So like football, you can gird your loins so that your loins can be exploded by even harder impact. This is insanity.<p>The only way to make &quot;fighting sports&quot; safe is to ban hits to damage-prone areas of the body. But the organizing body&#x27;s in those sports are unwilling to go far enough - apparently we want, nay, _need_ to see blood, spit, injury  and yes, death in our &quot;fighting sports&quot;.