Side Cage clinching should not be scored until something significant happens

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The point is not to approximate real world fighting. It's to win under a certain set of rules. And retraining and neutralizing your opponent is a path to victory.

If it was close to real world fighting then we wouldn't have stand ups, gloves, training camps, etc.

Honestly the UFC is closer to sports entertainment that sports. I understand that Saturday's fight wasn't entertaining but it was sports where one competitor completely dismantled another's game.

And another question. Did the fight not go as expected? The fight went exactly as people thought besides casuals and hardcore Masdival fans. That's how Usman fights. That's why for a long time it was hard for Usman to get a fight. Because he drags you in his wheelhouse. The guy is a beast. He strong, huge for division, great tank, is not a natural striker but has pop in his punches and can take a punch himself.

GSP was just as dominant and boring after his loss to Serra.

Rules in MMA only exist because of safety and logistics.

In a perfect world, MMA would have no judges and no time limits. They only exist to protect fighters and to avoid hour long fights.

But at its heart, its meant to be as close to a real world fight as possible

 

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Rules in MMA only exist because of safety and logistics.

In a perfect world, MMA would have no judges and no time limits. They only exist to protect fighters and to avoid hour long fights.

But at its heart, its meant to be as close to a real world fight as possible

How does allowing gloves protect fighters? Gloves were introduced to promote activity. Before gloves fighters (boxers) were more hesitant and choosy with their punches. After gloves were introduced activity greatly increased and gradually changes how boxers boxed.

Senator McCain introduced gloves to mma because he thought it would make it more civilized. Instead he just increased how hard fighters punchers throw punches. How's that for protecting fighters?

Rules in mma are made for 2 reasons.
1. To make it practical. No time limit and unlimited rounds is impractical. Imagine having a Gracie vs Sakuraba on ESPN going over 90 minutes by itself. It's not realistic.
2. Rules are made to promote entertainment. Thus stand ups and resets, refs calling for action, etc.