Excessive force? I don't think that rules applies here. I mean, they're in MMA fight, where both of them try to knock out one another, so I don't see how a kick to the face (that could potentially results in a KO) would be consider excessive. Not only that, how would you determine which attack is excessive though?
Not arguing against you, I just don't understand your point.
I'm fairly confident it would be a legal kick. In UFC the only time you can't kick/knee them in the face is when they're grounded - a fighter is considered grounded when any part of their body, other than their hands or feet, is in contact with the ground
...No he couldn't? He was holding the right leg on his right side. The left leg was on the outside. tf are you seeing? He'd have had to kick through his own right leg with his left to kick him in the face.
If he could, it would have been perfectly legal though idk wtf is going on elsewhere in this comment chain
edit: I get you guys don't want(Watch*) mma but I'd expect a little bit more ocular engagement, people.
Well it's no less false. He was mid step during the flip. He's not going to readjust to set up a kick in the sub .5 of a second it took to for that flip to occur, let alone shoot and land it. No opportunity for a kick there- and if his hands are on the ground like they were after the flip, he couldnt have kicked him in the head because that WOULD have been illegal.
Also, I'm pretty sure he wasn't, because this isn't where* the conversation ends and they didn't contest my assumption ever despite what I'm talking being even more evidently clear further down.
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u/Beneficial_Debate112 26d ago
Could have turned that into a mighty boot to the face, dude should be grateful