Eye-gouging is a pretty serious issue in MMA. It seems like every year the MMA community revisits the same talking points on MMA rules and changes they would like to see. And every year we experience the same story; we’ll discuss rule changes, then personalities like Joe Rogan, Ariel Helwani, and John McCarthy will weigh in but the rules will largely stay the same.
We can debate knees to a grounded opponent, weight classes, and judging for another few decades however there is an urgent rule that we can reform now and make a massive difference; Eye-gouging.