Should they just allow fence grabs?

[Bearknuckle]

The blood and sweat on those things would make it difficult for people to see the fight.

The cage already hinders view, plus u can have people wipe them down between rounds

 

[5crew]

Have a new employee whose sole purpose is to hit the shock function on the electrified fence for fence grabs. No point deductions necessary.

Why get a new employee when UFC have Hasbulla under some contract? Imagine seeing the little guy running around following fighters near the cages preparing to shock the fences.

 

[mmadeewana]

The cage already hinders view, plus u can have people wipe them down between rounds

UFC should pay money and hire someone?let em grab fence.

 

[Bearknuckle]

UFC should pay money and hire someone?let em grab fence.

Pfft it wont cost a lot, the ufc pays cheap remember. Raven hair girl would wipe fighter sweat for free, with her face

 

[cws80us]

Worst thread of the year!

 

[Mike]

Yeah sure. I've always thought it was a stupid rule.

 

[karatefoo]

No, fingers and toes could get mangled.

 

[CashMoney1991]

yes

 

[BigDeadFreak]

They can use the incline pit from Karate Combat. Wouldn’t even need a cage obscuring the audiences view at that point. Can even make it a steeper gradient.

I was just gonna post this.

I think the cage is too much an iconic part of UFC for them to ever get rid of it but I think the Karate Combat pit would be a perfect solution.

 

[BraNerd]

Past time for the Fight Pit

 

[goOb]

I think that the UFC should have replaced the cage walls with an extremely intense fire a long time ago. Probably when they decided to come up with the gladiator intro. Gladiator Intro --> Ring of Fire --> Then Tigers and Lions thrown into the mix. Could have been the biggest spectacle ever but INSTEAD we got Reebok fight kits.

 

[CodCommando]

Fuck no

 

[StonedLemur]

Use plexiglass walls

Then it would get smeared with oily blood and sweat, how is the crowd gonna see through that, or the cameras sir?

 

[Bobble Head]

Use the good ole boxing ring, but make it an inferno match. Everybody wins.

 

[Lawrence]

Just keep doing what Herb did last night. It was an egregious foul in that it stopped a TD.

Take a point. It’ll stop soon enough.

I really do think it's this simple.

1) If the grab makes the takedown possible.. Point deduction.

2) If the grab makes the escape possible.. Point deduction.

Some Refs do this some of the time.

Some Refs do this none of the time.



No warnings on

 

[ClosetVitorFan]

Imagine if instead of Fences, there would be Walls of Plexiglass

They would have to have some kind of automated cleaning system between rounds. Also the walls couldn’t be like walls, they’d have be like vinyl yet clear. They’d have to be soft with give, or make a ufc octagon with ropes.

 

[mkt]

Not sure, but I believe the fence grapping thing is illegal cuz you could fuck up your fingers grabbing the fence. Kinda like "small joint manipulation" is illegal, too.

I remember Royce Gracie putting his feet in the fence and wrapping his toes around it for more leverage...or something. Good thing someone like Kimo didn't do a hard reversal and send him in the air when he was doing that.

 

[mkt]

Make it legal but electrify the fence. And bring back the UFC 1 idea of a moat around the cage with live alligators (didn't pull it off but it was part of the plan).

 

[Vespasian70AD]

I wish there was an alternative...like a really tight mesh or something

Something like Security Screen mesh perhaps.

 

[NicholasJBasile]

In my opinion, they should not. In my experience training, the fence benefits strikers just as much as it does grapplers. Getting takedowns against the fence are incredibly different than open mat takedowns and a very stiff challenge in many scenarios (in other scenarios, takedowns are a little easier against the cage).

I feel that there are already enough rulesets that are anti-wrestling as it is -- every fight starts on the feet and at a distance. If you clinch with someone and don't work hard enough, the fight is separated. If there is no action between fighters while standing and separated, the referee doesn't have the fighters clinch.

If you take a fighter down and don't do enough work, the fighter on bottom is rewarded with a fresh start on the feet. Referees oftentimes even do this when the person on top is being active.

When the round ends with a fighter on bottom, they get rewarded by starting the next round from standing. This is a huge advantage for strikers with poor abilities to stand up.

I get why these rules exist fyi -- if fighters were allowed to clinch against the cage or lay on their opponents without doing anything for 15 minutes, the sport would not strive and grow in a way that allows MMA to prosper. Restarting fights in new positions when the fights have no activity is a necessary evil for the growth and success of the sport. However, I'd say that strikers have enough advantages as it is and do not need any further handicap against grapplers.