MMA with wrestling shoes on?

[sakfjgadsyukgf]

A couple months ago I started a thread asking if anyone else wanted to see MMA without the cage- maybe like an open mat https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/...out-the-cage-take-off.4294324/#post-171261694

In general I want to see more experimentation with different rulesets. To go along with that..... how about MMA with shoes? Getting rid of the cage would take some takedowns away, having the fighters wear wrestling shoes would bring them back. Obviously it's much harder to shoot when you're barefoot, I've heard wrestlers complain about this all the time. Plus you'd get savate-style kicks.

I remember in some of the early UFCs they wore shoes. What do people think? Would it make MMA more interesting?

 

[23rd Century Sweetheart]

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

Not sure if it would work. I think sometimes when they allowed shoes they didn't allow head kicks if you wore them out of fear of the shoes causing cuts but I know Cro Cop wore shoes when he fought Hunt in MMA and was able to throw head kicks. Would be interesting but hard to do a huge mat and cuts from the shoes could be a problem.

 

[Necrocrawler]

Not sure if it would work. I think sometimes when they allowed shoes they didn't allow head kicks if you wore them out of fear of the shoes causing cuts but I know Cro Cop wore shoes when he fought Hunt in MMA and was able to throw head kicks. Would be interesting but hard to do a huge mat and cuts from the shoes could be a problem.

I never understood those rules

Cro cop used shoes and even throwed axe kicks


Then, there was that Guy at UFC who got dq for throwing kicks

I also think minowa won one of his UFC matches with a cut that opened after he landes a headkick. He had his shoes on


Thats a mess over mess lol



Anyway

I believe RIZIN still allows people to wear shoes.
If im not mistaken, Brandon Halsey had shoes on his last fight there

 

[sakfjgadsyukgf]

Not sure if it would work. I think sometimes when they allowed shoes they didn't allow head kicks if you wore them out of fear of the shoes causing cuts but I know Cro Cop wore shoes when he fought Hunt in MMA and was able to throw head kicks. Would be interesting but hard to do a huge mat and cuts from the shoes could be a problem.

But savate has kicks with shoes on, including headkicks. They probably make the edge of the shoe soft to avoid cuts, but- savate's been a martial art for over a century, so it seems doable

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

But savate has kicks with shoes on, including headkicks. They probably make the edge of the shoe soft to avoid cuts, but- savate's been a martial art for over a century, so it seems doable

Maybe with special shoes the extra risk of cuts might not be too big of a problem.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

I never understood those rules

Cro cop used shoes and even throwed axe kicks


Then, there was that Guy at UFC who got dq for throwing kicks

I also think minowa won one of his UFC matches with a cut that opened after he landes a headkick. He had his shoes on


Thats a mess over mess lol

Yeah, they would have to have concrete rules about shoes and what kinds of shoes you can wear to throw head kicks.

 

[DoctorTaco]

You’d see people getting their ankles and knees absolutely ripped to pieces with heel
Hooks

 

[Shadess]

Think King Mo fought shoes on in a Rizin tournament.

 

[Idonotbelieveit]

Ken shamrock said without boots he felt uncomfortable..

 

[Idonotbelieveit]

You’d see people getting their ankles and knees absolutely ripped to pieces with heel
Hooks

Wrestlers didn't like not wearing boots..yes you're right about heel hooks