- Joined
- Nov 2, 2010
- Messages
- 51,343
- Reaction score
- 43,041
legalize eyepokes and remove standups then
Give me some headbutts too.
legalize eyepokes and remove standups then
pretty much sums my take on it up.
"If we're playing rock paper scissors and I use rock all the time, I don't try to ban paper"
Have you had an MMA fight?has firas ever even had an mma fight? who gives a fuck about his opinion
has firas ever even had an mma fight? who gives a fuck about his opinion
has firas ever even had an mma fight? who gives a fuck about his opinion
Exactly. Its really this simple but there always always always has to be two fucking sides to everything because people bitch and at the end of the day simply want what they want and what might benefit them in some way shape or form.Some techniques are banned because of the injuries they can cause.
12-6 elbow, kicking a downed opponent, Groin strike, attacks to the eye or spine. Back of the head. It's a sport not a street brawl.
There's a huge argument to banning the knee kick. It's a sneaky move to injure your opponent rather than "beat" him.
Some techniques are banned because of the injuries they can cause.
12-6 elbow, kicking a downed opponent, Groin strike, attacks to the eye or spine. Back of the head. It's a sport not a street brawl.
There's a huge argument to banning the knee kick. It's a sneaky move to injure your opponent rather than "beat" him.
Dumb comment and even dumber calling MMA a "spectacle".It makes the sport more boring. Rangy fighters can stop their opponents from engaging by threatening to hyper-extend the knee. Is it a good fighting move? Yeah. But it makes the spectacle worse.
honestly this technique goes back a long way. it's just a dirty trick. I remember my dad telling me about it back when I was in my teens, and he was just a dirty street fighterit's a hell of a technique that few even really thought about even 10 years ago.
i'm not surprised that it's controversial.
but Wonderboy will most likely lose his campaign to remove them.
Agreed, and Firas' argument is moot as he conveniently overlooks the obvious fact that plenty of other strikes are indeed banned. His rock paper scissors analysis probably appeals to people who simply already agree with him, but it is an irrelevant comparison.
No one argues for these strikes to be banned because they can not overcome them in a fight - the debate is due to the unnecessary injuries they cause that are not truly the product of winning the striking battle.
I see them as more similar to eye gouges than a move in rock-paper-scissors.