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My whinging lefty peacenick friends don't understand why I watch this

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Find new friends. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] j/k.

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Still a newbie when it comes to understanding what is allowed, however. It seems like this is in a fair amount of flux.

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The rules depend on what organization is running it (Pride, K-1, UFC, etc).

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While watching the show, I keep thinking about how useless many wrestling moves would be.

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Well, the rules in wrestling are different so that makes a big difference. But wrestling is definitely a dominant style in UFC. Randy Couture is a good example of what wrestling can do.

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As it is, I don't understand why people don't get kneed in the face when they shoot for double leg takedowns.

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Sometimes this happens, (there's a Match where Cro-Cop fucks up a dude's face with a knee while the guy shot), but usually you try to set up the shoot with a punch or kick. But even if they do get a knee off, they're still probably going to go down, so it's better to sprawl and be on top of them, usually.