standing so firm on NOT putting on circus fights in the ufc all these years to being the ringmaster with this venture
Yeah, it's bizarre.
You don't get the point
Thats funny since the Raiders are one giant circus
The guy signed WWF people and footballers. The ufc is a circus act, to some extent.
Dana originated the slap league for former retired fighters that were to old to fight in octagon so they can make $$$ why there retired he's just looking out for his fighters pockets mane he really cares about his fighters Diego Sanchez just signed to powerslap to have a slap-off with Mike the Nigerian-nightmare Perry
To be fair, I would pay to see a ‘Rocky’ style movie about slap fighting. The main guy would leave home after getting slapped by bullies and would get trained by an ex-pimp.
Stallone can produce it as a sequel to Over the Top.
@@teamLeon928 Over the Top a in . In my top ten all time arm wrestling movies.
Can Snoop play the ex pimp? His pimp hand is way strong after all
Lmao
I am fkn dead 😂😂😂😂😂 holy crap
I’m not even a doctor, and basically everything you said in this video is obvious. The first time I saw these clips being posted around the internet my literal first thought was “wow how stupid and dangerous is this” Glad you’re speaking up about it, hopefully others will realize this soon enough
We actually had a competition like that in Poland, it was broadcasted as a PPV, similiar to UFC for example but it was made for amateurs, kinda wannabe fighters and influencers that make content about fighting and stuff like that. The sad part is that one of them died after a "slap" like that, I'm pretty sure he went into coma and then died a few days later. Actually crazy that this thing is somehow allowed.
Are you serious? He slapped into a coma just like that!
@@Ruleofthumbarmwrestling i’m pretty sure he was slapped to sleep, but since he was really big guy, during the fall he banged back of his head of the floor. That inflicted another damage. Dumb sport, really unsafe. Open hand doesnt change anything to the one getting the shot.
@@Ruleofthumbarmwrestling punchdown Artur Walczak if you are looking for it
Yikes. How embarrassing
@@Ruleofthumbarmwrestling yeah man,you don’t know life.
Doc is 100% correct on the defense and how the palms can KO competitors. Bas Rutten would leave bodies all over the place with his palm strikes. The big problem I have is, who goes first? There will always be a disadvantage to slapper #2.
Like tennis tiebreaks, they can take turns on who goes first. Of course, I agree with the doctor about how idiotic this slap thing is.
Sumo has open hand strikes / slaps and you can tell they have significant impact.
If you get slapped first, the advantage is you get to slap last
I don't think slapping is a palm strike. You push a heavy object with your wrist. You push a cup of coffee with your fingers. There has to be regulations to it because I always see these "athletes" slap the same way. Just an early outrage that will die down like the early UFC days.
everybody knows the side effects. they signed up for the money. period. not everything in this country needs to be pussy. they already killed football
They should've just cut to the chase and named it the CTE league. Marketing could've made the acronym work for "pro" slapping competitions. 🤡🤡🤡
everybody knows the side effects. they signed up for the money. period. not everything in this country needs to be pussy. they already killed football
Someone had to say it. Thank you, Doc. If you really pine for face slapping, watch reruns of the Three Stooges.
Why watch reruns when a fresh batch of stooges are being created with this league? Im loving it.
Boxing is worse
everybody knows the side effects. they signed up for the money. period. not everything in this country needs to be pussy. they already killed football
@@Sal3600 incorrect
THANK YOU. In other sports, there is skill involved in defending yourself. In slapboxing there is no defending. Being able to handle a slap isn’t a skill.
how about you take a slap from the power slap guys
everybody knows the side effects. they signed up for the money. period. not everything in this country needs to be pussy. they already killed football
i think the skill in this sport mainly consist of who can remain conscious the longest, cuz those slaps wont differ that much between the "fighters". thats the reason its ridiculous, tho have to admit its kinda fun to watch. but no doubt if this goes mainstream we will hear about how bad it is for the human body some time after.
