Video: Is there anything MMA can do about varying rule interpretations?

Two weeks in a row, UFC events saw fights end due to illegal knees.

At UFC 259, Petr Yan lost the bantamweight title when he was disqualified for hitting Aljamain Sterling with an illegal knee. A week later, Eryk Anders hit Darren Stewart with one – but spared the DQ loss and instead just had to deal with a no contest.

Both knees were illegal – but one was more illegal than the other. There is some method to the madness behind the interpretation of the rule. But it still seems like in MMA, different referees might call similar situations in different ways – which can lead to confusion for the fighters and fans.

So we asked our panel on this week’s episode of “Spinning Back Clique” if there are any good solutions for how this kind of stuff plays out from time to time. Check out the video above to hear “Georgeous” George Garcia, Nolan King, Farah Hannoun and moderator Simon Head weigh in. You can also watch the complete episode below.