a. Pulling of the hair in any fashion is an illegal action. A fighter may not grab a hold of his opponent's hair to control their opponent in any way. If a fighter has long hair, they may not use their hair as a tool for holding or choking in any fashion.
Headbutting is illegal in UFC because it's considered to be too dangerous of a manoeuvre, especially when it results in a clash of heads. It can easily result in a head trauma or concussion.
Use in combat sports
Stomping is disallowed in most combat sports. Certain mixed martial arts organizations do, however, allow stomping to different extents. The Ultimate Fighting Championship allows stomps to be performed from the clinch, while stomping on a downed opponent is considered illegal.
They don't use the term “headlock”. They use the terms “front face lock”, “rear naked” choke, “bulldog” choke, “guillotine” choke and “standing guillotine” choke”. Can UFC/MMA fighters just specialize in one style of fighting and win with it alone? How did Chuck Liddell do in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)?
The majority of MMA organizations follows the common rule of prohibiting knee strikes and kicks to the head of a grounded opponent, but fighters are allowed to strike their opponent's body. Hand and elbows strikes to the head are considered legal.
Can You Throat Punch in UFC? Not deliberately. No direct strikes to the throat are allowed in UFC – this includes a fighter pulling their opponent's head in such a way to open the neck area to strike it.
An illegal slam is a very specific violation and extremely rare in MMA. It is defined in the rules as a "pile driver," where a fighter controls the opponent's body, "placing their feet up in the air with their head straight down and then forcibly drives the opponent's head into the canvas or flooring material."
No you can't. Pulling or pushing on your opponent's arms or gloves is illegal use of the hands. You could lose points for fouling.
12–6 elbow strikes are illegal under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, defined as "striking downwards using the point of the elbow". Such bans were justified for medical and safety reasons, due to the possibility of serious injuries to opponents that could result from their use.
Yes, kidney punch – meaning a forceful punching method that aims at the opponent's kidneys – is illegal in boxing or MMA competition since it causes severe effects for boxers.
No, caffeine is permitted in sports governed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). It is currently on WADA's monitoring list which means it is not prohibited but WADA is monitoring it in case it becomes an anti-doping issue in the future.
Dirty boxing in itself is illegal but there are dirty boxing techniques that still find their way in a match. Many of the techniques we mentioned earlier were on the borderline of being illegal but when executed “properly”, they can give fighters an advantage over their opponent.
Conclusion. Kung Fu as a martial art is not so good for MMA because of three main reasons: it isn't using 'live-opponents' for training, it is full of MMA illegal moves, and it isn't teaching ground or clinch combat.
According to the sport's Unified Rules, a fighter's attire consists only of a pair of shorts, a shirt (if you're a woman), open-fingered gloves, mouth guard, groin protection for the men, and protective chest gear for the gals. Fighters compete barefoot. So shoes or padding on the feet are forbidden.
If you're asking if UFC fighters can wear any shorts they like, the answer is no.
Groin Strikes
For obvious reasons, MMA fighters are not permitted to strike their opponents in the groin in any way. Although all fighters are required to wear a protective cup, major damage can still be done by groin strikes.
Attacking an opponent's groin area, pulling their hair, landing intentional eye-pokes or downright trying to gouge their eyes out, biting, and/or spitting at one's opponent are all illegal moves in the UFC.
Will it be bad if I block my opponet punch with my elbow? No, it's actually very good. The elbow is the strongest part of the body. Blocking your opponent's punches with your elbows will do the following.
Aside from a 2009 disqualification loss to Matt Hamill in a fight he was dominating, Jones has never lost in MMA.