{"id":58064,"date":"2013-04-29T17:38:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T00:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=58064"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:08:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:08:57","slug":"mma-rules-in-need-of-revamp-says-ufc-boss-following-interesting-ufc-159-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mma-rules-in-need-of-revamp-says-ufc-boss-following-interesting-ufc-159-event\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA Rules In Need Of Revamp Says UFC Boss Following Interesting UFC 159 Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/dana-white2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49192\" title=\"dana white2\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/dana-white2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/dana-white2.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/dana-white2-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/dana-white2-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;He should have had a doctor come in. You stop the fight. You send the guy to a neutral counter. You have a doctor come in a check him out, and the doctor determines whether he can go on or not. That\u2019s what should have happened&#8230; The guys said, \u2018can you see?\u2019 He said, \u2018I can\u2019t see,\u2019 so he stopped the fight. He said I can\u2019t see because I got poked in the (expletive) eye. Give me a minute. But apparently, what Joe Silva (UFC matchmaker) was telling me, there\u2019s no poke in the eye rule here. If you get kicked in the groin you get five minutes to recover from it. There\u2019s nothing in the rules about a poke to the eye because in boxing there is no poked in the eye. Guys don\u2019t get poked in the eye anymore in boxing. What needs to happen is that ABC (Association of Boxing Commissions) needs to get together and we need to come up with a few things. We really need to revamp some rules and regs. Obviously the eye poke thing is a big deal. We need to talk about that. And the other thing is this three-point thing where you can\u2019t get kneed if you have your finger on the ground. That\u2019s not what the rule was meant for, so I think we\u2019re due.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following the UFC 159 post-fight press conference, UFC President Dana White addressed the media with his thoughts on so much needed rule changes for the sport of Mixed Martial Arts.<\/p>\n<p>Is the UFC boss on the right track?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He should have had a doctor come in. You stop the fight. You send the guy to a neutral counter. You have a doctor come in a check him out, and the doctor determines whether he can go on or not. 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