"Every time you get a knock to the head, brain cells die."
Professor Ciaran Bolger, a neurologist from Beamount Hospital in Dublin, thinks parents have a responsibility to keep their children away from MMA.
Prof. Bolger joined Jamie Moore on Now That’s What I Call Sport on Sunday morning.
Bolger says consenting adults should NOT be banned from competing in MMA in Ireland but that regulation needs to include having a qualified neurologist cage-side with the skills to save a fighters life, if needed.
Listen to his fascinating interview, in full, where he explains exactly what happens to a person’s head and brain if they are repeatedly punched in the head, and what ‘talk and die’ is, by clicking play on the link below.
