I’m very new on this, so I hope this is okay but I would like to hear your opinions. So today I had a conversation with a classmate who is dating someone who does MMA. She said MMA is a fighting sport where you don’t stop when your opponent is on the ground. That someone wants to do this, like hurting someone when they’re down, seems like a red flag to me.

So I kindly want to know how she feels about it and she was all like ‘you don’t choose your partners sport’. So I try to say that it could be seem as a red flag. I try to do it all kindly because the harsher you say it, the more they resent it. But no of the women/ girls (age 16 till 23) didn’t though so. Also now I’m afraid their upset with me when all I want is for her to be safe.

So my question is what are your thoughts on a partner doing MMA? Do you think it’s a red flag? Could this lead to abuse later?