Commission Clarifies "Back of the Head" Rules for MMA

The Association of Boxing Commissions recently held its annual conference in New Orleans, and a number of revisions and clarifications to the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts were approved by the attending members.

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This is how I've understood the rule for a long time. Why is it being "clarified" now?

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Posted by Rush

This is how I've understood the rule for a long time. Why is it being "clarified" now?

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Good question!!

because it was never officially defined...

Well at least the refs have defined rule now but I still think some refs wont understand it.

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Posted by Aether

because it was never officially defined...

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Then how did I know about it prior to this article being published? The issue of head strikes was discussed by Big John long ago.

I was initially confused about the definition of downward elbow strikes, but that also got cleared up ages ago as well.