>no submission from deep half >no arm bars>no knee bars>no heel hooks>no RNC or guillotines>no kimuraWhat has happened to this sport? Its like a diluted form of boxing. They don’t even utilize judo or muay thai anymore
This did not need its own, fuck nigger
>>154603425That shit doesnt work on men
>>154603425no money, shit qualityseems pretty obvious
Everybahdy forgeh a-jewjizehua but dey gonna learn
>>154603425Russians don't practice jiu jitsu
>>154603425The "sport" could easily be fixed by going back to the 1800s and only granting purses to the winner if he ends the other guy. Nothing should be scored.
>>154603425Bjj is also bullshit why would you ever fight on ur back
>>154603425StrickGOD literally took down pigzat with an inside trip in round 4
>>154603425Power Slap effect
This shitty "sport" has been degrading for over 10 years. Ever since they became deadset on giving a push to footbox fags and mountain oil wrestlers. Not a single fighter from today would be in the top 10 of the 2013 roster. Believe that.
>>154603425no kicks
>>154603425BJJ is a meme. It's completely neutralised against any modern fighter with an ounce of defensive grappling knowledge.
>>154603491youre policing threads? crack down on the football/baseball/soccer/hockey then you fucking maple nigger
>>154603618Maybe a couple but they would be 1-3 then get cut
Prime Randy Couture would heem every single tomato can in this sorry promotion in one round.
>>154603425they should include biting, eye pokes and soccer kicks.
>>154603542they train judo which is the same thing
>>154603425>What has happened to this sport?ufc started working fight outcomes once they got bought out to ensure a stable money stream, so guys stopped training seriously. mma died in the late 00s, and every champion since then has been fake.
>>154603425Muay Thai is meme martial art with a retarded stance.
>>154603825Judo doesn't have the same emphasis on the set ups. They don't know how to cook ppl cause the ref stands them up
>>154603425Can someone who actually understands modern MMA explain to me why nobody does Muay Thai anymore? You used to use wrestlers getting knees to the face KO when they went for takedowns, why doesn't that ever happen anymore?
The whole point of UFC/MMA was to give white boys a fighting sport they would be good at. That's why boxing is better since they remove all the gay wrestling and just let them strike.
strickCHAD is just that good
>>154604127used to see*Also there used to be a lot of elbow hits and KOs, you never see that anymore.
>>154603700BASED godture
>>154604143Also post #3: most fighters in UFC have no boxing fundamentals, for example they're not holding their hands up, that's why they keep eating jabs in the face like some faggot in his first day at the boxing gym. Do they even have coaches at this point?
>>154603825>>154604058majority Russian learnt sambo not judohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_(martial_art)
>>154604127>>154604143they are all athletes, not fighters. youre watching crossfit athletes sometimes take punches to face while bouncing. You wont see them utilize the cage to throw knees or elbows while in the clinch, or coming out of the break. They will opt for pummeling, breaking with a sloppy hook on exit, bouncing, feinting and half engaging, to repeat it all over again.
>>154604127>You used to use wrestlers getting knees to the face KO when they went for takedowns, why doesn't that ever happen anymore?Pretty sure they banned knees to the head and yeah it made wrestling op
>>154604210Really? When?
Don't know how combat sports fags can continue watching UFC or MMA in general, it's so fucking boring
>>154604199>crossfit athletes sometimes take punches to face while bouncingIt does look like that lmao.>>154604319I didn't watch for many years, came back for Strickland and I'm appaled by the level of skill shown: no muay thai or BJJ at all, just "brute force" wrestling, lack of boxing skills, they're not even keeping their hands up properly, keep eating jabs to the face for free...
>>154604127Wrestling is the "meta" for the ruleset for UFC nowadays. Unless you're ridiculously strong and long like Izzy or Periera you're getting taken down and wrestlefucked.
>>154604344I feel like 15 years ago if you tried wrestling like today, you would get destroyed by knees and elbows
>>154604376>15 years agoguys were more game, they were fighting to prove something. now both parties dont want to get cut/punched/hurt. stuff the takedown and use energy to punish him for a shit shot? no, ill take the 5 minutes of position fucking on the ground, using my half assed bjj banking the round ends and we repeat for another two rounds until the 15 minutes are up, and we both get paid.
>>154604281It seems it is only banned when kneed person is on the ground. If you shoot low enough you are probably considered on the ground
>>154604730>The 2024 Rule Update>The "palm-down" rule had encouraged fighters to place a palm down specifically to avoid absorbing a kick or knee to the head, disincentivizing opponents from throwing strikes whose legality could change in an instant. The updated rule, debuted at UFC Edmonton in November 2024, now reads: "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." This aims to de-gamify the scenario. CBS Sports>In plain terms: you can now legally knee someone in the head even if they have one or both hands on the ground — they're only protected once a knee, shin, elbow, or other body part touches the mat. So a fighter shooting a sloppy takedown with just their hands down is now fair game for a flying knee to the head.
>>154603425MMGay will never be a real sport or respected until they adopt PRIDE rules. Get these faggots off the ground and end the crotch sniffing bullshit. We want to see real fighting. If you can't kick the guy on the ground and stomp him then that's not fighting
>>154604805What about ONE?
>>154604765So then why don't they do it
>>154604127>>154604892throwing a knee at a take down is considered high risk since it requires precision, anticipation, and leaves you standing on one leg caught in momentum if you miss. what I reckon is that there are so many skill sets to train to stay competitive these days that spending the time to get really precise reactive knees is not worth the time investment over safer options like sprawling and other takedown defenses that leave you more options even when you fail.
>>154603700Vitor beat prime Randy Couture so I doubt it
>>154604127>nobody does Muay Thai anymoreCarlos Prates recently beat JDM with pure Muay Thai you retarded faggot
>>154603425Five matches on the card ended in chokes, you utter fucking mongoloid retard. Please kill yourself.
>>154603425>>no heel hooksSOON
