Jon Jones applies vertical elbows to Matt Hamill. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram
With an eye on the legalization of the vertical elbow, better known as 12-6, Daniel Cormier expresses fear about the consequences that the decision may generate. In the opinion of the former double champion, the blow can be similar to actions that people use in street fights and he believes that 'goal shots' (kick to the head with an athlete on the ground) could eventually gain the same permission.
"I do not like this. I don't like 12-6 elbows and I don't like goal shots. I don't want. Here's my thinking: I just don't want everything that makes the fight look like a street fight. That's it. John McCain, before he died, was against fighting because he said, 'It's a human cockfight.' They would show these videos of gang fights and people on the ground, and they would just kick them in the face. If we get to goal shots, things will start to look like this again, and that's not good," Cormier said on his YouTube channel. YouTube.
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As he continued his speech, the commentator reinforced the fear that legalization could lead to fights in the Octagon.
“I don’t like the 12-6 elbows. I don't like the 12-6 elbow so much. I don't care as much about 12-6 elbows (as I do goal shots). But I think the moment we start opening up those rules again, it's going to be more, and more, and more, and eventually we'll get back to goal shots,” he concluded.
Mauricio Shogun using 'goal shot' in fights at Pride. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram
used by Jon Jones In the early days of his career in the UFC, the vertical elbow became known for generating the only defeat in the American's career. The rule changes were voted on and approved by a committee including the executive directors of the California and Nevada Athletic Commissions and referees Marc Goddard, John McCarthy and Herb Dean.
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