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In the last decade, in fact, the sport has seen three deaths — two in poorly regulated shows outside the country and one in 2007 in Texas. The two fighters who died overseas may have had pre-existing medical conditions they failed to disclose. The Texas fighter died of "complications from blunt trauma to the head with subdural hemorrhage," according to the local medical examiner's office.
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The same thing could have happened with a boxing match. Poorly regulated sports will always have a bigger chance of being more dangerous. You can deregulate football, boxing, racing, etc. and it will greatly increase the chances of serious injury. I think all combat sports need strict regulations to ensure the safety of the athletes.
Blunt trauma to the head is more severe in boxing as stated earlier, but I think what is more telling about the quote is that the fighters possibly didn't disclose crucial medical information. Medical information is used for just about every sport out there and for good reason. The problem is that some athletes want to compete in the sport so badly that they'll go to great lengths to get their medical records smudged, faked, or accepted.
MMA wasn't the problem here, but rather the circumstances around it. You could easily replace MMA in this quote with "Football," "Boxing," "Hockey," "Professional Wrestling," and so on.