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Weird UFC rule and...a flaw in the Brazilian jiu-jitsu system?
This is a, "I didn't know this and I'm amazed, can it be it true?" question:
In UFC, is it true that you are not allowed to hit or kick a Brazilian jiu-jitsu dude if he has at least one knee on the mat? Can someone verfiy this?
The person pointing out this (potentially) huge BJJ flaw is a martial arts expert named Jon Bluming. I learned who he was only yesterday while reading an interview with him. The following is an excerpt from that interview. The link to the entire interview is at the bottom. If what Bluming says is true, then it would seem that BJJ is all of a sudden less effective for street warfare. When I think about it, what Bluming says doesn't make alot of sense, but then again, I'll be the first to admit that I have alot to learn about UFC rules and regulations.
Come to think of it, someone around here posted a post recently where they said that on the street the BJJ guy is in his opinion, dead meat, because you could whack the top of the BJJ dudes head with an elbow, something that's not allowed in the UFC!
Interviewer:
Much of Mixed Martial Arts nowadays concerns itself with three basic styles that everyone uses; those are Muay Thai (for kicks, knees and elbows), Boxing (for punches) and various forms of grappling (Gracie, Sambo, Wrestling, Judo). Are you training your students in these styles as well, or using strictly Karate and Judo?
Bluming:
Yes, that’s right, but I think you give the Gracies too much leverage; they did NOT bring in something new. And if they change the rules so that you are allowed to hit or kick when one knee is on the mat that would change the whole story. I have seen that in February in Tokyo when one of the Gracie’s fought and lost miserably to a kick boxer.
All he did was constantly dive for the legs knowing that if his knees are on the mat his opponent was not allowed to hit him. Of course I trained them in those styles, I did those techniques in Kodokan 42 years ago when Gracie was in his diapers.
Interviewer:
What do you think about the Gracies?
Bluming:
You know, I admire Gracie, at least the first one, some of the other ones, I don’t know, they are big mouths. I saw one last February fighting at Rings, and he was just a big showoff, and he caught a low kick so hard that both legs came from the floor and he banged his head. Every time they try to rush forward and grab your legs, but you know what’s funny about it, they know as soon as they grab your leg, there’s always one leg on the tatami. Once that happens, you are not allowed to hit him. If I would fight a guy like that, I would tell him, look, even at my age, I like to fight you, but no rules! So more bullshit with one leg on the ground, and I’m not allowed to hit you, so once he comes in then, I will punch so hard, or a shuto so hard, it will break his fucking neck. But you’re not allowed to do that.
One of my best students, Gilbert Eifel, he fought one of the wrestlers who was light heavyweight champion from Sydney, and fought at that same tournament in February last year in Rings in Tokyo, and he jumped forward and gripped the legs of the big Eifel, and Eifel just elbowed him, Bang, and he nearly killed him, right between the shoulders, wap! But he was almost disqualified, he lost three points, he lost the goddam shiai, and he lost the title, it cost him $200K.
Here's the link to the interview:http://www.realfighting.com/0102/jonblumi.htm
This is a, "I didn't know this and I'm amazed, can it be it true?" question:
In UFC, is it true that you are not allowed to hit or kick a Brazilian jiu-jitsu dude if he has at least one knee on the mat? Can someone verfiy this?
The person pointing out this (potentially) huge BJJ flaw is a martial arts expert named Jon Bluming. I learned who he was only yesterday while reading an interview with him. The following is an excerpt from that interview. The link to the entire interview is at the bottom. If what Bluming says is true, then it would seem that BJJ is all of a sudden less effective for street warfare. When I think about it, what Bluming says doesn't make alot of sense, but then again, I'll be the first to admit that I have alot to learn about UFC rules and regulations.
Come to think of it, someone around here posted a post recently where they said that on the street the BJJ guy is in his opinion, dead meat, because you could whack the top of the BJJ dudes head with an elbow, something that's not allowed in the UFC!
Interviewer:
Much of Mixed Martial Arts nowadays concerns itself with three basic styles that everyone uses; those are Muay Thai (for kicks, knees and elbows), Boxing (for punches) and various forms of grappling (Gracie, Sambo, Wrestling, Judo). Are you training your students in these styles as well, or using strictly Karate and Judo?
Bluming:
Yes, that’s right, but I think you give the Gracies too much leverage; they did NOT bring in something new. And if they change the rules so that you are allowed to hit or kick when one knee is on the mat that would change the whole story. I have seen that in February in Tokyo when one of the Gracie’s fought and lost miserably to a kick boxer.
All he did was constantly dive for the legs knowing that if his knees are on the mat his opponent was not allowed to hit him. Of course I trained them in those styles, I did those techniques in Kodokan 42 years ago when Gracie was in his diapers.
Interviewer:
What do you think about the Gracies?
Bluming:
You know, I admire Gracie, at least the first one, some of the other ones, I don’t know, they are big mouths. I saw one last February fighting at Rings, and he was just a big showoff, and he caught a low kick so hard that both legs came from the floor and he banged his head. Every time they try to rush forward and grab your legs, but you know what’s funny about it, they know as soon as they grab your leg, there’s always one leg on the tatami. Once that happens, you are not allowed to hit him. If I would fight a guy like that, I would tell him, look, even at my age, I like to fight you, but no rules! So more bullshit with one leg on the ground, and I’m not allowed to hit you, so once he comes in then, I will punch so hard, or a shuto so hard, it will break his fucking neck. But you’re not allowed to do that.
One of my best students, Gilbert Eifel, he fought one of the wrestlers who was light heavyweight champion from Sydney, and fought at that same tournament in February last year in Rings in Tokyo, and he jumped forward and gripped the legs of the big Eifel, and Eifel just elbowed him, Bang, and he nearly killed him, right between the shoulders, wap! But he was almost disqualified, he lost three points, he lost the goddam shiai, and he lost the title, it cost him $200K.
Here's the link to the interview:http://www.realfighting.com/0102/jonblumi.htm
