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[beau420]

We saw in Pride, Charles Krazy Horse Bennett try and climb to the top rope and do a two foot thrust into his opponent, and we have seen on multiple occasions opponents use the ropes to do something similar to Ali and his rope-a-dope and I think it is only a natural progression.

Took boxers years and years to use ropes to their benefit, and it has taken quite a while for fighters in the cage to learn how to use the cage to standup, and this seem like the next natural progression.

I hope to see more Belcher and Petis type moves off the fence.

No way they make it illegal.

[Tyreas]

Sponsor? What a fail that pop was too

[mma #1 fan]

First let me say it's a fight's like last night that make's me wish i had more friends that watch MMA.

you can use the cage to wall walk to stand up or smash someone in the the cage for a lil gnp . People use it to spin off the cage . Faber used it to get ko'ed . Ben used it to catch a breath or two and to reset his stance right before the kick . So i don't even see how they could go about trying to make it illegal.
This is just a new trick kinda like the first time we all saw a supper man punch or a flying knee.

[MickeyKnox]

"The kick" was fucking magnificent.

Anthony Pettis will always be remembered for that. What a clip to add to the highlight reel...

AMAZING!

[TheDoucheyWun]

Would u ban shooting the puck of the boards if they start going in? Fuck no it's just somthing crazy that happens from time to time, same thing here with the fighters using it..Crazy Insane kick by pettis

[ckauffman28]

kicks like this are jaw dropping but imagine someone trying this and in the air the opponent steps back and lays him out with a overhead right.

[joeodd2]

Originally Posted by NLRepublic

I don't think it should be illegal. Alan Belchar used it against Akiyama as a springboard into a right cross (might of been a stiff jab not totally sure) at UFC 100 as well. However I have NEVER seen anything even close to what Pettis did last night that was amazing.

To me, that was just MMA evolution in front of our eyes last night. 10 years ago moves like that weren't being taught in gyms, and the more developed the sport is, these are the types of results we are getting.

Wrestlers can use the cage to stack opponents (if they never had they cage they wouldn't be able to stack guys up and come down with shots), so agile strikers should be able to use the cage to perform strikes they couldn't otherwise

Damn fine point!

"kicks like this are jaw dropping but imagine someone trying this and in the air the opponent steps back and lays him out with a overhead right." -ckauffman28


Actually Henderson WAS stepping when he got caught, it would seem that ducking or stepping into the kick would be better. Of course had he stepped in, there was a chance he could have caught a modified spinning knee instead....It's all about timing, and Pettis had perfect timing. Fancy Kicks do work, if you know how to use footwork, movement, and can time your opponent. So many factors go into it, many fighters just throw technique hoping something will land, when this starts to change fights 10 years from now may resemble kung fu flicks......

[LethalStriker]

As long as no grabbing of the fence in any way takes place then you should be able to use the cage in any way you wish, the same way you would spring yourself off of the floor the way I see it. Fighters use the cage to wall walk back up to a standing position all the time so I don't see any difference.

This is the first kick since Yves Edwards spinning mid air kick against Josh Thomson at UFC 49 that even comes close to that.

[U shut ur FACE]

No, it should not be illegal.
The cage is used in many other ways that would contradict this. If you were to make it illegal to springboard off of the cage, why would it be legal to use it for clench work/wrestling or even GnP? That's essentially the same thing, there's absolutely nothing wrong with springboard tactics, wrestlers use it all the time; hell even boxers use it in a ring.