Help me out WP and tell me what does it mean to be "all in?" Avid thinks I'm trolling, but I'm not. I lost interest in any kind of professional fighting when it became apparent that Ali had suffered brain damage from his time in the ring, despite his skill at "dance like a butterfly and sting like a bee . . ." If that's the product of pugilism, then we might as well allow gladiator contests and really give the fans a show.

I don't get the appeal of MMA other than the basest reptilian instincts, which pretty much by definition can only bring out the basest in human behavior. Which according to psychologists is that the human subconscious reaction to seeing another human approaching from a distance is, "can that person kill me? If so, then fight or flight. If not, then maybe I will kill him. Or not." This all happens subconsciously, so we don't even think about it generally.