“We’d hate to see this fight end on a cut.” Everyone has heard the UFC announcers utter that nonsensical phrase.

Ban elbows. The odds of being cut by an elbow are huge compared to getting cut by a punch or a glove. Not only does a cut ruin the fight, it makes fighters accumulate more scar tissue which makes it harder for them to compete in later bouts without coming to the same conclusion.

Ban elbows and bring back knees to grounded opponents. This will help lessen the common boredom of American “fighters” (wrestlers), who do nothing but dive in for take downs without any worry for counter attack. The rules have been skewed in the wrestlers favour for some time now under the unified rules. Sure knees are dangerous, but that doesn’t mean whoever is receiving them needs to take more than one or two before the fight is stopped.