Sunday, December 20, 2009
Kung Fu vs. Karate Superbout Cancelled - Why?
The eagerly anticipated kung fu vs. karate superbout slated for Friday night's KAPMMA amateur show in Newark, featuring noted anti-MMA proponent Novell Bell against Sensei Mo, was cancelled at the last minute. The reason: a panoply of New Jersey State Athletic Control Board restrictions on particular techniques and certain katas. According to a commission spokesperson, there are strict rules against "Dim Mak, Eagle Claws, the forms known as 'Monkey Takes the Peach' and 'Serpent Hides in the Cave', and the dreaded Chinese Wuxie Finger. There's also a prohibition against excessive chi, and based on a pre-fight urinalysis, Mr. Bell's chi was off the charts." It's assumed that the Bell/Sensei Mo bout will be rescheduled and moved to a venue in Alabama, where there's no athletic commission to get in the way of the use of the Death Touch.
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I think the real deal breaker was Sensei Mo demanded to be able to use the Hadukken, and there is no provision in Unified Rules for long range energy attacks. The fact that Stefan Struve gets away with his Dhalism technique is one thing. But Sensei Mo was trying to take it too far.
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