Rules protect your feelings, not the fighters

Ramsey Dewey is a retired pro fighter, combat sports coach, referee, and fight commentator… and occasional musician based in Shanghai, China.
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I fought professionally in Mixed Martial arts, Sanda, Muay Thai, K1 and American kickboxing from 2004-2011 when I was forced to retire due to a broken skull and being blinded in one eye. I hold a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Black belts in multiple traditional martial arts, including Taekwondo and kyokushin karate. I also train in catch wrestling, sambo, taijiquan, judo, and boxing.
I currently coach at the Animal MMA gym, the Extreme Fight Lab, and the Mordor Fight Club, all in Shanghai, China.

[@litteralfitness6113]

I write books. I'd love to hire Ramsey to narrate my books. Amazing voice

[@RamseyDewey]

Is this a serious job offer? If so, email me at [e-mail]

[@joekaminski8161]

Ramsey has an EXCEPTIONAL and AMAZING voice to be a narrator say for a documentary or even to do a paid commercial for a company. He is also fluent in Spanish and would be a great Spanish narrator or even language instructor as well. His voice has that very polished and soothing tone that actually makes it MUCH EASIER for say academic students to learn or attendees to follow and understand a professional narration, presentation or advertisement that he does.

[@Banished-rx4ol]

Like how gloves makes CTE worse but protect peoples feelings. On that note RIP Kazuki Anaguchi 23 years old taken too young.

[@pantasticlaire3966]

They also make striking only fights last longer (fewer stoppages and knockouts), and adds more complexity by allowing more shots to the head. It makes the fights more exciting imo

[@Banished-rx4ol]

@@pantasticlaire3966 at the cost of fighters lives, Kazuki passed this December during the inoue undercard. Had a banger of a fight and died after at 23 years old. There was maxim dadashev, patrick day, and many others. The worst part? The ones who died got it easy its the ones permanently disabled that get the short end of the stick like michael watson or prichard colon. They did studies showing that making the gloves bigger=more deaths same as how in the NFL as they put on more gear death rate also increased because guys can hit harder and go longer.

[@Annokh]

@@Banished-rx4olOkay, we don't actually have many fatalities in bare knuckles or MMA, not even close compared to boxing. But how honest we are when we compare those, given that MMA and especially bare knuckles are microscopic compared to boxing? Can we even claim we have representative stats?

[@Banished-rx4ol]

@@Annokh The first MMA fight was in 1963 with judo gene lebell and there was unsanctioned no rules no holds barred vale tudo fights happening in brazil, america, japan, etc. Very few recorded fatalities even including when you can legally hit the back of the head, spine, groin, etc. When you could knee, kick, and stomp the head of a downed opponent yet nobody died hell there were no weightclasses for a long time so guys who were 170lbs would fight 300lb monsters daily hell no gloves either they were optional. Whilst MMA hasn’t been around as long it was far more extreme

[@user-zr1dr7nz8e]

If Squid Game were real people would sign up for it.

[@RamseyDewey]

Most likely.

[@jaxhanma2768]

Netflix made it real.. And people did sign up for it knowing nothing.. 😅

[@druidbonez]

Great video Ramsey, I always thought that the rules were made not to protect the fighters tho, but to maximize the entertainment of the fight. For example 3 5 min rounds so that when someone gets taken down they stand them back up and have them go back at it again. Which in America people would much rather see striking than than grappling.

[@GuitarsRockForever]

I believe the 5mins round was primarily for commercial break (so they can play ad on TV every 5mins).

[@tomfoolery5844]

As an American Football fan, I love this discussion. Everyone knows the pads only allow for more violent contact, but I never hear people talk about the “theatre of safety” in the NFL. There are so many rules that are meant to “protect” the quarterback, but they fail to account for the fact that they are still on a football field with 21 other players who do not have such protections. Despite the new rules that “protect” the QB, the last two seasons since their implementation have had the most QB injuries in recent memory.

[@RamseyDewey]

Interesting. I didn’t know that there were special rules for the quarterback in American football. And that makes perfect sense that there’s been a streak of those rules failing to protect them.

