Two major overhauls to the UFC's rules begin this weekend at UFC Edmonton.
The November 2 Fight Night, featuring a flyweight main event between Brandon Moreno and Amir Albazi, features tweaks to two controversial rules: The 12-6 elbow ban, and the grounded opponent rule.The 12-6 elbow ban has been removed. Fighters will no longer have to be wary of the rule, which has long been a point of contention.
"It’s so weirdly specific that it makes you wonder why we even have the rule," Referee John McCarthy toldin 2014. "... if it only applies when the offending fighter is throwing the elbow in a perfect perpendicular line with the floor, most situations would render that illegal or ineffective anyway. There’s already a rule against hitting the back of the head or the spine...
"A fighter shall be considered grounded and may not be legally kneed or kicked to the head when any part of their body other than their hands or feet is in contact with the canvas ." (h/tMathew is a UK-based combat sports journalist and graphic designer. He joined MMAKO when it was first founded in 2023. Find his work on The Fight Fanatic & Heavy on UFC. He can be contacted on mr@thefightfanatic.
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