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Originally Posted by LastExit34
In Pride any time the fighters get close to the ropes, they restart the fight in the center of the ring in the exact position it was in before the stoppage.
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its this restarting that really kills the action. it gives the guy on the bottom, who in most cases has used the ropes to stall the action, a chance to breathe, maybe think about what he's going to do. at most the break in action is 30 seconds but to me thats enough to put the guy on top at a disadvantage. in the Pride events i have seen, mostly older events, after the restart the guy on the bottom almost always tries to jump the gun.
the idea that MMA is a sport and should be fought in a ring is an interesting point, mostly from a marketing standpoint. put MMA in a ring like boxing and its now a sport. where as in a cage its somehow no longer a sport?