Thread: Why is a kick from the ground illegal?!

Fuckin' BEAUTIFUL shot! I don't understand what the illegality of it is

Okamis knees were on the ground making it an elegal shot if he was standing up then an up kick from the grounded fighter is perfectly legal.

huh Whats the logic behind that then?!

I mean from a completely naive spectator, the way he worked that shot in looked perfectly natural if anything... Please explain

Originally Posted by Jimanuel Boogustus

huh Whats the logic behind that then?!

I mean from a completely naive spectator, the way he worked that shot in looked perfectly natural if anything... Please explain

A big part of getting MMA legal in the U.S. was the implementation of a universal set of rules. To appease the state licensing bodies the rule of no knees or kicks to the head of a downed fighter was added. Downed fighter being at a minimum of a knee on the mat. Clearly some fighters take advantage of it and it is widely considered a rule that should be changed but I don't think its something that is actually going to happen. I always found it interesting that Pride allowed kicks and knees to the head of a "downed" fighter but no elbow strikes.

Originally Posted by VictorCharlie

Originally Posted by Jimanuel Boogustus

huh Whats the logic behind that then?!

I mean from a completely naive spectator, the way he worked that shot in looked perfectly natural if anything... Please explain

A big part of getting MMA legal in the U.S. was the implementation of a universal set of rules. To appease the state licensing bodies the rule of no knees or kicks to the head of a downed fighter was added. Downed fighter being at a minimum of a knee on the mat. Clearly some fighters take advantage of it and it is widely considered a rule that should be changed but I don't think its something that is actually going to happen. I always found it interesting that Pride allowed kicks and knees to the head of a "downed" fighter but no elbow strikes.

Thanks for the explaination, well that stinks!
So you can strangle a guy on his back but the guy on his back cant kick the other guy while his doing it?!
Complete exploitation of a shitty loop hole man, really bad... It was such a classy shot!

The shit thing is, the rule was intended for stomps, soccer kicks and knees to the head when a man's pinned on all fours or on his back. So instead of detailing which positions kicks to the head are illegal from, they just said none to a downed opponent.

I can't fucking wait for that rematch in August!

Elbows are legal but up kicks are. Makes little sense.