Media What did you make of the backflip that landed a shin to Potieras chin?

[SamuraiBro]

Very funny and I hope he keeps doing it

I know he’d get a DQ or NC, but if he KO’d someone doing that, that’d be amazing

 

[Spath]

Looked more like landed on shoulder that glanced of a head just a bit.

Yeah, it didn’t do any damage so it’s all good. Show man stuff

 

[Koro_11]

What point does it serve beyond looking cool? It's more likely to get the guy DQ'ed than accomplish anything meaningful fightwise.

And what else is more important to me as a fan who wants to be entertained.

 

[sonhow]

GIF by @KazDibiase

In this angle it looks 90% chest but in that other angle they showed it looked more like the head took some of it.


Edit. Im biased as fook here - I shouldnt discuss this any further.

 

[dagfin]

What point does it serve beyond looking cool? It's more likely to get the guy DQ'ed than accomplish anything meaningful fightwise.

he landed in top position

 

[GrantB13]

It's against the rules, so don't do it. SHOULD it be? Probably not. But these are two different points.

 

[HHJ]

What point does it serve beyond looking cool? It's more likely to get the guy DQ'ed than accomplish anything meaningful fightwise.

Passes the guard. End up in north south

 

[Xoleth]

Regarding no. 6, do you mean like in a rematch because…

I didn't know the result at that time.

 

[RonDante]

I’m fine with legalising grounded knees, but only if everyone actually knows they’re legal. Was poitieiria expecting someone to jump on his head? No. It was an illegal strike that smacked into his jaw and neck and banged the back of his head off the canvas. But pereira being a Brazilian in Brazil and being likeable means people will pretend it was a brutal near fight ending knockdown and the leg only hit the shoulder and potieiria was going to lose anyway so let’s not even give him the courtesy of enforcing the rules. Pereira did the same shit against price and Sanchez, he missed weight multiple times aswell

 

[Trabaho]

It's foul. But good it happened to the guy who gloated beating washed Shogun. Take this.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Wasn’t intentional and no contesting … all good

Fouls don't need to be and it's the ref's job to call it, not a fighter's. Should have been halted

technically, his knee wasn't on the ground

God, I hope this was a joke, but the state of mma fandom has made me pessimistic

 

[jeff7b9]

It was fuckin awesome.

 

[jeff7b9]

It's foul. But good it happened to the guy who gloated beating washed Shogun. Take this.

Did you notice it in real time?

I'm not sure I did. Dude was already rocked from the left he ate that dropped him and that sequence happened fast and the sub came immediately after.

What if he broke up the action, stopped a legit sub and the replay showed the shin didn't hit the head?

That's a TOUGH call in real time.

 

[jeff7b9]

Wrong hole!

Be careful.

If you do it that way she can get pregnant!!

 

[usernamee]

Fouls don't need to be and it's the ref's job to call it, not a fighter's. Should have been halted


God, I hope this was a joke, but the state of mma fandom has made me pessimistic

Guy might've actually just uncovered the most genius loophole in the ruleset.

 

[TheMadHatter]

illegal strikes are allowed if you look cool doing it

 

[meast]

It wasn’t a strike, the point of the backflip is to land in side control. It is like if you throw a punch and the guy moves his head so it lands to the back of the head. Not illegal

 

[RonDante]

It wasn’t a strike, the point of the backflip is to land in side control. It is like if you throw a punch and the guy moves his head so it lands to the back of the head. Not illegal

So he didn’t hit a grounded opponent in the head?

 

[meast]

So he didn’t hit a grounded opponent in the head?

He didn’t strike a grounded opponent in the head. It was incidental contact

 

[TITS]

Regarding no. 6, do you mean like in a rematch because…

Don't post spoilers.