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Originally Posted by dsver1
I'm not going to say which fights this occurred in, but we saw a number of fighters full-on running away from their opponents when coming up against a hail of strikes.
At what point does turning your back and running away become a penalty situation? I feel it puts the fighter in danger (opening themselves up to accidental rear strikes) and is just bad form. One of the UFC judging criteria is "Effective Aggressiveness" and this seems to be just the opposite.
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I'm no scoring expert & I haven't read the other responses yet...but I would say if it happens more than twice in a round...then YES.
Not everyone has Cabbage or Hunt's cast iron skulls, so there shouldn't be any real shame in extracting yourself from a very bad position when needed. But if it happens repeatedly or if it's just a flatout way to avoid engaging at all...then most certainly they should start deducting points immediately, IMO.