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		<title>Bigfoot Silva's manager is waging war against elbows in MMA following UFC 146</title>
		<description>Discuss Bigfoot Silva's manager is waging war against elbows in MMA following UFC 146</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:43:12 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bitch move... Everything about Silva that night said he's gonna lose, take a cut & quick stoppage over being brutalised for 3 rounds. Looks a right pussy now, other than the one between his eyes.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:11:53 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fair points fella. At the end of the day I think we can both agree that Silvas manager is being somewhat of a whinny twat and wouldn't be yapping if it was one of his fighters elbows inflicting such damage and that elbows are an exceptional method of striking someone.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 05:11:40 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I would like to see a rule against 'handling' of cuts on the ground. It seems pretty common that when a fighter is cut and is on the ground, his opponent will take every opportunity to rest palms or rub elbows on his face, opening up the cuts worse, with the guise that he is doing it to balance himself to throw punches, keep his opponent pinned, or whatever. I would like to see a warning and then a standup for that since sometimes it seems pretty obvious that he the opponent is just working the cut but the announcers never seem to notice, unless I am wrong. It was not as much an issue in this fight, but it seems cheap in general.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 22:37:40 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>connertreffry says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[you are an idiot, i am down with making elbows illegal, but bring back stomps knees and soccer kicks :]]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:25:37 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Nick Diaz and Bas Rutten are also proponents against elbows on the ground.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:10:09 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[It isn't just me, mind you. Look around - can you find a discussion going on? Any sequence of replies, beyond you and myself? An exchange of ideas? An analysis of the pros and cons? It isn't to be found. Yes, I have been unsuccessful in goading anyone into a legitimate critique of the actual issues raised in this article, but then again, so has everyone else.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:11:28 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[And ice skating helmets]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:04:16 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thank you for a well thought out response. I understand your sentiments regarding my approach, but mine was in response to how the "debate" had been conducted previously and elsewhere on other sites. Have you ever seen a substitute teacher fail to get an unruly classroom of children under control? Quietly pleading with them to listen to reason? That has been how this thing has been from the beginning, and I am only thankful that middleeasy was late in broaching the subject. Angry mobs do not listen to reason. I do not know of a way to get their attention without antagonizing them, but perhaps that is simply my failing. Regardless, I did get their attention and it was still not enough to break the spell of their rage. All they had to do was write out a sentence that explains their thought process to prove that they have one, and instead they have been silent. What else am I to do?]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:56:52 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Possibly you are right regarding the "reading between lines" comment. However, when you spoke of "an intelligible argument" I assumed you would be capable of understanding me using your intellect. I still believe the competitors are engaged in a fight but the nature and rules of the fight have altered so that it can be regarded as a sport. Allow me to clarify that I am in favor of elbow strikes, if I had it my way knees and kicks to a downed opponent would be allowed. I want MMA to remain as realistic as possible but also as competative and entertaining as possible, I don't find refs having to call a stop to fights due to cuts entertaining ... especially when the fighter feels it's no more than a cosmetic issue, certainly some fights do require being stopped because of cuts ... there has been some grisly ones. Elbows are a great weapon to have in your arsenal and certainly can knock a man out but it's no secret that elbows are notorious for causing cuts, potentially ending a fight that has a lot to offer. You are right to have the opinion that debates should be won by sound argument, to be fair I actually agree with some of the opinions you have expressed. I was playing devil's advocate in an attempt to strengthen the argument in favor of elbows. However, the manner in which you present your argument is poor ... branding peoples opinions as "stupid" and "moronic", assuming "no one is going to attempt an intelligible argument here". Like I said, you couldn't be more right to strive for a sound argument but you certainly have a questionable way to approach a debate.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:32:53 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The ring? Negatatron, Megatron. People falling out all over the place, crawling under the ropes... etc...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:40:26 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[They have to give a little to take a little. If they take away elbows on the ground, give us soccer kicks OR knees to the head of a grounded opponent :lol:]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 07:58:34 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[bones jones will be fucked then]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:50:21 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pfft pussy.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:10:06 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I didn't hear Bigfoot complaining about cuts or obscured vision when the doctor stopped the Fedor fight. You think the Last Emperor wouldn't have kept fighting and had a good chance against a gassed Bigfoot in that third round?]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:19:16 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I would love them go from a cage to a ring.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:11:50 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jon Jones would.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:09:28 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ellenberger wants to eliminate knees in the clinch. What do you say?]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:07:58 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[It isn't news to anyone that when you have someone on top of you, you're supposed to control their posture or else work to improve your position. Believe me, I would hate Askren as much as anyone if I bothered to watch any of his fights (I'm smart enough to turn the channel in advance), but it's the responsibility of the fighter in the cage to defend themselves... not for us to ban wrestling when wrestlers do unpopular, non-dangerous things.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:56:17 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I was referring to this statement: I'm not sure that there is a lot of room for reading "between" those lines; it sounds as if you think it stopped being the latter on account of becoming the former, and I disagree. But that aside, I agree that regulations are necessary ...but I have not yet seen an argument for banning elbows that holds up to any scrutiny. For everything that's been said about elbows, the same can be said about jabbing - and detractors of the argument have said so frequently, with no rebuttal whatsoever from proponents. I am of the opinion that debates should be won by sound argumentation, not just one side going "booooo" and voting everyone else's comments down.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:34:59 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[You need to read between the lines, so to speak. Everybody realizes it is still a fight they are participating in, but "sport fighting" possesses a lower degree of violent intent ... and rightly so. If there were no regulations the sport of MMA would be "the spectacle of no holds barred". The essence of this topic is addressing the issue of whether or not elbows potentially end a fight prematurely? Are they doing more harm than good? If so, should they be banned?]