Sentences with phrase «human cockfighting»

This is a sport which was once referred to by U.S. Senator John McCain as «human cockfighting»; while he later softened that stance it was only after some years and a concerted effort on the part of the sport to round off its harder edges.

Then the story talks about MMA as a «bloodsport» that has no rules, and they always reference John McCain's stupid quote calling MMA «Human Cockfighting.»

Given that Senator John McCain, who famously called MMA «human cockfighting» and a «blood sport», called for a nationwide ban in the US, which fell on deaf ears, should the UK government ban MMA and professional boxing as some other nations, such as Sweden, have?

Those who believe all combat sports are immoral, even those who choose to see mixed martial arts as «human cockfighting,» a degradation of Marquess of Queensberry orthodoxy, would have seen nothing to change their minds at the dome.

Not exact matches

In an early scene, Brendan's boss refers to MMA as a kind of human «cockfighting,» echoing a comparison famously made by Senator John McCain, who led an unsuccessful campaign to ban ultimate fighting in 1996.

There's less of the second quality in this movie, but one has to wonder about the movie's disregard for life — both animal (When his cockfighting roosters get loose, he shoots one and smothers another with a pillow) and human (Alan listens to music while his father has a heart attack and seems almost happy to have witnessed Marshall shooting one of his associates).

Cockfighting involves two roosters wearing blades on their feet and fighting to the death while human spectators place bets on the outcome.

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Organized cruelty, such as dogfighting, cockfighting and other bloodsports, is illegal in all 50 states, and is linked to other criminal activities such as human violence, gambling and drug distribution.

And then there's the really odd stuff, like accusations of human trafficking, cockfighting, and killing an 11 - month - old puppy.