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I've done almost a year of TKD and a bit of Hapkido along with it, and watching UFC I have to ask - have wrist locks ever been used as a submission technique in a professional MMA fight? From my armchair research, I can tell that...
*Wrist locks ARE legal (based on "small joint manipulation" being defined as fingers and toes, and seeing wrist locks taught on some MMA youtube videos)
*Wrist locks are harder to get in MMA than in other settings because of the amount of support the wrists get from the safety gear
However, I've not seen any evidence that one has actually been employed successfully. Is this because it hasn't, or just because I suck at research?
*Wrist locks ARE legal (based on "small joint manipulation" being defined as fingers and toes, and seeing wrist locks taught on some MMA youtube videos)
*Wrist locks are harder to get in MMA than in other settings because of the amount of support the wrists get from the safety gear
However, I've not seen any evidence that one has actually been employed successfully. Is this because it hasn't, or just because I suck at research?