News Three new rules have been added to the unified MMA-ruleset

[BoxerMaurits]

Swipe for an explanation of the new rules:

 

[KID Yamamoto]

"Can we please allow grounded knees and 12-6 elbows?

"Best we can do is damp towels"

 

[don't ask]

"Can we please allow grounded knees and 12-6 elbows?

"Best we can do is damp towels"

"Should we crack down on eye-poking?"

"Best we can do is damp towels."

 

[Can’t Handle My Riddum]

All logical. No complaints here.

Edit: Disappointed that asthma pumps are not allowed between rounds though…

 

[Kenny Powerth]

The refs can’t ask for 2 minutes

Don’t even ask!

 

[ChimRichalds]

Probably should have been rules before now, but I'll take it.

 

[Safton]

I dig it. It's not the stuff at the top of the list a lot of us want to see, but these are a step in the right direction and some are things I hadn't even thought of.

 

[Elvis.]

Great additions , but what the hell took so long

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

All good changes, with the eye thing I'd also allow for the eye to be flushed

 

[Uncertainly Principled]

Thank god for #3

Why not ice though?

Good shit though, less bushleaguery

 

[Trabaho]

"Can we please allow grounded knees and 12-6 elbows?

"Best we can do is damp towels"

You don't think 12-6 would cut everyone open and shatter faces ?

Grounded knees are also a lot of brain damage. Easy for the viewer, hard on the competitor

 

[Sir Punchalot]

Yeah, those are good rules.

I'd be happy to see fouls being dealt with more harshly than they are, though. Some fighters definitely take advantage of the fact that you can foul the fuck out of your opponent without much consequence. And anyone who has been poked badly in the eye, or kicked in the nuts, knows that this can affect you for the rest of the fight. We go way too easy on the crooks.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

Good. One of the most awful occurrences relating to officiating is when a guy has just been either eye gouged or kicked in the groin, and within 15 seconds of pausing the fight to allow him to recover, the referee is in his face, bellowing "You good?? You good??"

 

[El Fernas]

Deducting points on eye pokes is the way to eliminate them, period.

 

[don't ask]

Don’t even ask!

 

[don't ask]

Yeah, those are good rules.

I'd be happy to see fouls being dealt with more harshly than they are, though. Some fighters definitely take advantage of the fact that you can foul the fuck out of your opponent without much consequence. And anyone who has been poked badly in the eye, or kicked in the nuts, knows that this can affect you for the rest of the fight. We go way too easy on the crooks.

This. Fighters should worry about fouling someone.

 

[flektarn]

Good. One of the most awful occurrences relating to officiating is when a guy has just been either eye gouged or kicked in the groin, and within 15 seconds of pausing the fight to allow him to recover, the referee is in his face, bellowing "You good?? You good??"

I swear big Dan is the worst offender with this one.

 

[davidlemonparty]

The towel can be damp, or cold, but not both.
I assume it must also not be wet.
All towels are will be tested for temperature and moisture content before being allowed into the Octagon.

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Late stoppage? Have a damp towel..

 

[HHJ]

No issues here.