She went to arm her aircraft, but there wasn't enough time. She and another pilot, Marc Sasseville, had to get in the air. We were on a suicide mission. And in order to be able to take any airliner down, Sass would ram his aircraft into the cockpit where the terrorists were, to destroy the flight controls," she explained. It was our plan to prevent any additional casualties. After witnessing the horror of the attacks in New York, she said she understood what needed to be done.
Anyone who had been in our position would have been willing to do the same thing. And the proof is in the pudding, because the passengers on Flight 93 did. Flight 93 was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists nearly an hour after takeoff and diverted east toward Washington, D.
Field long-range missiles and bombard Chinese airfields. Hide surface-to-air missile batteries in the mountains. Deploy swarms of drones. But Taipei seems determined to operate manned fighters, even if they might not last long in wartime. Taiwan is spending billions of dollars to buy new Fs, build locally designed light fighters and work up blueprints for a future jet. And it would cost billions more for Taiwan actually to build the future fighter.
An additional jets belonging to training squadrons could, in an emergency, fly combat missions. The fighter fleet is growing old. Fighters weighing above lbs up to lbs Mini Flyweight to Featherweight will use 6oz gloves; fighters above lbs up to lbs Super Featherweight to Welterweight will use 8oz gloves; while fighters above lbs Super Welterweight and above must use 10 oz gloves.
Competition gloves are always provided by the organizers. Soft hand bandages are used to wrap the hands for protection and wrist support. Likewise, the bandages are provided by the show organizers and then taped up using plaster or rubber-glue tape for securement with no emphasis on increasing the thickness on the knuckles.
After wrapping, the bandages are inspected by officials to ensure that the rules are adhered to. Like traditional boxing, Thai boxers fight in the appropriate weight divisions.
In Thailand, the average weight for males is between lbs to lbs so these are the most competitive divisions in Muay Thai. Weigh-ins take place a day before the fight to ensure that the fighters meet the correct weight for which they are competing in.
Cutting weight is a common practice in fight sport where the fighter undergo -at times drastic- measures to lose weight in the week leading up to the weigh-in in order to meet the required weight. This is usually performed by running long distance in sweat suits. In the internationally most important Muay Thai stadiums, Lumpinee and Rajadamnern, fights are sanctioned for 5 rounds of 3 minutes each, with a break of 2 minutes between rounds.
This can differ in amateur fights or other fight promotions with variations such as 2-minute rounds, 3-round fights and 1-minute rest-time between rounds. Shoes and shirts are prohibited for male competitors and only Muay Thai shorts are worn in the ring. The shorts are colored depending on the corner that the fighter belongs to, which is usually red or blue. Pink or maroon are acceptable variations as are different shades of the 2 colors. Most Thai boxers also wear the sacred armbands known as Prajead.
Ankle guards are commonly worn but they are not mandatory. Some techniques and behaviours can result in penalties such as warning, loss of points and even disqualification. Headbutts, biting, and poking the eyes are not allowed as is one of the most commonly seen fouls, which is hitting the genital of the opponent. Disrespectful conduct like spitting or swearing will also be met with penalties. While takedowns are allowed and do score well, Judo or wrestling techniques are prohibited.
Certainly not the throwing of opponents off the ring or back-breaking seen in pro-wrestling. It may be more thrilling for a fight to end by knockout but this does not occur most of the time. However, upon closer examination, bad scoring in boxing seems to come about in the rounds where no knockdowns were scored. Even in boxing matches where the decisions were nearly highway robbery, rounds were nearly always given out in agreement by all three judges when knockdowns occurred. As flawed as they may be, boxing judges understand and can consistently apply the rule; a constant which would do wonders for the sport of MMA.
Thus, the question morphs: Is that because of shorter rounds or just a clearly defined point system regarding a knockdown? To be fair, it is probably the latter. The system of scoring a knockdown has been established for a very long time.
Even boxing novices can score a round with relative ease and match that of the official judges. The same cannot be said for MMA, where there are so many ways to lose at any given moment. Still, even with shorter rounds and longer bout durations, the mechanics of the competition remain constant. Wrestling-based fighters will still go for the takedown when it is to their advantage and striking based fighters will play to their strengths. And if three-minute rounds are more accurately digestible for the current crop of judges so they may fairly judge the action and apply the correct judging criteria, then maybe it is worth a second look.
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