@@chrisserrao2862 they train their neck and are fat. still rattles the brain
@@chrisserrao2862 what's your point, idiot? It won't make it a skill after all
100 1000% AGREE ! I’m a Boxer and this is BEYOND STOOPID. Sometimes I get folks who try to paint Boxing as cavemen trading punches to the face. This bs doesn’t help 🤦🏻
Totally agree. I definitely find this to be a particularly disturbing sport. Can't see why the commissions in the US would sanction this kind of competition. Boxing and MMA are not safe sports in terms of brain trauma, but this takes things to an absurd and disturbing level.
MMA is alot safer than boxing in regards to brain injuries. You're talking shit mate. 10oz boxing gloves do more brain damage than 4oz MMA gloves. Compare boxing deaths to MMA deaths and you'll see...
I think they are getting money as well
Couldn't agree more, Doc. As a long-time MMA fan, I wholeheartedly agree that this is the dumbest sport ever created and should, for extremely obvious reasons, have never been professionally sanctioned. The amount of sheer, unadulterated greed that runs rampant in Nevada is astonishing.
It seems like we're learning more about concussions, yet people are doing things that lead to more concussions. I've had a few concussion that were big enough to have side effects. Even then I'm worried what the effects they could have the older I get.
This is because we are becoming idiots. You see it. I see it. Let's embrace it. After all, nobody wants to be the last sensible person in the world. Let them take care of us, write some memoirs ( in crayon ) and then turn out the lights as we shamble out of the cities back to the forests ( which we cut down centuries ago, but ... idiots )
everybody knows the side effects. they signed up for the money. period. not everything in this country needs to be pussy. they already killed football
When I came up I knew it was going to lead to fighting. Now people go straight to guns. It will lead to slap (rage)!! Commissioner endorse this ? stupid as hell!!!
we also learn more and more about the long term brain damage from weed and yet weed is being legalized everywhere
Dana White found out that Canelo wasn't willing to fight for 30K to show and 30K to win plus wear Venum shorts for free so he dumped Zuffa boxing and came up with this instead.
Is slap fighting the most senseless sport you've seen?
No.
Yes
@@auzyld6926 How about dog surfing?
Yes And I’ve seen some pretty dumb ass sports growing up in the mean streets of Oregon
Last year here in Poland, one partiticipant died because of injuries sustained during this form of activity: Artur Walczak @ Punchdown 4, if I remember it well.
every one hire this man. I appreciate you're honest opinion about this new league. I hope you reach a million subs
Higher 😂
@@tyblandon thanks. was doing multiple things at once haha
It's not a sport. It is ridiculous. It is dangerous.
More CTE please
Adding to Brian’s point about the palm strikes, Bas Rutten made an entire career out of palm striking people before athletic commissions started requiring fighters to wrap their hands and wear gloves. It’s a very viable weapon just go watch some Bas highlights
except he'd drive the palm into the nose and face, trying to break it, a slap is completely different for what he did. slap fighting is just throwing heymakers, which doesn't always work.
@@gilbertoflores7397 "fighting is just throwing heymakers" WITH THE PALM BONES, MY GUY. The good doc even mentions it in the video. It's a solid strike, you can't really argue with this.
Part of the reason he started with the palm strikes because he started off in Pancrase where only palm strikes were allowed.
He didn't palm strike because he preferred too over a punch, Pancrase just didn't allow closed fist punches. So it was his only means of seeking a ko/finish with his hands.
It's dumb and senseless on many levels. As for the entertainment level, I guess it's for the mouth breathing demographic.
You give me hope that intelligent combat sports fans exist. Thank you for this video.
This aged well.
This is gonna happen until someone just drops dead after the second blow.. This is RIDICULOUS, I'm not a physician or doctor and I'm not familiar with professional fighting, but I know my way around unprotected and bear handed fights like this, and most people have no idea how damaging just one bad blow can be. Yes, every full blown hit is a concussion and this is the kind of force that can leave you with consequences for the rest of your life, if not really shortened.
I totally agree on all of your points! I’m a Tang Soo Do student ( Korean Karate) and we would NEVER stand there like idiots and ask for a head injury. We’re there to learn how to DEFEND ourselves better every single class! You only have one brain that controls EVERYTHING. PROTECT it at ALL COSTS. ❤
Thank you for speaking up about this. If you look at old school MMA before the gloves they would do open-palm strikes to avoid breaking their hands (guys like Bas Rutten etc), but at least they had the ability to roll the strike or block. It's insane that Dana backed this.
