Should elbows to the head of a grounded opponent be banned?

I think they should. I don't care about the brutality, but I do care that way too many fights are either stopped or significantly impacted by massive facial cuts caused by getting hit by an elbow while on the ground.

It's too easy to slice somebody wide open. And some fighters seem to have REALLY sharp elbows. I did a quick compare yesterday with four of my friends, and it was surprising just how much variance there was in how pointed our elbows were.

I'm okay with standing elbows. But elbows to the head of a grounded opponent should be taken out of the rules IMO. I don't like seeing fully-conscious fighters who are completely capable of defending themselves and fighting back, lose fights because they have a massive cut on their forehead caused by a glancing elbow.

Discuss. :good

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A fight doesn't have to be stopped because of the blood for a cut to significantly impact the result. :good

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I appreciate your wit, but when a forehead cut happens that bleeds enough to significantly impact the fighter's vision, what are the odds that it was caused by an elbow while the guy was on his back? Pretty high IMO. Elbows slice people's faces much deeper and more often than punches, kicks or knees do.

This question is purely a matter of opinion and it's equally valid to take the stance of wanting them out, or keeping them in. I just want to see what the proportions are. :nono

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You gotta be a dick every day on every topic huh? :-(

PRIDE didn't allow elbows to the head for that EXACT reason. Because they cause too many massive facial cuts which lead to fights getting stopped on cuts, which most fans consider an unsatisfying ending. Was PRIDE worried about appearing too violent, you ****ing moron? atsch

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