For many, mixed martial arts is a fun spectator sport best enjoyed on a
flat screen at the local sports bar accompanied by good friends and cold
beer. But for those who practice the sport, it is a physically
demanding, psychologically grueling endurance match. Nothing tests a
person’s will quite like being thrown to the mat and being forced to
decide between rising to the occasion or tapping out. Yet despite the
brutal nature of mixed martial arts, more and more young people are
throwing their hats in the octagon and giving it a go.