Is UFC not brutal enough...do wrestlers have an unfair advantage?

Weird that a B-Hop is so passionate about real MMA. Are you aware that Hop thinks MMA is "gay porn"?

 

I can't say I care either way. As far as I'm aware, no one in Pride was ever seriously hurt from them. The ref is there for a reason. So I don't see why they can't be brought back in, other than for the fact that the mainstream public may not like it and it may alienate the sport, which is the last thing it needs.

 

Bring in headbutts and knees on the ground, and vertical elbows, and don't stand fights up or break up clinches...if anything the curent rules are slanted against the dominant wrestler. Just imagine Brock Lesnar with headbutts allowed.

 

i agree bring back head kicks.

 

I'm not really a connaisseur in MMA and I was wondering why GSP was not unloading his knee to the head against Dan Hardy when he had a clear opening. Of course I figured its cause there's a rule against it but I was kind of disappointed cause the opening was definately there.

 

Shoot for the takedown and you can get punched or kneed in the face.

Kicks on the ground are too dangerous. I think upkicks to a posture opponent (Vera vs Jones) should be allowed.

 

Yeah, the rules against no upkicks when your opponent is in your guard and no downward elbows are clearly dumb as they aren't any harder than other techniques that are perfectly legal. Knees to the ground I think are the same except for the fact that from side control the part of the head that your knee has the most access to is the temple rather than the front which could be much more dangerous.

I also think headbuts should be allowed. It would make top control a lot more interesting, not to mention the clinch. I doubt that will ever happen though. When boxing guys think headbuts they think "the fight ends on a lame cut" and since state athletic commissions are so heavily influenced by boxing guys I don't think that's going to change. Not for a while at least.

 

Anderson, GSP, Aldo, Machida and Fedor say.....NO! BJ has wrestling experience so I didn't include him.

UNFAIR advantage? Come on man, it's not like a "secret" art

 

I agree, I think knees on the ground would give wrestlers even more of an advantage. Igor v Coleman in the OW Grand Prix comes to mind. But would like to see a senseable amendment to a few of the rules regarding knees and elbows on the ground

 

knees on the ground rule. just check out wandys or shoguns old fights in Pride.

 

:rofl You want the mount to be severely cut out of the game but you want head kicks to a downed fighter back?

 

:good Let alone the gloves that make it harder to grapple with... and protect the strikers hands... so they he can punch harder... and more often.

Realistically... Kicks to a downed opponent don't have much effect at all on stopping a takedown attempt. That would have to be a pretty horrible takedown shot to get kicked in the head while you are down... somehow before you have reached your opponent. Kicking at them only helps them take you down easier. Knees on a shooting wrestlers usually don't work either. I have seen it work on occasion (on very sloppy shots)... but not very often. Besides that... it will only be effective as the wrestler is lowering his level to shoot... he wouldn't be on his knees yet anyways... so they can already knee him at that point. Allowing knees to a downed opponent helps the dominant wrestler much more than it helps a standing striker.