[@tomfoolery5844]

@@RamseyDewey the recent enforcement and implementation is what’s most dangerous. The onus is on the defender(the guy whose job it is to stop the quarterback by any means) to not hit the quarterback too hard(for the audience), or only make contact if they are within a single step of the QB after they release the ball(which is a split-second judgement call having to be made by a rushing defender).

[@RamseyDewey]

Why do those rules exist? Is it because quarterbacks are traditionally smaller players? Or they wear different equipment? I don’t know much about the rules of football. But this is very interesting.

[@tomfoolery5844]

@@RamseyDewey interestingly enough, QBs do tend to wear smaller pads for shoulder mobility, and are not as physically imposing as other positions, but this isn’t the reason for the rules. The reason is that the quarterback is the most important position on the football field. This is because pretty much every single play starts with the ball being snapped to the QB, who either passes it to receivers, who are running routes based on the play that the QB calls, or he hands it off to a running back. There’s a lot of variation and option plays but we don’t need to get into that. All you need to know is that the camera is on the quarterback longer than any other position on the field, and as such, they are the faces of their respective teams, the captains of their offense, and the largest stars of the sport. I’m sure you’ve never watched football but I’m sure you’ve heard the name Tom Brady. That’s because he is a quarterback. Nobody knows who the greatest safety of all time is, but everyone knows who the greatest quarterback of all time is. There is a large monetary incentive to try and keep those stars out of harms way, and that’s one reason. But not every quarterback is a star, a majority are on bad teams. And this is why I think the real reason is the perception of safety. The camera is always following the ball, and so the quarterback is always on camera. For the modern sensibilities of the average NFL fan, they try to keep the violence on camera to a minimum. They will cut away from a hard hit so you don’t see the concussive reaction of the player for the same reason. That’s ultimately why I think they’re enforcing such rules.

[@mindax8823]

Rules are required in these sports but some should be changed (not being able to kick a wrestler crawling on the ground in UFC)

[@hanzkidz]

If you think that a stomp or kick is enough to stop a wrestler """crawling""" on the ground from taking you down then you don't know much about wrestling.

[@ts0088]

@@hanzkidzit definitely helps

[@mindax8823]

@@hanzkidz well you must not know much about kicking

[@hanzkidz]

Hmm you know, next Q&A I should ask coach Ramsey if the rules allow it would kicks or stomps to a grounded opponent would actually help in defending against takedowns or not. Cause from what I've seen there are plenty of different shoots and takedown techniques that leave the grappler safe from kicks and stomps.

[@hanzkidz]

@@mindax8823 kicks by themselves won't help you against defending takedowns if that's what you're thinking, since it's possible for a wrestler or grappler to shoot in from a very close range like in the clinch. Not to mention they can also just push you up against the cage and pin you there to prevent you from kicking entirely.

[@mattlawyer3245]

I've been thinking for a while how nice it would be to hear you do a longer discussion on this topic. This is great. Thank you.

[@hermanthenakmuaygerman]

Probably one of your best videos. Inwas always asking myself about the sense of these specific rules and how they came into existence.

[@user-ew5pv1bd9q]

Some rules exist not to protect feelings, but to make fights look more appealing. To make fight look cooler, so show makes more money.

[@mrmoth26]

I always thought that they exist to be broken.

[@blockmasterscott]

2:45 Man, you got me thinking of UFC 1. I loved Gerard Goudeau's' second fight when he took apart that kickboxer. It was so cool, he performed that fight so methodical.

[@SteveJuszczak-dx3gz]

Like that rining feeling you get when the opponent steps on your head

[@MaybeIshouldntusemyname]

The crying One FC fighter bit had me laughing so hard. Its also extremely accurate

[@viniciusdias5887]

Ramsey, I have a few questions you don't have to answer them all in one go: 1 Will you ever make more videos on your series breaking down fictional fight scenes? I would love to see more of that content from you. If you ever go back to doing videos like those, I would suggest analysing fight scenes from Arcane. 2 Would you make a series analysing, judging and breaking down fights? I think it would be interesting to see you analyse fights, going over why do you think the judges decided a certain way, saying if you agree with the result or not, and dissecting the techniques and strategies of the combatants. 3 Remember the common questions you used to receive about if Bruce Lee would be able to beat X fighter? Have you ever thought about doing videos like that analysing how fights that didn't happen would go in reality, but with both the competitors being actual professional fighters? Like analysing how a fight between GSP and Anderson Silva would have gone etc. I am praying for your knee.

