Another reason why James Murphey is cool

Turns out Mr Murphy is an amateur ultimate fighter.

Doctors from the British Medical Association (BMA) called for notoriously tough combat sport Ultimate Fighting to be banned this week, prompting a dismissive reaction from LCD SoundSystem mainman/ amateur ultimate fighter James Murphy.

“That’s ridiculous; totally ridiculous,” James told Skrufff, “Ultimate fighting is one of those things that if people look at it and hate it, they’ll say‘ this is two people trying to kill each other’ what medical bullshit can I say to make it stop. It’s a kneejerk cultural reaction,” he complained.

BMA ethics chief Dr Vivienne Nathanson branded ultimate fighting ‘uncivilised’ telling reporters ‘ultimate fighting can be extremely brutal and has been described as ‘human cockfighting.”

“It can cause traumatic brain injury, joint injuries and fractures,” she added, “No amount of money can compensate for permanent brain damage and premature death.”

James, who’s currently taking a break from fight training after injuring his knee in a fall backstage at Leeds V festival, was unimpressed, however, pointing out ‘boxing is still allowed and that’s where you get permanent brain damage.’

“The permanent damage that lots of other sports cause is so much worse than ultimate fighting, so much worse,” he continued, “I’ve hurt my shoulder doing it, but not as badly as when I played American football. In fact, my father had permanent knee damage for the rest of his life from playing a sport that no-one ever argues is too dangerous. American football players don’t walk right after a certain age; professional boxers like Mohammad Ali, develop Parkinsons’ disease,” he said.