A late question for the UFC fight

kaliace · 03-13-2006, 12:30 PM

I watched the last UFC Pay Per View. One thing I noticed this time over other PPV is that the referee on the outside was checking behind the ears. It was something that maybe that I have not caught before but it seemed like they were really stressing it. Now the Noob question I have is what are they checking for? I can guess that maybe a trick is to put some sort of petroleum jelly or something like that to cause the head and neck to be slick during grappling. Is that close?

Any insight would be great.

Thank you,
Michael G Olive

JkD187 · 03-14-2006, 07:33 PM

Yep they are checking for vasseline or grease or any type of sticky substance on the fighters ears heads and neck...you notice how they thai clinch the back of the neck to see if its easy to slip out.

03-13-2006, 12:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
kaliace Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 113 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	A late question for the UFC fight I watched the last UFC Pay Per View. One thing I noticed this time over other PPV is that the referee on the outside was checking behind the ears. It was something that maybe that I have not caught before but it seemed like they were really stressing it. Now the Noob question I have is what are they checking for? I can guess that maybe a trick is to put some sort of petroleum jelly or something like that to cause the head and neck to be slick during grappling. Is that close? Any insight would be great. Thank you, Michael G Olive

03-14-2006, 07:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
JkD187 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NY! Posts: 982 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yep they are checking for vasseline or grease or any type of sticky substance on the fighters ears heads and neck...you notice how they thai clinch the back of the neck to see if its easy to slip out. __________________ Shooto Or Die.

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