When Headbutts Were Legal: Young Khabib Exploit

[THEfightsAREfixed]

this thread is like 80% gay

 

[Tyr XIII]

headbutts are extremely dangerous, but if elbows are legal I can argue headbutts should be legal also

 

[Tyr XIII]

headbutt on the ground can't generate much power, it is mostly used to create openings and take better position. Stand up headbutt with the body power are much more powerful, but also much harder to land

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[Buddy Revell]

The thing with headbutts is that there's a trade-off. Can you knock your opponent out with the headbutt, or cause significant enough blood loss to have the fight stopped, before you suffer from brain trauma. It's an incredibly inefficient way to win fights at the highest level, which is partly why is they were banned.

If anything, i think standing headbutts are the most potentially game changing techniques not allowed in MMA. They would pretty much shut down any chest high, greco styled wall-and-stall wrestling (i'm looking at you, Usman).

 

[JoshR86]

Khabib's head game is strong

 

[Werdun]

To KO someone with a headbutt is hard anyway.

But headbutts easily cause damage. The guy was fine.

I think their damage is quite overrated especially when you have to take in the factor that you are taking damage while throwing them

 

[blewgums]

Chin butts are still legal.

 

[Roghog]

I think their damage is quite overrated especially when you have to take in the factor that you are taking damage while throwing them

Not if you use your cranium

 

[pacrossbow]

All these karate forum visitors on sherdawg will cry when this happens.

You guys always keep complaining mma favors wrestlers when it's always wrestler tools that get taken away.

Bring back stomps/soccer kicks and headbutts and see strikers melt away lol

Khabib Bless

Soccer kicks are a wrestlers nightmare. Failed shoot and kicked in the head. So how does that take away from wrestlers?

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

Gaethje seems to still think they are legal lol

 

[mraa1]

All these karate forum visitors on sherdawg will cry when this happens.

You guys always keep complaining mma favors wrestlers when it's always wrestler tools that get taken away.

Bring back stomps/soccer kicks and headbutts and see strikers melt away lol

Khabib Bless

100% truth. pajama boys are shook because they know wrestling+headbutts is the ultimate form of ground combat and MT fanboys hate headbutts because they know it completely negates the Thai plum. In other words a monster greco guy like Karelin that would be allowed to headbutt = GOAT combat sports athlete.

 

[pacrossbow]

All these karate forum visitors on sherdawg will cry when this happens.

You guys always keep complaining mma favors wrestlers when it's always wrestler tools that get taken away.

Bring back stomps/soccer kicks and headbutts and see strikers melt away lol

Khabib Bless

Dan Henderson a wrestler stomped by striker Silva in first fight. Changed rules for 2nd fight in the US.

Wrestler Sonnen hates them and talks about Henderson vs Silva.

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

Looked like a typical bullshit Khabib decision blanket victory zzzzzzzzzzz

those headbutts did nothing.

 

[ColombianFist]

Watching that gives me a headache.

And CTE.

 

[ColombianFist]

Do you remember when Mark Coleman steamrolled during the good ol' days of SEG UFC with takedowns and headbutts? That's why they banned those, khabib here uses those to distract his opponent. Prime Coleman would beat the shit out of everyone if he gets the TD and starts headbutting, that is until Maurice Smith figure him out and the headbutts were banned.

Lethwei shit here.

 

[William Huggins]

100% truth. pajama boys are shook because they know wrestling+headbutts is the ultimate form of ground combat and MT fanboys hate headbutts because they know it completely negates the Thai plum. In other words a monster greco guy like Karelin that would be allowed to headbutt = GOAT combat sports athlete.

You do understand that MT had headbutts as part of its rules in the past...........the "Thai plum" is a very small part of upper body grappling.

 

[Beherit]

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[Wizzlebiz]

Head butts are the #1 doctor stoppage cuts in the UFC. We already have enough fights stopped prematurely. Dont need more imo

 

[Werdun]

Not if you use your cranium

How many headbutt KOs have you ever seen?

 

[Roghog]

How many headbutt KOs have you ever seen?

None

I already clarified its hard to KO someone with a headbutt. But headbutts almost always cause damage.