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UFC 142 Results: Clarifying The Rule On Strikes To The Back Of The Head
"The Truth Is Out There." No -- this is not another seething diatribe insisting that the rule on illegal strikes to the back of the head needs to be clearly defined in order to end the perpetual confusion. This is a reminder that the illegal strike zone has been quite concisely clarified since the...
Revisiting the Rewritten Judging Criteria in the MMA Unified Rules
Back in November of 2009, I attempted a rewrite of the judging criteria in the Unified Rules. I believed then, and I still believe now, that the current judging criteria complicates what should be a fairly intuitive process. Mike Goldberg sings his refrain -- effective striking, grappling,...
Canadian Promotion to Implement Pride Rules
There is a lot to miss about Pride. The pageantry. The stars. The giant checks. The Yakuza influence. A bare-assed Nobuhiko Takada banging on a giant drum. For many, however, the biggest loss in Pride's demise was the ruleset: knees and soccer kicks to the head allowed, elbows not allowed....
Lorenzo Fertitta to Strikeforce: You Will Allow Elbows on the Ground
Some things about Strikeforce will stay the same. Mauro Ranallo, Pat Miletich, Stephen Quadros and the gang will still call the fights. Scott Coker will still be cage side. Many of the world's best fighters will still be competing in that very cage. But there will be one significant difference: for...
Mainstream Journalism on MMA At Its Finest
Alan Campbell, writer for The Vancouver Sun, has one the most spectacularly moronic articles involving MMA that I've seen in some time. In fact, if I ever ran into Campbell or the primate editor who approved this screed, it's not out of the question that I'd blast them both in the face with a snow...
Association of Boxing Commissions to Conduct MMA Do-Over
From a press release in my inbox: The Association of Boxing Commissions has announced that the document entitled “Proposed Amendments for the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts,” encompassing definitions and interpretations of a multitude of terms set forth in the existing...
New Unified Rules Passed
From Sherdog: A revised edition of the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts was passed Thursday by the Association of Boxing Commissions via a majority vote at the ABC's annual conference. The amended document -- drafted by the ABC's MMA Chairman Dale Kliparchuk, New Jersey State Athletic...
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