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It 100% is better in the long term, which is why the CTE boxers get is on a whole other level compared to the CTE MMA fighters have developed, but we really only have the first generation of MMA fighters to go on. The 8 count and allowing an already concussed fighter to get back in there is the reason sanctioned boxing has multiple deaths while sanctioned MMA has never had one.I'm a fan of soccer kicks as well and don't thi k they are particularly more dangerous than any other fight. IMO it might actually prevent people from taking more shots since soccer kicks are normally landed on someone that just got rocked or dropped and from all the studies I have read CTE is more from volume of head trauma rather than the impact so something finishing someone with less strikes might actually be better for the fighters long term.
There is no actual difference between a standing head kick and a soccer kick beside the ease of landing and in fact the soccer kick will probably have less momentum at least half the time.