MMA and the UFC specifically needs the judges to start adopting some type of penalties for 'stalling'. In wrestling, its normal for a guy to use defensive tactics to avoid takedowns and such but if the tactics proliferate and the primary behavior/tactic he gets penalized for stalling. I can appreciate good defensive stand-up techniques, but if the referee has no way to penalize a fighter for stalling then we get the stand-up equivalent of Lay-n-Pray that we all complain about so much.
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