Should vertical elbows be legal?

Yes. But I agree about not allowing stamps etc. But elbows in Muay Thai do not often end careers. You are allowed to spike people or suplex them in a far more dangerous move than an elbow.

Look at when Randleman supplexed Fedor, that could easily have broken his neck and paralysed him.

I would ban that sort of move before banning elbows.

 

Yeah if you throw the perfect horizontal elbow, but every elbow thrown in the 12 to 6 motion has potential to do serious damage.

 

:!:yes defo a good way to finish fight

 

:good In my humble opinion, the problem with the vertical elbow, when thrown at an opponents head is that it will almost always land on the top of an opponents head, and could easily hit the back of the head, as opposed to the horizontal elbow, which will almost always hit an opponent in the face or front of the head. The fact is that the rule is in place for a reason, and I for one am interested to learn exactly what that is. It is of course, for reasons of safety, but who exactly advised this rule and why? Are ALL vertical elbows, to ANY area of the body illegal? I am unsure of this (I am sure I have seen vertical elbows to thighs, but it may well have been an "Old" UFC that I was watching), so please advise. To be honest I am not too disappointed that they are illegal, todays world class mma fighters have sufficient weapons in their arsenal to do serious damage without them and any blow that increases the risk of a serious blow to the top (And especially back) of the head can remain illegal for me. I'm sure plenty feel differently, but hey this site would be crap if we all agreed.

 

Well you just help my point.. These strikes are supposed to be about potential damage.

If anything, the 12-6 motion is going to cut someone up, very badly and very quickly, but this is part of the MMA game that the UFC decided to include in their GnP, as elbow strikes from any position tend to cause a lot of cuts.

I could care less if elbows are allowed or not. If they are allowed, then they should be allowed.