I take it Dana will back anything that will make him a buck and people want to watch it. If they could bring back the coliseum where people were pit against lions they would, money would be made and lots of people would watch.
Real men get two concussions, and forget the first.
As a martial artist, I know that you can badly hurt someone if you slap “just right” with the heel of your palm. First time I saw these competitions I wondered if the hitting with the heel of the palm is even allowed. And even if it’s not, how do you control that. I saw someone, during a point tournaments, get kicked in right where the upper and lower jaw connect, and they ended up spitting blood. If you get hot there, with the palm heel, you can basically die.
I think Dana White is showing he is a total hypocrite, he acts like he cares about his fighters health and then supports something so blatantly bad for people's brains, honestly it's just ridiculous
Well put. There’s many opportunities to not fully explain your argument and have many people say “well that happens in other sports” but you covered every point.
I'm thrilled we'll all get to deal with these individuals that have been slapped silly when we're out in public.
Bas rutten used palm strikes in pancrase because they weren't aloud to punch and he knocked people out all the time. You've got a point doc!
You are 100% correct... they are actually penalized for flinching or tucking their chin. If Dana White did get involved, probably his biggest error ever.
Funny how Dana defends it so much, we all know deep down he knows how stupid creating the power slap league is
Next dumb sport idea: who can tank a gunshot at point black range 💀
Don´t give Dana any more ideas. He´s already exploiting enough people.
Hasbulla vs Brock Lesnar
*HOW can she slap?* That man was ahead of his time....he KNEW.
One of the biggest things to know about slap fighting - damage to the otologic system often never heals. You could have tinnitus that lasts for years. There still aren't great treatments for tinnitus that isn't due to a structural cause
I think a distinction you can make here is that Brian would not suggest it to be “fit” for an untrained male or female to fight a UFC fighter or a boxer, because they would inevitably be subject to significant trauma. Some pro fighters end a fight in 30 seconds and see little damage, due to skill. Pro or otherwise, all competitors in slap fighting will receive trauma irrelevant of what they do. This is the nuance.
Why do people entertain this stuff😭😂
I totally agree with you. As someone who has suffered with longterm sideeffects after a major concussion I can only tell anyone who havent tried it its the worse thing atleast for me. It changes u in so many ways. These are getting multiple concussions over and over.... so dumb
Brian, there was a head injury in the CFL last night, safety Mike Edem, of the Saskatchewan Rough Riders, was taken off the field on a cart on a strange hit to the head. you should do a video on it as it was a head shot but more of a glancing blow and didn't look like a lot of other ones you have done.
everybody knows the side effects. they signed up for the money. period. not everything in this country needs to be pussy. they already killed football
The concept of slap fighting is simultaneously hilarious and depressing
I'm a die hard UFC fan. A Dana white fanboy. And doc, I actually agree 100%. It's a terrible idea and will only fill Dana's pockets more while leaving numerous dudes with severe damage to they're head and when push comes to shove they'll be broke an unable to care for themselves
How can it even be considered a sport. There is literally no skill involved at all.
As a fan of feeling superior to other people, I think slap fighting is terrific. I see these idiots bashing each other in the head as and it makes me feel great.
Thank you. I can't believe Dana is supporting this. When Charlie (penguinz0) started promoting that "sport" I thought it was a bad idea, but I don't expect someone unfamiliar with combat sports to understand why slap contests are so bad. Dana does not have that excuse. Smh I mean seriously it has all the negatives that come with boxing, but practically none of the positives. Just wtf.
I'm considering going into emergency medicine or critical care, I hope this sport picks up steam!
Job security. So hot right now.
You won't need extra patients.
you sound like the average doctor L
@@yes-vy6bn thanks b
I think more doctors like you need to speak out publicly against slap boxing. Maybe more people would actually listen then about the criticisms of slap boxing and take them seriously.
As a martial artist that risked and strained so many resources and relationships to learn technicalities like evasion, set ups, timing, and etc, this slap thing is the best spot ever made 🤣👍🏻
I cringed hard at the ad during the last UFC ppv. Glorifying defenseless KOs is the dumbest thing I’ve seen of recent.
