Originally Posted by
RD'S Alias - 1A
Not when you have gone out of your way to condition yourself to intentionally avoid those targets because of the rule set you are training for.
But the TCMA who is training to go for them will automatically seek them if an opening arises.
Also, MMA guys don't think to protect illegal targets because they never have to worry about getting hit there due to the rules protecting them
You fight like you train. If you TRAIN to avoid hitting illegal targets, you are not going to attack them.
If you TRAIN to not bother protecting those targets, you are not going to stop and think to do so in a no rules street environment either.
Ok, using the two fights discussed in this thread... which fighter had the opportunity to bite and took it? Which fighter had the opportunity to knee his opponent in the back of the head and took it?
This is why knifefighter said:
BTW, it's easier to change the target to an illegal one and be able to hit THAT at full power if you are used to hitting other targets on resisting opponents than it is to change the power of your hitting if you are not used to doing that against resisting opponents.
Jack Dempsey: "What would happen if a year-old baby fell from a fourth-floor window onto the head of a burly truck driver, standing on the sidewalk?
It's practically certain that the truckman would be knocked unconscious. He might die of brain concussion or a broken neck.
Even an innocent little baby can become a dangerous missile when its bodyweight is set into fast motion."