Seemed to me like he was using open hand strikes to protect his knuckles. The ground and pound near the end (5:08) certainly doesn't look like open hand strikes.It's silly to call it a "bare knuckle MMA fight" when they have clearly agreed to open-hand Pancrase-style rules. Bare knuckles are literally the main thing mostly missing from the contest.
Still incredibly awesome
That is in keeping with Pancrase-style rules. Fist strikes allowed to the body, open-hand only to the face & head.Seemed to me like he was using open hand strikes to protect his knuckles. The ground and pound near the end (5:08) certainly doesn't look like open hand strikes.
Have you seen this one of Nate Diaz?
No offense but can you look again at 5:08 to 5:12? Those shots are clearly to the head and clearly closed fist.That is in keeping with Pancrase-style rules. Fist strikes allowed to the body, open-hand only to the face & head.
Yeah no prob. I checked it out again just to be sure, but yeah those are definitely open-hand Pancrase-style strikes. These two are clearly fighting under those rules. You'd be surprised the damage some people can do when someone really knows how to adapt with a stiff hand & throw their arms into it like that. Bas Rutten used to knock people out with open hands sometimes in Pancrase.No offense but can you look again at 5:08 to 5:12? Those shots are clearly to the head and clearly closed fist.
Ah.Yeah no prob. I checked it out again just to be sure, but yeah those are definitely open-hand Pancrase-style strikes. These two are clearly fighting under those rules. You'd be surprised the damage some people can do when someone really knows how to adapt with a stiff hand & throw their arms into it like that. Bas Rutten used to knock people out with open hands sometimes in Pancrase.
Yeah no prob. I checked it out again just to be sure, but yeah those are definitely open-hand Pancrase-style strikes. These two are clearly fighting under those rules. You'd be surprised the damage some people can do when someone really knows how to adapt with a stiff hand & throw their arms into it like that. Bas Rutten used to knock people out with open hands sometimes in Pancrase.
When was this ?
Good open hand strikes thrown with bad intentions may look that way sometimes. You are witnessing the full power of the Stockton Slap.Man I've watched it a couple times now on that section and he seems to my eye to be throwing closed fists to the head when the other guy is on bottom. Its hard to judge grainy as it is though.
Have you seen this one of Nate Diaz?