This is all MoistCriticals fault
Lol my exact thoughts, even Arnold S was in shock when he went to a sponsored slap fight event
Lol, no. This dude has a huge platform, but I've seen slap fights for YEARS before he ever covered them.
yeah cuz the 19-25 years avge old demographic that charlie has is enough for a big slap tournament to happen clown lmao
I'm an IT consultant in my 30s and looking to do some MMA and kickboxing amateur bouts. A lot of my training time is focused on _not_ getting punched. I really do not want to get punched in the head unnecessarily. I don't worry about breaking a shin, dislocating an elbow, cracking a rib .. those things heal, even if I'm never 99% with a broken leg, I'll be 98% and can live my life normally. Of course I don't want that to happen, but still, not the worst thing imaginable. But one can't live their lives normally with a traumatic head injury that turns into CTE over time. I'm not even that worried that I end up knocked out in my first amateur fight, but I am worried that I get unnecessarily damage to the head time after time in training. That's what I don't want to get. This slap "fighting" thing is the silliest thing I've ever seen. Even bare knuckled boxing isn't near as bad.
Just watched the finals on Rumble. It's stupid and very dangerous.
This is exactly what I was saying. You are not allowed to soften the blow you just have to take it. This will result in far more concussions than the UFC. Probably more than in boxing and possibly more than even in football
This is definitely worse than football, especially when some of these slaps are wrist to cheek
Although I agree with everything stated in this video, I was left disappointed as I was hoping you’d get more in-depth (and detail) into the types of trauma that this senseless “sport” can cause. That said, I'm so happy that you released this video. I can't believe people will pay to watch this madness.
Concussions, CTE, general stupidity
One thing that I always wondered was how common cuts to the cheeks are from the “slaps” because I assume their mouths are completely fucked from the constant hits to the cheeks and in turn the constant contact of the cheeks with the teeth
You should do a video about Mark Borowiecki from last night in the NHL
Should be called USC (Ultimate Slapping Championship)
yea this is just dumb.
The Hot 97 radio station in NYC used to do this exact competition back in the day, but society had better standards back then and community outrage forced the station to get rid of it. It’s amazing how money can change things.
I just had to invest some time in scrolling through your content because I am such a fan of these videos and I love that you’ve tied your immense knowledge to what seems to be a very natural interest in sports. Cannot give you enough praise for these videos
Totally agree with you. I’m glad a physician who understands the skills involved in MMA has this take. Power Slap is ridiculous and frankly I can’t believe Dana White thinks this is a good idea.
Boxings more damaging to the brain.
So glad you decided to make a video about Slapping contest, Really don't understand why Dana is promoting it
cuz he likes money and doesnt really care about people
This is one of those situations where, when the “sport” was explained to me, I thought that I had misunderstood something fundamental. I didn’t, it’s just a ridiculous (and dangerous) spectacle.
it’s ridiculous
I completely concur , senseless non competitive, absurd , it’s moronic , voluntary concussions 🤕 no defense allowed , how can any athletic commission/ organization agree to this? There’s a level of disappointment with this and seeing people laugh and be amazed while another human being gets concussed voluntarily without being able to defend themselves , it’s just really stupid and disappointing
I think when you venture into bringing Russian sports like this to the States you're venturing into dangerous territory on principle
its an embarrassment to combat sports
These slapping matches are a rather depressing indictment on the way modern society is going.
in Poland one competitor died from that
This is the culmination of watching dumb people doing dumb things, it's jackass in a "sport" form. Absolutely everyone who has ever watched slap fighting has done it to laugh at big dudes being slapped. There's nothing more to it.
Huge MMA fan and a casual boxing fan but I don't like this at all. I truly think someone will die doing this long term.
There have already been multiple death in MMA “sanctioned” slap matches.
I wrote a big college paper advocating for mma as being safer than boxing and many other combat and full contact sports. and I couldn't ever imagine calling "power slap" or whatever, a sport, a martial art, a reasonable idea, pastime, or competition. It's just so so so dumb. So very, very... dumb.
