The NRL judiciary has found Melbourne's Jordan Mclean guilty over the tackle on Newcastle's Alex McKinnon; the second phase of tonights proceedings will decide what punishment McLean will face.
Australian UFC fighter Kyle Noke says the NRL is more dangerous than his sport. Source: News Limited
AUSTRALIAN UFC fighter Kyle Noke has urged critics of his sport to look closer at their own football codes — adamant an NRL field remains more dangerous than his steel cage.
Noke, 34, argues that when it comes to the concussion furore, the planet's largest Mixed Martial Arts company is well ahead of rugby league, rugby union and Australian Rules.
Preparing to headline a UFC card in Canada on April 16, the Dubbo welterweight told News Limited: "In terms of head trauma, the UFC is safer than the NRL.
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"That's not me trying to bag rugby league — I love the sport. But if you receive a head knock in the UFC, you're out for eight weeks, sometimes three months.
"And, yes, I know people will say our sport's aim is to knock people out. But when you break it down, any time a UFC fighter is concussed he gets sidelined ... in the NRL they can still play the next week."
UFC fighters Kyle Noke and James Te Huna meet Jared Waerea-Hargreaves. Source: News Limited
The argument also has support medically. Dr Lou Lewis — the Sydneysider with 35 years experience at boxing and MMA events — labelled recent criticism of the UFC "a complete overreaction".
"What Kyle says, it's absolutely correct,'' the doyen of Australian ringside physicians concurs. "You have to remember that not every punch in combat sports causes concussion.
"But if it does, in boxing you're sidelined 28 days. That's been mandatory since 1986.
"And unlike rugby league, we don't measure concussions — you can't have a 'minor' one and be back next week. If you're concussed, that's it.
"I actually put it to league bosses, tongue-in-cheek a few years ago now, that they should follow our rules. They said if they started banning concussed players there would be nobody left to play."
Bryan Fletcher recounts the day Peter Jorgensen, played by Gorden Tallis, hit Gus Gould, played by Matty Johns, in the head with a football on his first day of training with the Roosters.
A promising back-rower who represented NSW Country in his teens, Noke eventually switched to MMA and now lives in America, training out of the famed Greg Jackson's gym in New Mexico.
"Playing bush footy, I've seen first hand the way guys play on after concussion,'' continues the fighter who also worked as a bodyguard for the late Steve Irwin.
"My brother, he played league, and kept coming back after being heavily concussed a number of times.
"So while I'm glad things are changing, it surprises me that so many people still want to bag MMA. I understand that, because of the light gloves, there are a lot of cuts and the blood isn't for everyone.
"But in terms of the serious issues like concussion, we don't even have the standing eight count like boxing."
Noke has experience on the footy field and in the cage. Source: News Limited
One of the highest profile UFC fighters in Australia, Noke will headline The Ultimate Fighter: Nations card in Quebec Canada this month.
The event is the finale of a reality TV series that has pitted the best young fighters from Australia, who Noke coaches, against a Canadian outfit.
Apart from deciding which of the combatants will receive a UFC contract, the TUF: Nations card also pits Noke against Canadian coach and fellow UFC welterweight Patrick Cote.
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