r/nextfuckinglevel • u/sophiaraexo • 26d ago

Damn thats one crazy move!

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u/Beneficial_Debate112 26d ago

Could have turned that into a mighty boot to the face, dude should be grateful

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u/head_empty247 26d ago

If the kick lands onto the opponent's face, is it illegal? đŸ¤” Would be an awesome kick either way.

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u/Beneficial_Debate112 26d ago

I thought the same, perhaps that's why he chose this. Excessive force might get you disqualified or something.

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u/Merkaaba 26d ago

AFAIK you cant kick an opponent in the head when they're on the ground. Otherwise it's legal.

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u/SunXChips 26d ago

That’s correct. Pretty sure that’s why he landed on his knees cuz that counts as being on the ground.

Now if the guy head kicked him before he landed

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u/Beneficial_Debate112 26d ago

Well there you go then, I honestly didn't care enough to research lol

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Unless its ONE FC

They allow kicks knees and stomps to downed opponents

Most mma orgs dont allow it if a knee is touching or sometimes the hands

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u/JohnCenaMathh 24d ago

This isn't UFC. Head kicks on downed opponents is legal in many orgs.

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u/head_empty247 26d ago

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.

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u/Beneficial_Debate112 26d ago

Honestly the assumption was based on a story my former employer told me but to be fair it was a taekwondo tournament, not mma.

He nearly took a guys jawbone off with a backfist and got tossed.

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u/LeatherfacesChainsaw 26d ago

Only thing close to excessive force is a doctors stoppage where the doctor intervenes and calls the fight. Most of the time they are getting KOd/TKOd

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u/head_empty247 26d ago

Make sense.

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u/Huge-Particular1433 26d ago

I believe the way that rule works is a person is considered on the ground when all four (maybe 3) limbs are touching the ground.

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u/KittenSpronkles 26d ago

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