the only place you will regurlarly see 5x3 knees to the head and elbows for women is in thailand. same as in thailand u dont get c class and b class. over there (apart from sanctioned amateur bouts) its all full muay thai rules. over here its different, for whatever reasons. no one ever complains about mens bouts that are 5x2 no elbows etc, so i dont see why womens bouts should be considered any different. insurance and everything is different over here. if people want 2 see full thai rules, then we should scrap c class and b class and have everything A class as it is in thailand (apart from amateur over there like i said before). that just will never happen here. in thailand u dont hear of "oriental rules" "european rules" etc, it is what it is, 5 x 3 full thai rules, fucks sake, even the kids over there fight full thai rules but that simply will never happen here, our laws, insurance etc just dont cover it! im sure Tricia would have it like in thailand if the western way dictated but it doesn't (look at what happened with Bernice's world title fight in Holland-judged totally differently to how it would have been judged in Thailand).
the girls will have trained just as hard for this as if they were fighting full thai rules and they are adapting to the conditions our country and laws dictate, and it will be a great display of talent whatever.
(sorry, not meaning to argue, i just think that Tricia should be applauded for getting this together in the first place-england isn't thailand and never will be but events like this can only be positive in raising the profile of all the amazing female fighters that the UK has)