The MMA rule Paddy Pimblett wants to see changed | MMA News
The Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts have been amended a few occasions since their development in 2000. Just last 12 months the ban on 12-to-6 elbows was lifted making the straight up-and-down elbow strike legal against grounded opponents.
UFC light-weight contender Paddy Pimblett would really like to see the foundations around putting a grounded opponent additional eased. Currently, you can not knee or kick a down opponent in the top, but if Pimblett had his method a fighter would find a way to do both.
When requested what guidelines he’d like to see changed, Pimblett answered, “soccer kicks and knees to the head of a grounded opponent.”
Pimblett’s very best ruleset would mirror the outdated PRIDE FC guidelines but without the power to stomp on the top of a grounded opponent.
“I just think you should be able to – I don’t agree with stomping because your head’s got no where to go. But a soccer kick where someone’s like sitting in guard and you can move the legs and kick them there,” Pimblett said on Tom Aspinall‘s YouTube channel.
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“Knees to the head of a grounded opponent, so someone shoots a sloppy takedown just to get a break. You should be able to knee them in the head like Mark Kerr style.”
Pimblett headlines the first UFC event of the 12 months, UFC 324, on Jan. 24 in Las Vegas. The No. 5 ranked light-weight contender takes on former interim titleholder Justin Gaethje for the interim strap.
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