We should just ban fighting, people get hurt.
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New idea, have guys fight multiple people at once in a coliseum. Have them fight with weapons like swords and clubs and then eventually let a hungry lion into the arena. How has this never been done before in human history?
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Actual gladiatorial fights were way more subdued than the movies and had a referee and rules. It was a combat sport, not a free for all battle.
Political prisoners, Christians and criminals were fed to animals as b-list entertainment. Gladiators were way too expensive to waste on that.
But knee kicks all good?
Rampage says it fucked his career up
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They should retroactively reverse the dq loss to Hamill but dq Jones in every fight he used that kick. Fair trade in my opinion
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Ground knees to the head.
Correct me if my memory is faulty but as I recall, PRIDE Fc allowed stomps and soccer kicks but did not allow elbows because they frequently cut fighters, & shorten careers. I’m not for taking elbows out of the UFC but directly kicking the knee? Yes.
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I thought the elbow rule was because they did a lot of tournaments and wanted guys to fight frequently. They knew fighters wouldn’t be able to compete as often if cuts kept them out. I could be wrong though
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Dana and his wife better call their bull, Bones Jones, and ask him if it is ok for them to ban them now? He didn’t give Dana permission to transition to Pride-style gloves to prevent eye pokes years ago, remember?
Stomps to the knee or leg are no different to me than joint manipulation, which is completely illegal. Why can’t fighters grab or pull or twist on an index finger but stomping down on a leg is perfectly fine? Either way, it’s a dirty technique that has no place in a martial arts competition.
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We should ban punches while we’re at it. Might hurt someone or give them brain damage punching them in the head. It’s a fight. If we’re going to ban oblique kicks, then we should ban knee bars as well. Enough shit is banned already. Bring back knees to head on the ground and I’ll allow it.
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It’s a fucking fight… geez. Let’s ban GnP and allow fighters to have standing 10 counts. ..
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Good budo"in the spirit of being a lifelong martial artist"…one should avoid kick’n joints…
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Shouldn’t be banned, people just don’t want to train to defend it and want to be able to be flat footed, plodding forwarded and winging power shots.
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Headbutt IMO
They can ban these kicks only if they allow knees to a downed opponent