While I love watching the old Vale Tudo championships from the late 90's as well as Pride, the level of brutality makes them a hard sell for network tv and many new fans. The soccer kicks, headbutts and hockey fighting you mention above are great to watch for an acclimated fan but for the sport to grow, there has to be content for the new fan to latch onto. I think bringing the old rule sets back do nothing but set back the sport and stagnate growth.
With all that being said, the no knees to a downed opponent rule needs to be cut or at least revised to make it a knee that has to be down and not a hand, otherwise fighters (Dodson among many) take advantage of it and try to get a free point.
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