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If they did it strictly by vote, oblique kicks would be in. Soccer kicks and knees to the head of a downed opponent would be 50-50. From last year's MMA Fighter Survey with 170 pro fighters across all major promotions 👇

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Whether the oblique kick to the knee should be legal? Fighters - if you had a union or strong association you could weigh in on this. Instead these decisions are made by paper pushers with zero input from you.

4:45 PM · Sep 5, 2021

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What’s an example of small joint manipulation

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Grabbing and bending an opponent’s fingers to try to get out of a choke. Or trying to twist off a big toe during a scramble on the mat.

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Where is this article?

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All of the MMA Fighter Survey stories are here: theathletic.com/tag/2020-mma-f Here's the fouls story: theathletic.com/1854927/2020/0 (Unfortunately, most of the stories are behind a paywall.)

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I love this analysis and would love to see it done over time too to see how fighters opinion’s shift...

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I have follow-ups for 1.2% of those surveyed

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We all know who voted for eye-gouging

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interesting that there were still fighters objecting to downward elbows.

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I would imagine Sean Strickland voted on the last 3 🤣

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Surprised that head butting isn’t higher

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