BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » mma rules https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Pioneering referee wants to see an MMA rule change: ‘It opens the fight up’ https://www.badmma.com/pioneering-referee-wants-to-see-an-mma-rule-change-it-opens-the-fight-up.html https://www.badmma.com/pioneering-referee-wants-to-see-an-mma-rule-change-it-opens-the-fight-up.html#comments Mon, 30 Dec 2024 14:58:06 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/pioneering-referee-wants-to-see-an-mma-rule-change-it-opens-the-fight-up.html Veteran referee “Big”  John McCarthy helped established the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts in the early 2000s, but there’s one rule that he would change given the change.   “I would love to see it knees to the head someday, but I don’t think it’s going to happen, but I would like to see it,” McCarthy told  MMA Junkie Radio . “I think it would be a good thing for the sport.” Knees to a grounded opponent are illegal but whether they should be allowed has long been debated.  They are permitted in Asian promotions Rizin FF and ONE Championship.   “I’m going to be honest, as a fan of the sport and even as an official, I look and say knees to the head to someone that’s on the ground, not soccer kicks, it’s different, but knees to the head of somebody on the ground could be effective in the fight,” McCarthy said

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