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Originally Posted by davidf
Im not saying a stomp is like biting someone or ripping off their ear but it does seem that if my opponent is in a position to receive a soccer kick that I could probably punch him or submit him just as easily. The head butt would be pretty effective from the guard and I do not read any posts calling for that rule change. I would be curious to know where the line between sport and street should be drawn.
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Your first part is wrong... many many times in UFC, an opponent goes down to one knee or gets out of position, and soccer kicks/knees to the head of a downed opponent/stomps would have ended the fight. Instead, they are forced to throw punches, and the fight continues. This is so obvious, I hope you don't need examples.
The second part about the line between a sport and a street fight... PRIDE used stomps/soccer kicks/knees to the head of a downed opponent for years (since PRIDE 13, I believe). They rarely resulted in stoppages. I don't have enough free time to do the stastical analysis, but I'm sure that where soccer kicks/stomps/knees to the head of a downed opponent were used, they actually ended the fight ~% as elbows end fights in the UFC.