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Nah. Then you are giving advantages for defence in a sport that only scores offence. It goes against how MMA is scored.
It's possible to use the cage without grabbing it to defend and get up anyway. I lean on the side of auto point deductions following a review by a cage side ref on video.
Prohibiting fence grabs as a defense against takedowns is an arbitrary rule with no real use other than to make defending harder. It's like a rule against checking kicks, so that more offense can score.