I was gutted when I heard this the other day, as I've spent a lot of time trying to learn and teach the subtle clinch and throwing techniques that have been popular in the modern game. Obviously it won't be a waste and if it does make the fight as a whole then great. I think it will encourage a lot more active clinching, because I feel a lot of fighters are more hesitant to throw hard knee's for the fear of getting thrown and sometimes resulted in a kind of stand-off.

So if you throw someone it won't be a big score, but I'm assuming if you do you'll still get some credit and I assume if you follow up and strike then it would still be a big score???

Also, will the clinch get slit instantly if the fighters are holding the back??? So you basically just need a quick defense from getting thrown and not worry about really countering it?