[@marcossantos1998]

banger video

[@tamamalosi]

Rules also make a sport more financially viable. Same destination as what you said, but different motivation. One reason boxing was gloved was to make knockouts from head shots a thing. Something pretty rare under the bare knuckle ruleset. Adding 8, 10, 12 or 16 oz gloves makes the modern screw punch viable against what is essentially a bowling ball (your head). 👊😭🥊😵

[@handsdown7694]

"when you get hit in the head, what happes is that you get a little bleeding to the brain! And that is what knocks you out! [...] That blood goes loose." - Tito Ortiz

[@1234Daan4321]

We all need something to tell our mom when she catches us watching MMA

[@pedroalexandredillemburg3751]

23:50 It was Jessica "bate estaca" Andrade. By the way, "bate estaca" can mean "pile drive" in portuguese, so there couldn't be a more fitting finish delivered by her.

[@RamseyDewey]

It wasn’t a pile driver though. It was a high crotch single leg.

[@angeloesguerra555]

45:28 my god you deserve an Oscar coach😂

[@piotrd7355]

This is probably a silly question Ramsey, but in your opinion, did the lack of testing of fighters in Pride, the lack or less grueling weight cuts and longer first rounds have a positive effect on the health and condition of fighters, even if soccer kicks and stomps were legal?

[@casperthegst]

Can you explain what you mean by that quote you cant be nice you must be good for something in a little more depth?

[@airforcex9412]

I’ve been saying something similar for years. I’ve heard Teddy Atlas talk for hours about improving safety…in a sport in which people are hitting themselves on the head. 😂

[@zazampow9657]

Ramsey can you please increase the volume somehow, I struggle to hear you on some of these videos.

[@Xplora213]

Get better speakers. He doesn’t have much treble and sharpness which allows you to define the syllables he speaks. His baritone is very nice to listen to but it’s not ideal when your speakers are set up to reproduce dance music and not deep bass voices.

[@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh]

Who Fight in UFC 1,2,3,4,5 are a true Warrior there's no money here and 3 fights in one night and no rules that's why guys like Tank Abott are my idols true Warriors.

[@steffanofumo]

Even people like Firas Zahabi who are deep into fighting heavily criticized bare knuckle boxing using arguments like “the face is sacred”, it shows that even guys like him have a emotional bias, because logically if MMA and Boxing are OK, so should BKB, I find it redicolous to be ok with pure brain damage but drawing the line at cuts that effect you cosmetically.

[@Annokh]

Well, this bias is translated into society and its norms, so I can see why that can be seen as a big problem. Here were I live, there's no this sentiment "face is sacred", but face cuts and bruises are often seen as a sign of a low-life, asocial, marginal. And then there's this sheer ignorance, "it's damage when I see it, what I don't see doesn't exist because I don't even think about it". And I even have hard time *really* blaming these people because it took us centuries to formulate a concise medical statement on micro-concussions. Can't expect many people to know about it considering how combat sports are still stigmatised unless they look squeaky clean - they won't care to research anything about what "those barbarians" do.

[@mikehrt]

Fighters started wearing gloves before the fight rules were standardized by New Jersey or Nevada. Headbutts, groins strikes, and hairpulling were also universally banned by all promotions. Now whether rules are more safe is a fair discussion, but MMA had judging, time limits, and lots and lots of rules before the NJ thing. NJ added a ton of rules, some good, some bad. But gloves were not a new thing then, just the standardizing of the gloves.

