Quote Originally Posted by Max Power View Post
I dunno man I don't think he would be DQ'd. Some refs dislike holding more than others, obviously not Wlad's fights refs lol but I think all that would happen is they'd be split up faster and Wlad would land even more shots in between clinches, wearing his opponent down more with punches and less with weight.

His clinching is merely a way when he is out of his comfort zone to reset back to his normal distance where he likes to be. He either hops out of range, or steps in for the clinch. Wlad's "natural habitat", where he wants to be and will do either thing to remain there, is with his opponent at the end of his long jab.
how ever his clinching works for him, it isnt in the rules and thats the only fact in all of this, the rest is all opinion

my opinion that he is only still champ because he is allowed to bend the rules so excessively is just an opinion

your opinion that he would land more punches if he was stopped from clinching so much is just an opinion

even the opinion that he clinches excessively is only an opinion

the only fact is that clinching is against the rules

the big question is - why is wlad, the HW champion of the world, allowed to break the rules to such extreme levels?

it is my opinion that it is down to the money he generates in every fight, and how much less rich a lot of people would be if he was no longer champ, but again that is just an opinion