Bigfoot Silva's manager wants ban on ground elbows following UFC 146 bloodbath

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If you tuned into this past weekend's (May 26, 2012) UFC 146 event in Las Vegas, Nevada, you witnessed one of the bloodiest mixed martial arts (MMA) fights in recent memory thanks to the razor sharp and accurately placed elbows of former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez.

Right onto Antonio Silva's face.

Early in the opening round, Velasquez blasted "Bigfoot" with an elbow that split the bridge of his nose wide open, causing a profuse spilling of his blood. After referee Josh Rosenthal stopped the bout for a doctor's examination, the fight continued -- only to have Cain continue his relentless ground-and-pound on the giant heavyweight.

With blood pouring out of the nose of Silva like a busted faucet and blood trickling into his eyes, Cain wailed away until (thankfully) the bout was called to an end at the three and a half minute mark of the opening frame in favor of Velasquez.

After it was all said and done, the Octagon's canvas was painted blood red and Silva's face looked like something straight out of a horror movie.

Now, Alex Davis, manager of Silva, says that he wants all elbows on the ground to be banned due to the bloody mess they can cause and because of that, it may turn some people away from the sport.

Check out Davis' comments which he posted on The Underground after the jump.

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"Just got back to Brazil, was in the air, and only now found out about the uproar my comments on MMAJunkie Radio created, so I would like to clarify: I have seen way worse cuts then the one Cain inflicted on Bigfoot. The problem with this particular cut was not the size or anything, but the profuse bleeding into Bigfoot's eyes. This is not an excuse, it is a fact. I am not here saying that wasn't for the cut , Bigfoot would have won, nor I am making an excuse. What I am saying, again, is a fact. Had not been the cut, the fight most probably would have gone on, who knows what the outcome might have been, maybe Cain would have won anyways, maybe not. I also think that elbows on the ground should not be allowed. For the most part, they cause cuts, which are different then Kos, Tkos or Subs. They also tend to make a bloody mess, sometimes from relatively minor damage, and this does not help MMA as it tends to alienate many people to the sport. I didn't mean in no way to diminish Cain's victory, or make an excuse for Bigfoot's defeat, but simply state a fact that myself, and anyone else who watched the fight, witnessed."

In any contact sport, especially fighting, whether it be boxing or MMA, blood will be part of the game.

Whether it comes from an elbow, a punch or a knee, the human face isn't designed to take those kinds of hits without causing some kind of damage or cut which will eventually cause some bleeding.

It is inevitable and regardless of how good the assigned cut men may be, the blood will eventually find its way out again. Cain Velasquez doesn't have a problem with all the blood, but it's obvious Davis does.

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AHHH, Fuck no!

If ya can't take the heat...

I would ban them only if I can get knees to downed fighters instead... But yeah never going to happen

OK, so the fight goes on, and Cain punches him in the face relentlessly, and Bigfoot gets severe swelling and black eye-edness, and broken bones due to ground-and-pound punches, and gets severe brain damage due to the repeated punches.
But he doesn't bleed, cuz he isn't cut. And it's somehow better for the sport?!

What?

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well said there

Its really rather simple.... don't sign your fighter up for a fight in which he can't defend himself cause his over all skill level sucks. Or if you do sign up for the fight don't whine about the manner of his loss like a little biitch!

Maybe we should just ban crap fighters like Bigfoot instead of elbows.

This is like the kid who's allergic to peanuts, so his overbearing mom calls the school and gets peanut butter banned from school.

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This is like the kid who's allergic to peanuts, so his overbearing mom calls the school and gets peanut butter banned from school.

Pretty much...lol

Agreed with everything here. If Bigfoot would've been the one to deliver the elbows and cut Cain this never would've been brought up.

Okay, lets just get this out of the way.... Bigfoot sucks, I have no idea why the hell he is even in the UFC cause the guy is just so terrible. I don't care if he beat Fedor, he out weighed the dude by 40 some pounds and really is a freak of nature. I say Big Foot fights Mark Hunt next and gets his huge head punched in the 4th row and will be cut from the UFC for good.

BigFoot is the Giant Silva of the UFC

im pretty sure anybody who whopped up on fedor got an invite from uncle dana, prob as a slap in the face of fedor and team....but silva hendo and werdum, all back in the ufc!

Where was the option for "hell no"?

I think we need to allow more strikes rather than take them away.

Silva's manager needs to STFU already. Such a pu$$y thing for Alex Davis to do.

I'd have won if I hadn't lost.