[@All-Is-One-zv6wc]

Hey Ramsey (and anyone else reading) I'm a 17 year old scrawny kid from Norway, just started training muay thai and mma, my mma classes are filled with grown adults so I have a very difficult time applying the techniques we are learning since I just get overpowered, I really want to learn mma but is there any point in going? All love from norway🙌

[@pantasticlaire3966]

Training will make you stronger, as well as more efficient application of technique. You’ll learn to work with your build and strength as you gain more experience. If you fight, you’ll be fighting at the same weight and within a range of a couple kilos, being scrawny usually means having lower body fat, longer limbs, and being taller. Being taller and having longer limbs means easier triangles, and better striking angles at range which is more common in mma. In both mma and boxing being scrawny for your weight, which again usually means you’re relatively tall at that weight, also means easier knees. Overall, just stick with it for a bit and you’ll get a much better feeling about your personal advantages and how to overcome your disadvantages

[@dennismason3740]

"Kum-by-Yah" is the Africanization of "come by here" as sung by slaves in South U.S. Kum-bah-yah, m' Lord, kum ba ya...If you sing it like you mean it the phrase has power.

[@FreebyrdFayelanx]

Ramsey, I, recently, quit my TKD school of 11yrs, due to bullying, to an even more senior belt than, thine self. 😢😢😢. I'm trying to find another local school or other art and school and possibly cross-train in some University Wrestling. As someone in their thirites I want to be careful of further injuries or exacerbation of current injuries, e.g.; I have 2x full ACL Ruptures (one on each knee) and had surgery and rehab. I'm a big guy and pushed myself too hard in both instances. What martial arts are good for injuries? I heard Wrestling can give you many injuries, and anecdotally, heard BJJ guys being very injured over many years. Maybe you could even do a tier list for martial arts injuries? I want to see myself doing martial arts for orrtty much the rest of my life, but without being anymore injured. Thank you.

[@Annokh]

Okay, now I'm really curious what are the differences between what's considered plausible and "cool" in various schools of modern fight choreography other the world.

[@vladimirgertner3960]

Yes and no. I agree with the overall point, but there are some rules that also protect the fighters.

[@alexeigoliveira]

Fantastic! You make this channel great when you use martial arts as a pretext to philosophize - true Philosophy, not "Shaolin monk on the top of the mountain" philosophy. Great, coach, keep up the good work!

[@esferademanu]

23:48 Rose's opponent was Jessica Andrade

[@silverhit1437]

I find it very confusing that boxing usually has an even number of rounds, i dont know.much about boxing but it strikes me as strange to not have an even number to make draws less likely

[@miguelnovais3878]

Very good video. you said something like "how many of the ideologies that you hold near and dear to your heart is actually yours". My first thought was: "that's rich coming from a religious guy" You seem like that type of man that doesn't mind being challenged intellectually. What if you were born in Egypt and everyone in your life was Muslim, would you be Muslim? What about India? etc

[@RamseyDewey]

God isn’t dead, and he’s not sleeping, and he’s capable of answering simple questions. Give it a try. Put God to the test. The answers will shift your entire paradigm when you seek them.

[@MMAWARRIOR20]

Agnostic, identifying person gonna chime in here: everyone has things they believe. And if someone were to be honest, there are very few things one truly knows. For instance, you don’t know be on the shadow of a doubt that Joe Biden is the president of the united states. But you believe so because you trust the media and the textbooks. Likewise, a Christian person believes that god exist because that was the environment they grew up in. And to your original point I guess that’s how I could fathom and otherwise rational person would believe in a god. Not that I claim to have the answers whether or not God exist

[@RamseyDewey]

No sir, that is not why I know that God is our Father. It is not inherited tradition. It is not blind belief. Agnosticism (the idea that knowing is impossible) is garbage. God can and will reveal himself to those who seek him.

[@Gaming4ever-pd7jv]

Yet the fact that bare knuckle fights were not knew to MMA.

[@linksbetweendrinks7032]

I thought it was just because John McCain wanted to protect his Budweiser money! Budweiser endorsed boxing, but not Ultimate Fighting.

[@ChrisCapoccia]

seems like a bit of a hot take considering that if rules for gloves and wraps had actually been enforced, you wouldn't have a hole in your head. sure some rules are completely counterproductive in terms of fighter safety and only serve to extend the fight entertainment, but scrapping all the rules isn't the answer either

[@jc-kj8yc]

There were legit fighters though who didn't compete under NHB rules. Bas Rutten for example called Ken Shamrock insane for taking part in the early UFCs and stayed in Pancrase until the UFC got regulated a bit more. You're right that there were people willing to fight NHB for basically nothing, but look at old Vale Tudo events or the early UFCs. Most of these guys were bums! Brawlers with little perspective in life. Most of the actual athletes started competing after a minimum of rules got implemented.

