I've heard people say that UFC's rules favor wrestlers but the reality is that MMA's rules heavily favor strikers
The fact that the fight starts on the feet at the start of each round is a joke. The fight should start where it ended the previous round.If the fight ended clinched against the cage it should restart there if it ended with one opponent in full mount it should restart there.
We always see fans say that MMA isn't realistic because knees to grounded opponents and soccer kicks are illegal but we all completely ignore the fact that a grappler could have earned a dominant position and lose it only because the round ends.
Think how careers would have changed if that simple rule was in place. Think how many grapplers were screwed over based on one rule.
Anderson is one of my favorite fighters but if I recall he got up a grand total of 0 times against Chael in both fights. Chael had full mount in the 2nd fight and lost that position in round 2. Conor got up 0 times against Khabib on his own.
The cage favors strikers
Regarding the cage if heavily favors strikers not grapplers. Fighters on bottom use the cage to push off of with their feet to create scrambles, thus an opportunity to get up. In a ring an elite wrestler can just maintain top position and a striker has no cage to wall walk on or no cage to create a scramble with.
The fact that the fight starts on the feet at the start of each round is a joke. The fight should start where it ended the previous round.If the fight ended clinched against the cage it should restart there if it ended with one opponent in full mount it should restart there.
We always see fans say that MMA isn't realistic because knees to grounded opponents and soccer kicks are illegal but we all completely ignore the fact that a grappler could have earned a dominant position and lose it only because the round ends.
Think how careers would have changed if that simple rule was in place. Think how many grapplers were screwed over based on one rule.
Anderson is one of my favorite fighters but if I recall he got up a grand total of 0 times against Chael in both fights. Chael had full mount in the 2nd fight and lost that position in round 2. Conor got up 0 times against Khabib on his own.
The cage favors strikers
Regarding the cage if heavily favors strikers not grapplers. Fighters on bottom use the cage to push off of with their feet to create scrambles, thus an opportunity to get up. In a ring an elite wrestler can just maintain top position and a striker has no cage to wall walk on or no cage to create a scramble with.
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