{"id":41441,"date":"2026-11-04T03:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T03:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Bryce-Mitchell-wants-Prideera-face-stomps-legalized-in-MMA-203485"},"modified":"2026-11-04T03:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T03:33:07","slug":"bryce-mitchell-wants-pride-era-face-stomps-legalized-in-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/bryce-mitchell-wants-pride-era-face-stomps-legalized-in-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryce Mitchell wants Pride-era face stomps legalized in MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bryce
\nMitchell<\/a> believes mixed martial arts bouts should be more like
\nstreet fights.<\/p>\n

Mitchell has weighed in on the current ruleset amid recent
\ndiscourse about banning sidekicks to the knee, also known as
\noblique kicks, in MMA. The
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> bantamweight strongly opposes
\nbanning oblique kicks, which he considers one of his best
\nweapons.<\/p>\n

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Why Bryce Mitchell opposes an oblique kick ban and supports
\nface stomps<\/h2>\n

While oblique kicks can cause serious knee injuries, Mitchell notes
\nthat MMA is a brutal sport. If a rule change is needed, \u201cThug
\nNasty\u201d believes stomps to the face of a grounded opponent should be
\nlegalized, like in the
\nPride<\/a> era.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re talking about taking away the oblique kick, which is
\nreally, really stupid,\u201d Mitchell said on Instagram. \u201cIt\u2019s a
\ncompletely fair kick; anybody can do it. Yeah, you get your knees
\nhurt. But guess what? It\u2019s a fight\u2026 Who cares if you get kicked in
\nyour knee? It’s a fight. I think if they should be making one rule
\nchange, it should be the addition of the stomp. There\u2019s not a more
\neffective move than the stomp; there never has been, there never
\nwill be\u2026 I would have a lot more finishes if I could stomp a
\ngrounded opponent on their face. That\u2019s actually my best move. So
\nevery time you see me fight, I don\u2019t even get to use my best move\u2026
\nThey’re trying to take another one of my moves away\u2014the knee kick.
\nMan, y’all need to toughen up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mitchell also suggests removing rounds and banning weight cuts.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the rules favor the boxers who are scared of takedowns and
\nkicks,\u201d Mitchell wrote in the caption of his Instagram post. \u201cThese
\nnew proposed rule changes are bullsh*t. Let us fight, and if you
\nwanna make changes, take rounds and weight cuts out so we can
\nreally get down and see who’s best\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bryce Mitchell believes mixed martial arts bouts should be more like street fights. Mitchell has weighed in on the current ruleset amid recent discourse about banning sidekicks to the knee, also known as oblique kicks, in MMA. The Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight strongly opposes banning oblique kicks, which he considers one of his best weapons. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}