An Accident Waiting To happen

[Tyburn]

Originally Posted by GroundNPound

My point was that the judges are stupid so why give them any more power over the outcome of a fight.

Because a fighter should be punished for low blows, and at present, quite frankly, they arent

Thus...you tell me what stops a fighter going out and deliberately making illegal moves and low blows in order to gain an advantage? I've seen it where several repeats have only led to a Ref warning...but thats still undermined the guy on the receiving end whether they get a time out or not.

What will you say the day that an eyepoke leads to blindness and the end of somebodies career??

[Tyburn]

Originally Posted by Neezar

He is going to get way worse if he doesn't stay the hell away from those counselors! He needs a good Christian counselor.

I was talking about my Siggie

Originally Posted by Tyburn

Because a fighter should be punished for low blows, and at present, quite frankly, they arent

Thus...you tell me what stops a fighter going out and deliberately making illegal moves and low blows in order to gain an advantage? I've seen it where several repeats have only led to a Ref warning...but thats still undermined the guy on the receiving end whether they get a time out or not.

What will you say the day that an eyepoke leads to blindness and the end of somebodies career??

I think where your logic fails is that you are painting all refs with the same brush. The responsibility is in the ref....a good ref will give warnings and take points if need be. Train the refs better...don't let a judge decide it.

If an eyepoke was THAT deliberate then AGAIN it is up to the ref to disqualify or not. Not the judge. If a guy's career is over because of an unintentional eye poke then that's just the sad part of the game. It's a contact sport.

[Neezar]

So was I.

[Neezar]

Judges are too easy to buy.

[Tyburn]

Originally Posted by GroundNPound

1) I think where your logic fails is that you are painting all refs with the same brush. The responsibility is in the ref....a good ref will give warnings and take points if need be. Train the refs better...

2) don't let a judge decide it.

3) If an eyepoke was THAT deliberate then AGAIN it is up to the ref to disqualify or not. Not the judge. If a guy's career is over because of an unintentional eye poke then that's just the sad part of the game. It's a contact sport.

1) I would be happy if they made a compulsory rulling that for each low blow, which results in a time-out from the Ref, a point is deducted.

2) The Judges dont decide anything unless it goes to decision. Wowser, we kill two birds with one stone. DONT created "accidents" aiding fighter Safety, or the Judges will get ya, aiding to a greater focus on finishing the fights to avoid the Judges.

3) no, we're looking at ways to minimize that chance. If Fighters know they will be in trouble for eyepokes they will be more concentrated on not having accidents. Reduce the number of accidents, reduce the likely hood someone is hurt. Contact sport or not, we should be seen to engage with issues of fighter safety, not shake our heads and say "so sad, to bad"

If you can think of a way to motivate Fighters to 1) finish fights 2) reduce the rising number of lowblows/illegal moves...then I'm all for listening...would you rather we attack the finances instead?

For example, if you repeatedly have accidents, we could say no winners bonus if you win. Lose a K for each "accident" if you lose. But I think thats MORE mean then what i'm suggesting.

I think most fighters are already motivated to finish the fight because they say it all the time..."Don't leave it in the hands of the judges." Most guys have been screwed on a decision one time or another.

And yeah, I say start taking money away from repeat offenders if it gets that bad. I would just hate to see the judges with any more power.

Dave its not always easy to finish fights. You act like ever time a fight goes to a dec its cause the fighters were not trying hard enough. Dec are bound to happen unless you just let the fights go on till one guy finishes the other.

[Tyburn]

Originally Posted by Max

You act like ever time a fight goes to a dec its cause the fighters were not trying hard enough. .

No, but I do think some fighters dont try and actually finish. I think that might be on the increase aswell. Some fighters even admit it.

[Spiritwalker]

Originally Posted by Max

The same thing would have happened had BJ not been able to continue when he hurt his rib against Matt. The fight would have been ruled a TKO for Matt.

It was ruled a TKO for Matt.

http://www.ufc.com/MattHughes