By Max Miller2021-03-12T13:52:00+00:00
The BBC has agreed to broadcast Bellator MMA exclusively in the UK on BBC iPlayer in 2021
The Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Select Committee (DCMS) has questioned the BBC’s decision to broadcast MMA competitions in the UK.
Citing fears over the effect of concussions, DCMS chair Julian Knight MP has written to BBC director-general Tim Davie to invite him to the committee before 31 March.
Knight wrote: “On 9 March Peter McCabe, chief executive of the Headway charity, told the DCMS Committee that he would immediately ban both boxing and cage fighting as the primary objective of each sport is to injure or knock out the opposing fighter. He said that while other sports might risk brain injury as a consequence of participation, it was almost a primary objective in both boxing and mixed martial arts.
BBC News Women suffer concussion too, says former rugby player
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A former Wales rugby player who had a seizure, sickness and memory loss says female athletes should be heard in discussions about sport head injuries.
Retired flanker Nic Evans said she had no memories of her first appearance at Twickenham as a result of concussion.
The UK Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee is to begin an inquiry into sport and long-term brain injury.
Ms Evans said she was speaking out to raise awareness.
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