Eye pokes too "allowed"? UFC stats bogus? Oblique kicks should be banned? We debate! + FAQ
Jab Life debates live on eye pokes, UFC stats and oblique kicks with hard data.
- Show : Aldric & Herbi of Jab Life, aired on October 14, 2026, 1:32:22.
- People discussed : Jonathan Pierret, Christian Leroy Duncan, Henry Cejudo, Demetrious Johnson, José Aldo, Jon Jones, Ciryl Gane, Nassourdine Imavov, Charles Oliveira, Manon Fiorot, Thiago Santos, Aljamain Sterling, Kevin Jousset.
- Topics : eye pokes, UFC statistics, oblique kicks, MMA rules, officiating.
- Source : transcript of the show, 20 031 views on YouTube.
What is said in the show
Alexandre Herbinet and Aldric Cassata open the show with a Q&A session with the chat before tackling three debates. On eye pokes, they draw on studies citing roughly 8% of fights affected, only 20 point deductions in the entire history of the UFC, and a single point deducted between January 2024 and October 2025. They bring up the Henry Cejudo-Song Yadong case and the point deducted from Christian Leroy Duncan by Marc Goddard, and argue for removing the notion of intent from the unified rules. On UFC statistics, they explain that "significant strikes" do not measure impact but a counting category: any strike at distance counts as significant regardless of its effect. They illustrate this with the Aldo-Munhoz fight and the Chris Weidman case. On oblique kicks, they cite nine documented knee injury cases over fifteen years according to research by Jonathan Pierret, and consider Andy Foster's proposal to ban these strikes unsupported by serious data. The show closes with a second Q&A session.
Chapters
- 0:00Intro and first FAQ session
- 13:05Eye pokes: a foul that pays off?
- 41:55UFC stats and "significant strikes": complete nonsense
- 56:20Should oblique kicks to the knee be banned?
- 1:08:35Second FAQ session
Questions raised in the show
Aldric Cassata : « In your round, you now have a point deducted, which means you lost that round. So in my opinion, not being able to see properly can really be a huge handicap. » 17:20
Aldric Cassata : « These are athletic commissions like California saying we want to ban that, and they have no study, no nothing. It's just one guy showing off, pretending to work. » 1:06:15
Key moments
« In your round, you now have a point deducted, which means you lost that round. So in my opinion, not being able to see properly can really be a huge handicap. »
Aldric Cassata · at 17:20
« I can't see. I don't know what he's throwing at me. I just can't see what he's throwing at me. I really can't see. He's blurry to me. »
Alexandre Herbinet · at 28:00
« Any strike at distance is a significant strike. A jab or a big rear hand from Ilia Topuria that doesn't KO you, that's a significant strike for both of them. »
Aldric Cassata · at 46:45
« Nico Montano, Roxanne Modafferi: 859 significant strikes attempted. There's a problem. There's a problem, I'm telling you. »
Alexandre Herbinet · at 55:01
« These are athletic commissions like California saying we want to ban that, and they have no study, no nothing. It's just one guy showing off, pretending to work. »
Aldric Cassata · at 1:06:15
