While many people might think that anything goes during an MMA fight, this is simply not the case. In fact, there are many rules for all sanctioned fights, and there are quite a few fouls that a fighter can commit. If you are charged with any foul, the referee can deduct points from your score, or this can end the fight and not in your favor.
When a fighter is charged with a foul, several things can happen. Sometimes a referee will simply take away a single point, but if the referee deems the foul to be more severe, the perpetrator might lose two or more points. If the foul renders your opponent unable to continue with the bout, then the fight will end but not in your favor. The referee will rule whether the foul was intentional or unintentional. If it was unintentional, then the bout is declared a no contest. If the referee thinks you committed the foul intentionally, then you are disqualified.
In some cases, the fighter might seem able to continue after a foul, but then later on has to stop because of an injury due to your foul. For instance, maybe at first the fighter seems fine, but then later experiences dizziness or some other problem due to the foul. If enough rounds have been fought and the score so far shows that your opponent is ahead in points, then the opponent wins the fight by technical decision. However, if the fighter does not have the advantage in points, the fight ends in a technical draw. Basically, in the case of an incapacitation, the outcome is not going to be in your favor.
If you plan on fighting in sanctioned bouts, be prepared to learn about each of the more than two dozen fouls that you should avoid committing. Your objective should always be to win a fight without committing fouls or intentionally hurting your opponent. In some cases, fighters have avoided being charged with an MMA foul, but the fallout from the foul negatively affected their career.
If you don't believe it, consider the UFC bout between Renato Sobral and David Heath. Heath tapped out when he was trapped in a chokehold by Sobral, and this should have just ended the fight with Sobral taking the victory. Sobral, who later said he felt disrespected by Heath, continued to choke him until he passed out. Not only is wrong to ignore a tap out, the referee repeatedly told Sobral to let go, and flagrant disobedience to a referee instruction is a clear foul. While the foul was never called and Sobral was declared the winner, he was viciously booed by the fans and fired by the UFC for this move which Dana White called, "absolutely unacceptable."
Ignoring the ref is just one of many possible fouls, and a few others include strikes to the throat, any type of groin attack, eye gouging, hair pulling, biting, head butting and any attack on an opponent during a break. Kicking and kneeing the head of a grounded opponent is another foul, and even using abusive language can be called a foul. The best game plan for any fighter is to memorize the fouls and not commit any during a fight. It is always far better and much more impressive to overcome an opponent using your skills and not dirty fighting.
When a fighter is charged with a foul, several things can happen. Sometimes a referee will simply take away a single point, but if the referee deems the foul to be more severe, the perpetrator might lose two or more points. If the foul renders your opponent unable to continue with the bout, then the fight will end but not in your favor. The referee will rule whether the foul was intentional or unintentional. If it was unintentional, then the bout is declared a no contest. If the referee thinks you committed the foul intentionally, then you are disqualified.
In some cases, the fighter might seem able to continue after a foul, but then later on has to stop because of an injury due to your foul. For instance, maybe at first the fighter seems fine, but then later experiences dizziness or some other problem due to the foul. If enough rounds have been fought and the score so far shows that your opponent is ahead in points, then the opponent wins the fight by technical decision. However, if the fighter does not have the advantage in points, the fight ends in a technical draw. Basically, in the case of an incapacitation, the outcome is not going to be in your favor.
If you plan on fighting in sanctioned bouts, be prepared to learn about each of the more than two dozen fouls that you should avoid committing. Your objective should always be to win a fight without committing fouls or intentionally hurting your opponent. In some cases, fighters have avoided being charged with an MMA foul, but the fallout from the foul negatively affected their career.
If you don't believe it, consider the UFC bout between Renato Sobral and David Heath. Heath tapped out when he was trapped in a chokehold by Sobral, and this should have just ended the fight with Sobral taking the victory. Sobral, who later said he felt disrespected by Heath, continued to choke him until he passed out. Not only is wrong to ignore a tap out, the referee repeatedly told Sobral to let go, and flagrant disobedience to a referee instruction is a clear foul. While the foul was never called and Sobral was declared the winner, he was viciously booed by the fans and fired by the UFC for this move which Dana White called, "absolutely unacceptable."
Ignoring the ref is just one of many possible fouls, and a few others include strikes to the throat, any type of groin attack, eye gouging, hair pulling, biting, head butting and any attack on an opponent during a break. Kicking and kneeing the head of a grounded opponent is another foul, and even using abusive language can be called a foul. The best game plan for any fighter is to memorize the fouls and not commit any during a fight. It is always far better and much more impressive to overcome an opponent using your skills and not dirty fighting.
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