Originally Posted by logrus
Blah, you can't do crap to a Q-B anymore. Even helmet to helmet which is usually 99% accident is nothing more then a 6-5 lineman hitting a 6-5 Q-B its purely an accident and besides why did the league wait until Brady got hit at the knees before fixing that rule. I'm tried of all these Brady rules, and Vikings on tv every weekend.
It is a cheap shot when you consider the size of the upper leg and the size of the lower leg and a fighter pin points it every time, come on. At least Rua kicked everything other then the knee.
We can talk NFL policy in the sports section, I was just using that as an example.
Still, kicking somebody in the knee is not illegal, which means fighters know to be expecting kicks coming towards their legs and knees. When strikes are considered illegal, then fighters don't expect them to be used, which is why using illegal moves is dirty. Sure, repeated kicks to the knees could seriously injure somebody, but so can repeated punches to the face. I get what you are saying, I just don't think it's really dirty tactic in MMA.
When you are talking about a sport where two guys lock themselves in a cage and try to knock their opponent out cold or leave them broken boned, a few kicks in the knees just don't seem dirty to me.
Ya know, this really makes me wonder. What is the reaction gonna be like the first time a guy dies in a major MMA event?