Ah, thanks Rob.

So what you are saying is that as far as judging is concerned, there is going to be more emphasis put on the striking side of muay-thai, rather than the clinch/wrestling/throwing. There will be less of an incentive to make it a "clinch-war", as the referee will break it.

For the time I have been going to Thailand, you do see cycles of "favourable techniques", and with this rule change statement, I think Lumpinee are just trying to re-direct this with a "NON-favourable technique".

All the other rules and criteria are still the same, so its not being "watered down".....merely redirected within the same circle.

As the WPMF are a Lumpinee-based promotion, does this have immediate effect on their rules/judging, or are they just sampling it in the stadium at the moment?