Eye gouges, groin strikes and other illegal techniques as a way to get out of critical situations.

[Gnosisrausch]

I just thought of that while remembering the second Hendo/Bisping fight. In that case, Bisping had accidentally hit Hendo with something illegal and Dan took a very long break, while he was obviously running out of gas, and Bisping complained that Hendo was "milking" the situation. Now, of course it would be a totally dishonourable dick move, but in a situation where a fighter is clearly losing due to either running out of gas, or almost being knocked out, wouldn't it be sort of easy to "accidentally" kick the opponent in the groin or do an eye gouge to get a break of the action (provided it's done with enough force)?
Interestingly, I can't recall a single incident where this was done in the past (although a lot of fighters don't hesitate to cheat in other ways) and most accidental groin kicks rather seem to occur in the beginning of fights.

 

[don't ask]

I feel like I've seen some eye gouges that reversed the momentum of the fight, but they specifics aren't coming to me right now.

 

[Contempt]

If you're not cheating, you're not trying.

 

[Vampire life]

Ask Matt Mitrione

His eye was poked into Bolivian

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Jamahal Hill tried this and was fuming it didn't work

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

I just thought of that while remembering the second Hendo/Bisping fight. In that case, Bisping had accidentally hit Hendo with something illegal and Dan took a very long break, while he was obviously running out of gas, and Bisping complained that Hendo was "milking" the situation. Now, of course it would be a totally dishonourable dick move, but in a situation where a fighter is clearly losing due to either running out of gas, or almost being knocked out, wouldn't it be sort of easy to "accidentally" kick the opponent in the groin or do an eye gouge to get a break of the action (provided it's done with enough force)?
Interestingly, I can't recall a single incident where this was done in the past (although a lot of fighters don't hesitate to cheat in other ways) and most accidental groin kicks rather seem to occur in the beginning of fights.

Guess you could count Josh Koscheck faked taking an illegal knee strike from Daley while he was on the ground

 

[burningspear]

Biting - the cheat code to beat all jujitsu practitioners.

 

[filthynumber1]

I feel like I've seen some eye gouges that reversed the momentum of the fight, but they specifics aren't coming to me right now.

Paulo Costa kicked Uriah Hall in the nuts twice and eye poked him as well on his path to victory. Atrocious reffing

 

[humdizzle]

well i mean eye pokes and groin strikes get an allotted amount of time i think ? i think it was costa-romero where a low blow happened and the ref stopped the fight. Joe was like 'oh this is great, yeah lets get these guys a breather'.

but the main issue with what your saying is that you'd be on Dana's shit list and might burn bridges with other fighters and mma teams. two sides have to sign a contract.

 

[Chagaev]

Gordeau bit Royce and eye-gouged Nakai to escape submissions, didn't work for him.

 

[Gnosisrausch]

but the main issue with what your saying is that you'd be on Dana's shit list and might burn bridges with other fighters and mma teams. two sides have to sign a contract.

Yes, that's something I thought about as well. It would have to be done very strategically. Considering how long it took for Palhares to get fired, you can certainly do some of those as long as you generally bring an entertaining style with mostly Ws.

 

[Rationality]

It seems like the first two violations go unpenalized so it is surprising cheating doesn't happen more.

 

[LiQuiD42]

Every fighter is allowed 1-2 complimentary eye pokes as well as 1-2 groin strikes per fight. In the modern state of MMA it would be insane not to use them.

 

[pclanadmin2]

It seems like the first two violations go unpenalized so it is surprising cheating doesn't happen more.

There must be coaches who tell their fighters, "There's nothing wrong with it, since it's not illegal."

 

[Natural Order]

How about a TKO via 1-2 eyepoke?

Imagine Weidman getting the win.....

 

[L0ki]

I'll never forget the WMMA fight where Kim Winslow is reffing, the girl took a low blow, Kim said it was a leg kick and declared it a TKO. TKO by vag kick basically.

 

[CasualBot]

How about a TKO via 1-2 eyepoke?

Imagine Weidman getting the win.....

That shit was disgraceful.

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

I feel like I've seen some eye gouges that reversed the momentum of the fight, but they specifics aren't coming to me right now.

Struve was having 1 of his best career performance and well on his way to winning against Rothwell before multiple low blows and Big Dan pressuring him to continue. Then he got Struved

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

Fouls to escape subs (like Jiang against Matthew’s eye gouging) should be auto-DQ.

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

Every fighter is allowed 1-2 complimentary eye pokes as well as 1-2 groin strikes per fight. In the modern state of MMA it would be insane not to use them.

I'd eye poke my opponent within the 1st minute of the fight. It's a free ticket and low risk.


Also I don't understand why fighter don't get payback. If you poke my eyes, I'm punting your nuts on the 1st exchange when we restart.