I grund och botten så förlorade Antonio ”Bigfoot” Silva matchen mot Cain Velasquez via en armbåge i helgens UFC 146. Det var en sådan som öppnade upp ett sår i pannan som gjorde att Silva fick blod i ögonen. Därmed hade han rätt svårt att se, och därför svårt att freda sig mot Velasquez attacker.
Så nu när det hunnit gå ett par dagar efter galan så har Silvas manager Alex Davis fått för sig att det är lika bra att förbjuda dess armbågar på marken.
”Just got back to Brazil, was in the air, and only now found out about the uproar my comments on MMAJunkie Radio created, so I would like to clarify: I have seen way worse cuts then the one Cain inflicted on Bigfoot,” skriver Davis på UG. ”The problem with this particular cut was not the size or anything, but the profuse bleeding into Bigfoot’s eyes. This is not an excuse, it is a fact. I am not here saying that wasn’t for the cut , Bigfoot would have won, nor I am making an excuse. What I am saying, again, is a fact. Had not been the cut, the fight most probably would have gone on, who knows what the outcome might have been, maybe Cain would have won anyways, maybe not. I also think that elbows on the ground should not be allowed. For the most part, they cause cuts, which are different then KOs, TKOs or Subs. They also tend to make a bloody mess, sometimes from relatively minor damage, and this does not help MMA as it tends to alienate many people to the sport. I didn’t mean in no way to diminish Cain’s victory, or make an excuse for Bigfoot’s defeat, but simply state a fact that myself, and anyone else who watched the fight, witnessed.”
Armbågar har en tendens att öppna upp sår i till exempel pannan under matcher. Men detta är som tur är relativt ovanligt ändå. Organisationen Pride förbjöd bland annat armbågar just av den anledningen. Men i slutändan handlar allt om hans argumentation fungerar?
