Two major UFC overhauls will go into effect this weekend at UFC Edmonton.

The Nov. 2 Fight Night, featuring the flyweight main event between Brandon Moreno and Amir Albazi, features tweaks to two controversial rules: the 12-6 elbow ban and the grounded opponent rule.

Boxing Commissions and Combat Sports Association amendments were voted on I returned in July.

The 12-6 elbow ban has been lifted. Fighters will no longer need to be wary of the long-debated rule. The old, arbitrary rule relied on referee discretion, and the definition of the 12-6 elbow has become further blurred with referees having their own interpretations of what a downward elbow is.

“This is so oddly specific it makes you wonder why we have this rule,” referee John McCarthy said. addicted to MMA In 2014. “…if this only applied when the offending fighter threw his elbow in a perfectly perpendicular line to the ground, in most cases this would already be illegal or ineffective. There is already a rule against hitting the back of the head or spine…”

Fighters will no longer be able to stop fights by placing one hand on the canvas to discourage kicks and knees. The new definition of ‘fallen warrior’ is as follows:

“A fighter cannot legally be kneed or kicked in the head when any part of his body other than his hands or feet touches the tarp (ground).” (h/t Ariel Helwani)

This means that a fighter is only considered down if anything other than his hands or feet touches the canvas.

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