[@RamseyDewey]

Correlation is not causation. It wasn’t until after the commercial television success of the Ultimate Fighter season 1 that the UFC started garnering mainstream attention.

[@GuitarsRockForever]

Little kids don't have concern of put anything into their mouth. That's called oral seeking, a development everyone goes through. We adults, do not want to put anything dirty into our mouth.

[@CarlySB]

Your analysis of terms for mental disabilities always being used as insults is interesting. I am autistic and I have moderate learning difficulties, and I find that the newer terms used to describe such conditions are immediately used to verbally abuse people. Needless to say, I find it very difficult to have much respect for most modern human beings, who tend to be rather crude, rude and offensive. 🤔

[@viniciusdias5887]

I don't think that's a modern problem, I believe it's a human problem. Humans have great capacity for evil, that's not new.

[@aidanhughes2444]

Hey Ramsey, you've got your dates a bit wrong on boxing gloves, boxing gloves did not start in the 1920s, they're much older, boxing gloves were in use in the 18th century for training and non profession (like fair ground pick up matches), they start enter into the professional scene in the 1880s Jack Dempsey talks about the gloves changing, but he's not talking about them starting to use boxing gloves, he's talking about professional gloves becoming bigger and more like what had been used in practice for ages by that point Just a fun fact, 18th Century prize fighters would soak their hands in a salt pickle solution to make the skin harder to hit harder and protect the hands

[@cuzz63]

John L Sullivan is considered the last bare-knuckle champion because no champion after him fought bare-knuckled. However, Sullivan had fought with gloves under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules as early as 1880 and he only fought bare knuckle three times in his entire career

[@infesticon]

MORTAL KOMBAT!! that's why they have a cage, to make it look like mortal kombat!

[@shoshanamofaz3012]

Jessica Andraje slammed Rose on her hy

[@pedrotenoriomendes]

Ideas having you instead of you having the ideas is the base of the meme theory by Richard Dawkins. Like genes use us to replicate, ideas do the same. Great video, as always!

[@soonahero]

Hard disagree on the karate winner. Karate is a game. If you break the rules, you lose or get penalized If I’m bodybuilding and some lunatic knocks me out on stage, he should lose Actually I saw Ramon kept elbowing Chris bumstead and nobody did anything

[@therecalcitrantseditionist3613]

A full hour of BASED. Especially the last 2 minutes. As someone deeply interested in ideas, what he said in the last 2 minutes is something i think applies to the vast majority of people. If you dont analyze and breakdown the ideas you hold at least to the degree someone might deeply analyze and dissect a fight on youtube. He's talking about you

[@obi501]

I'm curious about something you said here, this isn't a "haha gotcha" as so many atheists/ other faiths are one to do. But as an unreligious man, hearing you say about validity of your own beliefs that were not put upon you, how did you validate your religion to yourself?

[@RamseyDewey]

Go put God to the test and ask him your questions. He’s not dead, and he’s not sleeping. Cannot the almighty speak a simple word? Go put your faith to the test now. Faith is action, not blind belief.

[@sideofhashbrowns660]

Mark Kerr running through WVC 3 with headbutts and hammer fists, or Randelman throwing those beutiful knees from north south in pride, Vovchanchen losing to eye gouge in IAFC(I think thats what it was called), Bart Vale VS Mike Bitonio. These are the standout moments in early for me, I want to compete like that. I have fought, I even won, but unified rules feel so needlessly restrictive (litterally in the case of gloves). Give me 12 to 6s and soccer kicks and headbutts and no gloves or wraps. Even the existing Vale tudo like promotions use wraps Gamebread allows them up to the knuckle, Yatcha and KOTS both use full wraps Wotore I belive uses wraps all of them are great to watch in their own way but I hate that bare knuckle rarely means bare kuckle.

[@sideofhashbrowns660]

Oh and I cant stand tge three round structure taken from kickboxing tournaments. Two ten minute rounds or one 20 minute round would be so much better

[@whizkybent]

Laws were made by small hats hence j spells

[@gregorylatta8159]

Real fighting is done on the battlefield.

