MMA rule changes as of 1st Jan 2017

[Turtlejuice]

Well judges didn't seem to be able to follow the old rules, so not sure how good they'll be at following the rule changes.

I'm a little curious as to what promped these changes

The changes also remove two fouls from the MMA Unified Rules: heel strikes to the kidneys and the grabbing of the clavicle.

 

[HendricksPunch]

It's progress. I like it. Especially the grounded opponent rule. That will make a huge difference. However I don't like being fouled for extended fingers. If opponent got poked after repeated warnings and got a point taken, I would get it.

 

[lagofala]

Sorry guys kinda forgot to post the link up. Thanks to the guys that did it for me.

1 thing that i wanted to be addressed more is fence grabbing. Refs should be way more strict in deducting points for that. Happens very often and it changes the course of fights.

 

[trident]

Some guy made a post yesterday that really made sense.

The 10-8 rule only comes in to play in 5 round fights where fighter A winning two 10-8s beats fighter B winning three 10-9's. In every other scenario it's the same result or a draw.

Is having that many more draws really worth it to change this one rare scenario? I don't think so. They should either push for more 10-7s or just judge the damn fight as a whole. Boxing judging really doesn't work for 3 round mma fights

They need to come up with an MMA specific scoring system and abandon the idea that a round needs to be won or lost.

Some cumulation of points over the course of the fight makes more sense.