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:03:21 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>FreeLeeMurray says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I like standing elbows a lot. I'm not saying get rid of elbow, just elbows on the ground. Lets a wrestler sit in guard and just grind elbows, it doesn't hurt it's just annoying, and it cuts you. Get rid of that it opens up the fight for much more legitimate finishes, both by submission, and allowing a striker to create the space to sweep or escape and get it standing again.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:31:08 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Maybe Bigfoot should bring tampons with him to absorb the blood from his pussy excuse from his manager.... Sorry, I couldn't help myself.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:19:54 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[...as far as elbows being banned - it's a staple of Muay Thai and a legitimate technique to cut your opposition to force a stoppage. I'm assuming every fight should be a quest for brain damage or an unconscious opponent? The call for knees on the ground just highlights that - seems a good number of MMA fans are still stuck in Boxing Land where the fight needs to be determined by concussive impact of some sort.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:09:46 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Headbutts and soccer kicks to the face are way classier.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:05:40 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>FreeLeeMurray says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA["this is not to make an excuse" -said while making an excuse. I don't like elbows either, winning a fight by cut seems cheap to me. Doesn't have anything to do with blood or anything. Also a submission guy can make room for a sub from his back if you don't just lay on him and rub your elbows into his head. Elbows never end in KO's on the ground, and the objective should be to win by KO or Submission. I also think knees to the head should be legal on the ground, and so should soccer kicks but not stomps to the head. With a stomp you're more employing the floor to hurt somebody than you are hurting them with the force of your own body. And yellow cards for fuck sakes, so blankets like Ben Askren can get the fuck outta the sport.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:26:34 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[What an idiot. Go fight amateur if you want elbows to be illegal. No one forces you to fight in the UFC.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:07:07 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Agreed.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:33:15 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Of course no one is going to attempt an intelligible argument here because they know the position is indefensible. Just keep voting negative and prove my point.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:23:20 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I'm shocked at how many people favor stupid arguments like this 'no elbows' one, but I probably shouldn't be, considering how many stupid people are allowed to suck air and vote in public elections. To say, as micic did, that it's "not a fight" is absurd. Competitors are still "fighters", and it's still a "fight" game. They aren't mutually exclusive and I don't know anyone who would have forgotten to call it "fighting". Arguing that elbows aren't capable of causing legitimate damage is also moronic. Maybe there aren't a lot of fighters that know how to use them (hey, there aren't a lot of people who can KO with a jab either), but those that do know how to use elbows can end fights quickly. I understand that a fight needs to be stopped when a fighter can't see or when a doctor deems it necessary, but bleeding comes with the general territory and if anyone has a problem with that, then go watch tennis or something. For crying out loud.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 13:48:15 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Managers need to STFU already!]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:59:24 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>Yoshinegro_Blackiyama says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pride rules. Nuff said.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:52:53 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I wouldn't miss elbows on the ground.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:49:14 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[To keep MMA as realistic as possible elbows should be allowed. With the same respect saying the likes of "it's a fight ... get used to it" is a poor argument in favor of elbows because you have to remember that most importantly MMA is now regarded as a sport not a fight. There has been plenty of times when a cut has prematurely stopped a fight yet the fighter is perfectly capable of continuing ... this is frustrating for the fighters and the fans. Personally I think there is a place for elbows.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:46:06 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Elbows should never be banned... But I strongly disagree that Silva lost the fight for ANY REASON OTHER than his vision being ridiculously impaired by blood. It's like looking at the world through a red-colored fish bowl; he probably couldn't even see where Cain's fists were. Watch his defense closely; he's not sure where to put his hands above his head, his legs were motionless and the last flurry that finished him he didn't even try to defend against. That's completely uncharacteristi c for a guy as seasoned and tough as Silva. He had not been cut, he probably would have lost a decision. Cain is not some 1-punch KO striking specialist. None of his TKO's have been exceptionally brutal (they ended due to volume, not impact, kind of like Roy Nelson's early fights where he just sat on someone's head and punched it and the other fighter had no choice but to wait for a ref stoppage even though he wasn't being hurt in the least) aside from the Big Nog one and with all due respect, that has more to do with Big Nog's fading chin than Cain Velasquez. The Dennis Stojnic fight against a UFC one-hit wonder who left the promotion shortly after is pretty telling of the kind lacklustre pillow hands Cain has. The early Ben Rothwell stoppage as well indicates he lacks a certain amount of power that you need to really floor or disorient a 260+ pound HW in one shot.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:54:14 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[People like blood. Elbows aren't going anywhere. Deal with it.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:44:35 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lost respect for his team, shit happens, fighters get cut from punches and elbows, I mean GSP jabbed Kos eye first shot and blew his eye up and he couldnt see. Should we ban jabs because it caused his eye to close and it played a major part in the rest of the fight? So why ban elbows? Shit happens, people get cut, its a fucking fight, Big Foot got taken down in 4 seconds and beat to a pulp. He got hit so hard his head slammed the mat and splattered blood on the canvas like a paintball. Big Foot was outclassed in every way in that fight, blood or no blood, Cain is better, was on a mission and smashed Big Foot. This is just lame excuses from his camp and its pathetic.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:32:25 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Institute knees on the ground and get rid elbows on the ground. Way better on so many levels.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:13:02 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[If you cant take the heat GIT OUTTA THE KITCHEN]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:09:31 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[what's funny is he says the profuse bleeding is what caused the fight to end. Don't know what fight he was watching, but to me it seemed like the fight was stopped due to Valasquez trying to punch Silva's head through the mat.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:07:35 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[illegalize punches aswell when you're at it...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 10:46:25 -0800</pubDate>
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