The little rule change/paradigm shift that could radically change MMA

[Rubios]

Even if Poatan's jab is neither mobile nor long and doesn't set up his kicks at all, just throws them with no telegraph and his legs must be made of stone so he doesn't need any torque at all...

...that's the reason I believe Ank has nothing for him.
Unless he goes full Khamzat from the go, he won't have functional legs by the time he wants to wrestle.

 

[Tweak896]

If we can just get refs to actually penalize fouls as in proper sports, it would already change the game in a big way.

Honestly at this point fouls are the meta until an overhaul happens. You're almost stupid not doing them.

 

[rorschach51]

You have to fight with your donger out

Game changer/thread.

 

[RoyJonesJr]

Not a rule change but the calf kick is a game changer for kicks

You can throw 40 legs kicks to the thighs but end up doing more damage with one solid calf kick

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Two threads about where MMA/UFC is heading towards AS A SPORT (I don't care about the business thing) have all derailed into... NBA topics, because that's the closest analogy that came across.
As this is not the Real GM NBA Board, I'm oversimplyfing a lot to get to the point:

Some dudes (D'Antoni, i.e.) realized that if their players improved just slightly his effectivity shooting 3s, they will outscore the other team most of the times.
And then comes the butterfly effect of playing with the intention of increasing the volume of 3s:
Possessions per game escalate. Higher pace. The court widens. (...)

Most of you being from the US, even if not huge fans of basketball, seem knowledgeable enough to know pretty well the huge transformation the game has gone through as a cascade of implications from a single change: going for the "7 seconds or less" 3 shot.

So I find interesting to speculate what could be that apparently minor rule change, or new approach to fighting, that could potentially shake everything.

And I'm just raising this topic to you because it's a somewhat a recurrent conversation with some of my pals, but we're not getting anywhere TBH.
Maybe I find most of the fighters show a big gap in G'n'P and clinch level in relation to the rest of their abilities, potentially fight ending moves with room to improve.

Fighting in a ring, like Pride, rather than a cage.

 

[DrMurrayDolphin]

At a minimum knees to downed opponents should be allowed. Wrestling is OP in UFC because you can just shoot over and over with minimal danger if your opponent sprawls.

There are a few people who might not be champs if knees were allowed. It would totally change the landscape.

Practically speaking, there’s little difference in power between dropping a leaping punch down or elbowing someone full force when there head is trapped against the mat and a knee on a downed opponent. It’s just positional: you can throw effective strikes in certain positions with knees rather than punches or elbows.

Knees would prevent some wrestle-fucking and make for more exciting fights in general.

 

[mkt]

Allow strikes to the back of the head.

Slick back takers would go from being annoying to being the most feared and dangerous opponents of all time.

Get the back and elbow the back of the head to Bolivian.

That would be the go-to strategy for beating Charles Oliveira.

Or maybe not.

 

[mkt]

Fighting in a ring, like Pride, rather than a cage.

Fighting in an ice skating rink.

 

[mkt]

Make fights 15 one minute rounds instead of three five minute rounds.

Or no rounds like the old days.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Fighting in an ice skating rink.

word and then a coal mine

 

[JPOMMA]

Two threads about where MMA/UFC is heading towards AS A SPORT (I don't care about the business thing) have all derailed into... NBA topics, because that's the closest analogy that came across.
As this is not the Real GM NBA Board, I'm oversimplyfing a lot to get to the point:

Some dudes (D'Antoni, i.e.) realized that if their players improved just slightly his effectivity shooting 3s, they will outscore the other team most of the times.
And then comes the butterfly effect of playing with the intention of increasing the volume of 3s:
Possessions per game escalate. Higher pace. The court widens. (...)

Most of you being from the US, even if not huge fans of basketball, seem knowledgeable enough to know pretty well the huge transformation the game has gone through as a cascade of implications from a single change: going for the "7 seconds or less" 3 shot.

So I find interesting to speculate what could be that apparently minor rule change, or new approach to fighting, that could potentially shake everything.

And I'm just raising this topic to you because it's a somewhat a recurrent conversation with some of my pals, but we're not getting anywhere TBH.
Maybe I find most of the fighters show a big gap in G'n'P and clinch level in relation to the rest of their abilities, potentially fight ending moves with room to improve.

It’s already happened once. Fighters used to be really good at one thing and just barely train anything else. We’ve seen a paradigm shift to more complete fighters. Nowadays everyone trains everything. It really opened up the game.

But there’s one thing which could add a dimension to the sport: more training of takedown-submission combos. In traditional judo and bjj curricula, a takedown is linked to a subsequent, immediate sub. RR is a prime example of how that works. I don’t see it trained much in MMA let alone used in fights, yet it’s very effective. This might also alleviate much of the lnp and wall-n-stall we’re seeing now because fighters would learn from young that a takedown comes with a sub.

 

[mkt]

word and then a coal mine

Yeah, imagine if fighters never knew the venue. A beach for one event, a mud pit next time, a section of a turf football or soccer field, an alligator-infested swamp....

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Yeah, imagine if fighters never knew the venue. A beach for one event, a mud pit next time, a section of a turf football or soccer field, an alligator-infested swamp....

I fuckin love it. As if we wouldn't tune in to see it! It'd have mad anticipation.

 

[JBJ was here]

Or no rounds like the old days.

It's all fun and games until the dominant wrestler is too tired to finish with G&P, doesn't care to risk being submitted, and his opponent is too tired to defend the takedown after being stood up.

 

[mkt]

It's all fun and games until the dominant wrestler is too tired to finish with G&P, doesn't care to risk being submitted, and his opponent is too tired to defend the takedown after being stood up.

On the flip side, having no "saved by the bell" moments could change the course of some fights.

 

[don't ask]

So I find interesting to speculate what could be that apparently minor rule change, or new approach to fighting, that could potentially shake everything.

I think a minor change that would dramatically transform the UFC into a better product would be to see the rules actually be enforced. The fact that the refs implement the rules well when outside of the UFC and are practically blind, deaf and dumb scarecrows in the UFC is something I hope more people start talking about.

 

[mkt]

I fuckin love it. As if we wouldn't tune in to see it! It'd have mad anticipation.

I have a feeling it would bring out the crazy fighters, like the early UFCs, and fewer point fighters.

 

[mkt]

I think a minor change that would dramatically transform the UFC into a better product would be to see the rules actually be enforced. The fact that the refs implement the rules well when outside of the UFC and are practically blind, deaf and dumb scarecrows in the UFC is something I hope more people start talking about.

 

[don't ask]

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Is that Hunter? I've never seen a picture of him before.

 

[mkt]

Is that Hunter? I've never seen a picture of him before.

I think it's Hunter Michael Biden-Chandler. Or maybe that's his maiden name.