MMA Vs. Boxing Vs. Football

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Here's a good article that compares the dangers and violence between mixed martial arts, boxing and (American) football.

Football? Sounds crazy at first, but when you think about it, football is pretty violent.

I don't know about you, but I would rather be in a position to defend against one person trying to punch, kick, take me down or submit me rather than defend myself against a group of guy's the size of refrigerators all trying to tackle me.

Ultimate fighting no more violent than boxing, football

…Of course, some people who have seen the mixed martial arts might be  inclined to call it violent, and occasionally the sport lives up to  that description. In fact, it lives up to that description almost as  well as football or boxing. In boxing, concussions are commonplace. The  rules of boxing place a boxer in greater risk of a concussion than the  rules of mixed martial arts. Though boxing gloves are more padded than  mixed martial arts gloves, they are actually not designed to protect  the head; they are designed to let the fighters hit each other longer  without breaking their hands.

Also, a mixed martial arts fighter has fewer restrictions when it  comes to defending himself from punches. In boxing, when a fighter ties  up his opponent to defend himself, the referee steps in to break it up  so that the fighters can keep punching. A mixed martial arts fighter  can defend himself from punches by grappling his opponent to the  ground, locking up his opponent's arms and attempting to subdue him  with a hold. These submission holds offer a fighter a way to win a  match without concussing the brain of his opponent.

And what  about football? How often do people see highlights of brutal hits? If  people are so against brutality in sports, why is Chicago Bears'  linebacker Brian Urlacher a hero? If a defensive end slipped around the  blocker and decked a quarterback who didn't even see him coming, would  that be against the rules? No. It would be in the highlights on Sunday  night. If 11 men all tackled one guy at the same time, would it be  against the rules? No. If 12 men did it would be a  too-many-men-on-the-field penalty. Is that a 10-yard penalty, or 15?

The rest is here.