Scissor sweep takedown in mma

[Sweeptheleg7]

This take down has been banned in most grappling tournament because of knee injuries. Why don’t we see this utilized in mma more?

 

[EndlessCritic]

This take down has been banned in most grappling tournament because of knee injuries. Why don’t we see this utilized in mma more?

How often do you think it happens? I've seen it twice in the last couple of months. (Mauricio Ruffy just hit one in the UFC.)



I'd say there are other takedowns that are hit way less often.

Cung Le used to hit it all the time, though not in MMA:

 

[DoctorTaco]

This take down has been banned in most grappling tournament because of knee injuries. Why don’t we see this utilized in mma more?

1. If you don’t do it in sparring you won’t hit it in a fight.
2. If the td fails you’re in a bad position, worse than a shot getting stuffed

 

[RemyR]

I don't like it because there's really no follow up. If a shot gets stuffed you have a ton of options depending on what they do. If you mess the the scissors takedown I'm just not seeing any follow ups.

 

[Sweeptheleg7]

1. If you don’t do it in sparring you won’t hit it in a fight.
2. If the td fails you’re in a bad position, worse than a shot getting stuffed

That is very true. You fight how your train and it’s too dangerous to do it on training partners and the risk isn’t worth the reward