Yes. Its ridiculous actually. Why? Do we need this? And do ppl actually want to see this? I dunno man. 🤔🤦♂️
I feel like if people want to do it to earn money, they're free to do it, but they should be educated on the possible risks...thaf being said, I'd also like to see gladiator fights to the death brought back
I don't get how this can get sanctioning in the US when you can't even do head kicks to grounded opponents in the UFC or do 12 to 6 elbows.
Key things, in normal slap fighting you can’t step into the slap or use the lower palm/heel of the hand to hit the face. This is illegal and your meant to automatically lose the fight. Dana removed the safety rules to make more knock outs.
Back in day I was down in Brazil and instead of using mma sparring gloves they slapped. Definitely feels like a punch!
having my ear drum injured from a slap before, I smirked so hard when I came upon this competition last time, like bruh.
There is Indian slap kabbadi but they have to slap the opponents bare chest
😂😂😂 he used my face to talk about it “not being a slap” I’m the redhead
Not to mention risk of retinal detachments, trauma to the optic nerves, and blindness as a result from a few poorly placed slaps?
In Poland we had an organization that was becoming pretty mainstream until one guy k*lled another on site with a SLAP, we haven't had any event since then.
Whoever thinks that open palm strikes are not dangerous, should watch some Bas Rutten highlights.
When this shit was comming up I was still hoping the combat sports community as a whole would just boycott this madness. But it seems to be like everywhere. When it is about money all involved institutions just go over bodies.
I agree with you! For one, is there a lack of combat sports available for viewing pleasure that I’m unaware of? Two, a fighter should always have the option to protect their heads. Three, slap fighting? What is wrong with us collectively that our bread and circus has come to this? Didn’t we used to draw and quarter people, and make them fight lions and shii? Slap fighting huh? Dangerous and stupid
Doc, most of us agree slap-fighting is dumb, but this is yet another way for organizers to expand their streams of income.
I swear one day there will be a real life “Squid Games.” Gladiator type stuff.
Every other slap competition has rules that are enforced. Power slap does not enforce the rules that would prevent KO'S. Punching with the palm is called clubbing and is illegal in every other slap fight organization.
It's really sad because one thing your learn pretty quickly practicing any kind of martial arts is how to avoid a hit, once you take a hard blow a couple times you never want to let that happen again. I've gotten drilled by people taller than me that had a lot of reach and I learned pretty fast how to move my legs and torso and shoulders and head. Even if you move your head as you take a hit it minimizes the power of it pretty substantially and turns an otherwise devastating blow into just a tap. You can take taps for days but you can only handle 1 or 2 heavy shots before it's game over.
This is definitely a dangerous sport, but in boxing/mma even if you can defend yourself, the fights typically stop after someone has taken damage to the point where they can’t fight anymore. So if you wouldn’t allow this, I don’t see why other combat sports would be perfectly okay
It sounds like there should be rules regarding the part of the hand that should be allowed to make contact and if people use their wrist, they should be automatically disqualified for a certain period of time. That would improve safety.
At least in boxing or MMA you can defend or deflect the blow so that the force can be reduced. This would mean that most concussive blows in those sports are reduced through these means because professionals never just stand there and eat mind-numbing punches. If they do, then the referees stop the fight.
I thought this was a dumb idea, too.
It's almost appropriate that this sport is the easiest way to get damage. I can't believe the goal is to take a hit to the chin rattle your brain and then stand back up and try to take more punishment.
Dana White was just promoting his new slapping show with his wife in Mexico.
The people who do this would do this no matter if there was a competition or not. So you are right with your point but you will probably not change anything. But it was still important to do this video because you are 100% right.
Random question, but where do you usually get your shirts?
JC Penney
Real doc slams the bad things Respect for putting it forward to aware everyone.
Haha couldn't imagine being a doctor and telling people that I watch people slap each other a living. 😆
👉👉👉 This actually BLOWS my mind, how commissions legally let this be sanctioned i don’t know. This is a BAR moment thing, let me explain. If your in a bar and see this well you’d watch it. But to put this in the SPORTS box I don’t know I’m definitely questioning a lot things now. Like the legitimacy of sports commissions. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️👈👈👈