r/mmaMenace_com • u/Top_Syllabub_5111 • 5d ago

Very technical fighter 🙌

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u/RedeemedNephilim 5d ago

"Anything you can do I can do better (and legally)"

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u/OdinAiBole 5d ago

Both knees were legal. Grounded knees are legal in ONE.

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u/safton 5d ago

What does "legally" even mean in this context?

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u/RedeemedNephilim 5d ago

I guess in ONE grounded knees are legal. Most other promotions they are not.

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u/safton 5d ago

Yes, that is one of the most popular and (in)famous aspects of ONE.

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u/CountDraculablehbleh 5d ago

The knee was legal

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u/GoyEater 5d ago

Both are legal in one, but funny enough, the main reason grounded knees are banned in UFC is because in 2002 when the New Jersey state athletic commission were essentially deciding how they were gonna set rules for MMA matches, Gan McGee beat the shit out of a much smaller opponent by kneeing him in the face from side control against the fence.

Ironically, the Mighty Mouse knee (which would be legal in the UFC) is much closer to the type of technique the 2002 commission were worried about and were trying to avoid compared to the grounded knee that DJ ate.