[@JustinCaseTTV]

Coach, your mistaken. No viewer gives a fk about rules. They want a mortal Kombat fatality. The only people who care are your close family or friends

[@lulospawn]

I find it a tad irresponsible to invite listeners to try punching a concrete wall with a boxing glove. Some doofus is bound to break a wrist. Then again if you just go ahead and do what some youtuber tells you, it's on you

[@CarlySB]

Those aren't "narratives", Ramsey; they are narrative tools. It would be far more sensible to talk about the different traditions in American and Japanese wrestling rather than the "narratives". Narrative is indeed a popular word of the year, only somewhat behind "context" in the frequency of misuse. It might be interesting to look at some of your videos from five years ago, to see how much of your recent use of phrases has been "put there, by outside influences".

[@LateKnight347]

I love your videos man but you are so wrong on this. you were almost killed by someone not following the rules. gloves protect faces not hands! if you hit something that don't give as hard as you can, you will break your hands gloves or not. i saw video of big man getting attacked by a small man. the big man hit the small man 3 times in the head. the small man slipped into a coma and died! the idea that the human skull is harder than knuckles is wrong. the ridge of the skull is super tuff but the back of the skull and the sides are not. also your head weighs like 12 pounds it is going to have some give.

[@RamseyDewey]

Wrong. 100% wrong. Gloves are weapons, not safety devices. They do not protect faces at all, they are a liability. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2qlaHmwaJZrodksi=TKGcC0aoFrHVstG1 Gloves and tape are what gave my opponent the super physiological ability to shatter the hardest part of the human skull with a single punch. The human hand is not harder than the frontal bone of the skull. Not even close.

[@LateKnight347]

@@RamseyDewey spend a little time watching bare knuckle boxing sir.

[@cuzz63]

The fact there were rules and his opponent didnt follow them changes that dynamic...the thing about rules is that you expect your opponent to follow them as you do. If the rules allow groin strikes then you adjust.

[@KhanKhan-je6ln]

Rules are bs. Martial arts should be only based on what works. I don’t agree with anything but what works. Rules make sports. N that’s bs. DO WHAT WORKS !!!!!!!!!!!

[@mastertorryn5397]

You talk like you not even in Any Martial art.

[@sniperforlife]

Fo’ Da Streetz ™

[@DarrinKemp-lr1cz]

May I ask what you train in?

[@harkinjames]

Sounds like a keyboard warrior to me. Either that or they have no experience fighting.

[@Chraan]

So Martial Arts is shooting range practice now, got it.

[@Mokujinko]

I see the point you're making but there's a little bit of misattribution of responsibility here. The companies behind these contests aren't humanists preoccupied with their viewers' emotional wellbeing. They want more eyes on the product. These rules aren't to protect feelings but to maximize profits. This isn't a question of consideration but manipulation.

[@jamesfarganne528]

Not to nitpick, as this was a great talk, but by definition, what happens in a ring or octagon or whatever is not violence. It is consensual application of force. Violence occurs when force is used to violate an unwilling victim. This is actually an important distinction, especially in America nowadays, where people have by and large been brainwashed into confuting force with violence. VIOLENCE is an instance of VIOLATION. Self-defense is not violence and neither are combat sports.

[@robertbeecroft5570]

Mr. Jamesfarganne528, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

[@robertbeecroft5570]

What you said sounds like you might be correct to somebody whom doesn’t know better, but it isn’t anywhere near correct, academically or legally. Putting something in all caps doesn’t make it correct. If you’re going to nitpick, at least be accurate in what you’re saying, man.

[@hanzkidz]

I believe what you are referring ti here is an "assault" or "aggrevated assault". Well you are not wrong in that an aggrevated assault is very different than mutual fight between two brawlers, who both agreed to duke it out. That said, none of this is relevant to the video so I'm not quite sure why you feel the need to bring this up other than to nitpick.

[@nickelmanful]

I guess you needed to try to impress people with your knowledge, but it backfired because it made look dumb

[@jamesfarganne528]

@hanzkidz Because so many Americans have been programmed to think that use of force to defend themselves against an abusive government is "violence". It isn't. Neither is it nitpicking to hold words to their true definitions.

[@CEOdosPutos]

Good video