Is UFC barbaric?

Do you think UFC is barbaric? Most people who watch UFC for their first couple times think it is barbaric. I disagree because not only do the fighters wear gloves but there is a referee there to stop the fight at any time.  There is also many rules in UFC that most people don’t even know about. For example after UFC 14 kicks to a downed opponent, hair pulling, fish hooking, and head butting became illegal. If there was no referee there then UFC would be more barbaric and dangerous but since there is a referee there then if an opponent is suffering to much damage the referee can stop the fight.

To be a UFC fighter it takes a lot of training and skill, some people who watch it just think that it is two people just beating up on each other. Watching UFC is like watching a chess match, it is very technical and there is a lot more to it than people know about. There is many different styles of fighting incorporated into UFC that take years of training to master. For example there is Muy Tai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, Taekwondo, wrestling and many more. Some fighters even go to different countries to train in different forms of mixed martial arts so they can come back to the United States and show off how much they have perfected they’re fighting abilities. I do not have any desire to become a UFC fighter I just admire it very much.