In the article "Should Punches to the Chest be Illegal in female MMA fights?" by Eric Holden, Some women think chest punches should be illegal and some woman think they should be legal. Female MMA fighters risk damaging their sternum and their breast tissue when they get punched hard in the chest. However the fighters, opinion about the issue is varied.
Auttumn Norton thinks punches to the "chestto" should be banned because she got "punched so hard in the chest during a resent training session that injured her sternum." If Norton had been wearing protection she wouldn't have gotten injured.
Kentucky WMMA fighter Gina Begley "thinks chest shots should only be illegal if they are done one purpose." I agree with her because when you try to hurt someone that is just bad sportsmanship.
On the other hand Heather Clark, Bellator and XFC vet says that she "sometimes wears a turtle bra for MMA fights" because " it has hard plastic cups in it." Obviously woman fighters know its important to protect there chest. Women who don't wear protection know they are taking their own risk of getting injured .
Most competitive sports use protective gear. Football players wear helmets and pads. Soccer players wear shin guards. Volleyball players wear knee pads. When I play soccer, I make sure I use my protection.
To sum up, chest punches for female MMA fighters should not be banned. Fighters should wear protection like other woman do in competitive sports. If they do not and get hurts its is there fault.
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