Knees to a grounded opponent have been legalised

[RonDante]

As long as you’re Brazilian and fighting in Brazil, you can knee your opponent in the head and still get the win

 

[Human Bass]

Look at the replay, it was lower shoulder, upper chest.

 

[7 others]

He did the same against Niko Price

Niko even looked at the ref when it happened

Well.... he got away with it twice so I assume he's gonna do it again and again

 

[BLIND]

He did the same against Niko Price

Niko even looked at the ref when it happened

Well.... he got away with it twice so I assume he's gonna do it again and again

The Nikon one was egregious! I am still baffled that that didn’t get overturned. Weird endings to both fights

 

[jeff7b9]

I have a feeling they are not trying to piss off the Brazilian crowd tonight.

 

[RonDante]

Look at the replay, it was lower shoulder, upper chest.

I did look at the replay, it was neck and jaw, both illegal to knee when the opponent is grounded

 

[kingghidrah]

I have a feeling they are not trying to piss off the Brazilian crowd tonight.

Yeah if they're going to overturn it, in front of a Brazilian crowd is NOT the time to do it.

They can call it an NC at a later date if necessary

 

[kingghidrah]

I'm more concerned about that shit job the ref did in letting Potieria fall to the ground like that

 

[Haliacmon]

not a fan of that move unless they embrace PRIDE rules

 

[7 others]

The Nikon one was egregious! I am still baffled that that didn’t get overturned. Weird endings to both fights

Ikr.. but his luck ran out when he threw that illegal knee against Diego

And Diego took that DQ win LMAO

 

[mkt]

When in Brazil...has everyone forgotten Rumble vs. Belfort?

 

[evergreenrider]

Forever war Aldo!

 

[XDeathClutchX]

agreed, clearly a shin/knee to the head, kind of a grazing shot but clearly illegal.

If they can take the belt from Yan for an illegal strike this should have been ruled illegal as well.

Either change the rules or enforce them.

 

[glavinator]

Look at the replay, it was lower shoulder, upper chest.

No, when they showed it from the other side you could see it a lot more clearly. He did hit shoulder but he also hit the jaw hard and bounced the back of his head off the mat with the impact

 

[Fatback96]

Certain rules for certain countries. Just like the Abu Dhabi cards as well.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

As long as you’re Brazilian and fighting in Brazil, you can knee your opponent in the head and still get the win

That’s cool, I mean Brazilian women are hot as fuck so I’ll allow it

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Don't play with my emotions, bud

 

[Conan the K-9]

lol, the knee was on Poterias shoulder/chest. That was a clean Renato Canuto style backflip guard pass.

 

[TCE]

We have an Eddie Gordo from Tekken type fighter and people just wanna complain about fuck all?

Michel is a fucking JBG and exciting as fuck.

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

They should make it legal. A lot of the other promotions have no issues with it.