MMA Fouls: What You Can't Do During A Bout
by Rod Bourgoine
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 foul has been committed, this can cause several different scenarios to play out. A fighter might just lose a point from their score, which may or may not affect the end of the fight. However, the referee also can deduct several points which could make all of the difference. If the foul prevents your opponent from continuing to fight, then it ends in one of two ways. If the referee rules that you committed the foul on purpose or intentionally, then you lose by disqualification. If it is decided that the foul was not intentional, then the fight will be declared a No Contest.
Sometimes, your opponent initially recovers from the foul, but it prevents them from continuing later on during the bout. For instance, perhaps your opponent was on the ground and you hit the fighter in the head with your knee, causing the skin to break. The referee calls this a foul, but the opponent still gets up and continues to fight. If a few minutes later the fighter has to stop because of this injury, then the fight will end in one of two ways. If the injured fighter already had a higher score, the fight ends with a win by technical decision. If the fighter did not have the advantage in points, the fight ends as a technical draw. Either way, the win doesn't go to the person who committed a foul.
There are more than 25 fouls that can be committed, and these all should be avoided unless you actually want to lose a fight. In addition, it really should never be your goal to harm the other fighter. Obviously injuries occur, it's a tough sport, but that should never be your intention. Sometimes even if you get lucky and commit a foul without being called out for it, this can damage your 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."
Disregarding referee instructions is just one of the fouls you want to avoid, as it is always best to try to win on your merits. All MMA fighters need to be well-acquainted with the rules in order to avoid breaking the rules. Other fouls that have been put in place include banning hits to the groin and kidneys, as well as prohibiting fish-hooking, eye-gouging, kicking or kneeing a grounded opponent in the head, and even profanity can cause a referee to issue a foul.
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