Thoughts on new MMA rules?

[Lamont Cranston]

Specifically the 6-12 elbows and the downed-opponent changes.

Discuss.

 

[scourge]

Seem like good changes to me. Will they actually happen? I remember a short while ago they were revamping the scoring. It never happened.

 

[Rambo John J]

Both good
I think knees should be legal anywhere anytime

 

[IschKabibble]

Baby steps toward allowing soccer kicks. I like it.

 

[MountainMedic]

knees should be legal anywhere

This.
The rules dictate the tactics.
The current rules created a place to hide.
Obviously Jones taking advantage of this gap is the glaring example.

Honestly not a fan of soccer kicks, its still sportfighting after all, not a taking IQ points contest.

 

[Robbie Hart]

A fight is a fight
You should never be allowed to hide by putting your hand on the ground to avoid being getting knees to anywhere and the 12-6 bugs me
How are you allowed to elbow the head from your back but not when on top??

 

[steroid to heaven]

under the official rules at the time, jones "loss" for 12-6 elbows was legal
to be illegal it must be perfectly vertical and in a perfectly straight line
it was neither

View: https://i.imgur.com/HBzuRns.mp4


in fact, if someone offered u $1,000 to throw a perfectly vertical elbow with no arc, u probably couldnt do it with 10 tries

 

[MountainMedic]

under the official rules at the time, jones "loss" for 12-6 elbows was legal
to be illegal it must be perfectly vertical and in a perfectly straight line
it was neither

View: https://i.imgur.com/HBzuRns.mp4


in fact, if someone offered u $1,000 to throw a perfectly vertical elbow with no arc, u probably couldnt do it with 10 tries

I always called that fight karma.. he had just "won" 1 he clearly lost, this just evened the books.