{"id":951959,"date":"2026-11-04T06:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T06:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951959\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T06:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T06:04:11","slug":"bryce-mitchell-wants-pride-era-face-stomps-legalized-in-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951959\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryce Mitchell wants Pride-era face stomps legalized in MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Bryce-Mitchell-151837\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryce<br \/>\nMitchell<\/a> believes mixed martial arts bouts should be more like<br \/>\nstreet fights.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell has weighed in on the current ruleset amid recent<br \/>\ndiscourse about banning sidekicks to the knee, also known as<br \/>\noblique kicks, in MMA. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> bantamweight strongly opposes<br \/>\nbanning oblique kicks, which he considers one of his best<br \/>\nweapons.<\/p>\n<p>Why Bryce Mitchell opposes an oblique kick ban and supports<br \/>\nface stomps<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhile oblique kicks can cause serious knee injuries, Mitchell notes<br \/>\nthat MMA is a brutal sport. If a rule change is needed, \u201cThug<br \/>\nNasty\u201d believes stomps to the face of a grounded opponent should be<br \/>\nlegalized, like in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/PRIDE-Fighting-Championships-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nPride<\/a> era.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re talking about taking away the oblique kick, which is<br \/>\nreally, really stupid,\u201d Mitchell said on Instagram. \u201cIt\u2019s a<br \/>\ncompletely fair kick; anybody can do it. Yeah, you get your knees<br \/>\nhurt. But guess what? It\u2019s a fight\u2026 Who cares if you get kicked in<br \/>\nyour knee? It&#8217;s a fight. I think if they should be making one rule<br \/>\nchange, it should be the addition of the stomp. There\u2019s not a more<br \/>\neffective move than the stomp; there never has been, there never<br \/>\nwill be\u2026 I would have a lot more finishes if I could stomp a<br \/>\ngrounded opponent on their face. That\u2019s actually my best move. So<br \/>\nevery time you see me fight, I don\u2019t even get to use my best move\u2026<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re trying to take another one of my moves away\u2014the knee kick.<br \/>\nMan, y&#8217;all need to toughen up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell also suggests removing rounds and banning weight cuts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the rules favor the boxers who are scared of takedowns and<br \/>\nkicks,\u201d Mitchell wrote in the caption of his Instagram post. \u201cThese<br \/>\nnew proposed rule changes are bullsh*t. Let us fight, and if you<br \/>\nwanna make changes, take rounds and weight cuts out so we can<br \/>\nreally get down and see who&#8217;s best\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bryce Mitchell believes mixed martial arts bouts should be more like street fights. Mitchell has weighed in on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[4225,64,63,786,223668,785,44,85],"class_list":["post-951959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-article","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-https-www-sherdog-com-news-news-ufc","tag-mma","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}