Nimmy

Scottish Member of Parliment Sandra White.

recent article in the Metro newspaper in scotland this morning:

"Senior polie and politicians have condemned plans to hold Scotlands major cage fighting bout,

The "sport" a hybrid of boxing, wrestling and martial arts has been described as barbaric, with concerns that parents will take their kids along to the controvercial event.
The British Medical Association has called for it to be banned. More than 4,000 fans, paying up tp #45 a ticket, are expected to pack into the Braehead arena next month to watch eight contestants punch, kick and elbow thier opponents into submission.

Promoters deny the event is violent and say it involves trained athletes. But a Croatian contender was knocked unconscious by a flying kick to the head during a recent event in Manchester.

Strathclyde Det chief Supt John Carnochan, head of the Violence reduction Unit, said; "while i do not claim to have a clear understanding of what is involved in cage fighting, i do know there is a fine line between what some people would describe as a sport and others would describe as violence."

Glasgow MSP Sandra White has called for changes to licening laws to stop such events, she said "unfortunatly we have a reputation for fighting, its bad for glasgow to bring such an event here when we are actually trying to solve the problem of violence."

Jonny Burrows, Cage Wars event producer, defended its saftey record, saying he had put on around 37 fights and the greatest injury anyone had suffered was seven stiches to the head".