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How safe is MMA? Recent articles point out the serious risks to fighters from head trauma and improper weight cutting.

The NFL was willing to address the issue of concussions in several features before the Super Bowl yesterday, including an interview with President Barack Obama. What cues should Dana White and the UFC take from Roger Goodell and Co.?

MMA fans should remember Chris Benoit and work to make the sport safer.

Perhaps the biggest issue facing combat sports is how they will handle concussions in the future, a question provoked by former NFL player Junior Seau's recent suicide. Even before he committed suicide there was speculation that he may be suffering from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), when he drove his SUV off a cliff in October 2010 hours after being arrested for assaulting his girlfriend.

There is risk in football, there has always been risk in football and there will always be risk in football. Junior Seau's death just makes that point hit home a little harder.

With the very sad news about Junior Seau fresh in everybody's mind, a lot of people (who have not mastered the google) are asking me for the articles Scipio wrote on this stuff. They are here: Is...

There has been a lot of discussion around CTE and how it may impact the future of football and other contact sports - some gadflys predict it will be football's ultimate demise or render the sport...