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I sorta agree - the debate I had with another guy was that he claimed Jon did not stab Rampage in the face more than once. Which is clearly wrong.Heres the problem T.S
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This fight took place in 2011...
The rules then didnt actually have fingers out as a penalty...
That change came in 2017...
So most if not half of these are not Infact fouls
...at the time of the bout...
https://www.mmafighting.com/2016/8/...ce-and-changes-to-mma-unified-rules-explained
Heres an article talking about the new rule change this was several years after this fight...
Before this change there was no foul for having your fingers out towards your opponents face...
Just saying...Jones is obviously acting unsportsmanlike doing this...
But foul it was not unless blatantly shooting it forward like a strike...which he has done in fights...
From the article above
Extended fingers
Eye pokes have been a topic of controversy lately. They are fight-ending, career-damaging illegal maneuvers. Under the original rules, referees could do nothing about it until it was too late and the poke was already landed. The new rules empower referees by making it a foul to extend your fingers outward toward an opponent's face, which could lead to an eye poke.
Previously, a referee could tell a fighter to close his or her hand, but the ref had no recourse — a point could not be taken. Now, it can be if a fighter continues to extend fingers in the direction of an opponent's face.
However, it was still illegal to poke eyes, which is what Jones were trying to do(as he has admitted himself). That he did not hit Rampages eyes/face more than 50% of the time were just accidental. As Rampage says (paraphrased) - "I kept askin the ref to stop the eyepokes"
And I could do this writeup with any of Jons fights, and the result would be the same. He has not changed his fighting style at all.
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