"Certainly, modern rules MMA disturb me. I consider that that set governed which was used when I acted in Japan, is safer.

Blows elbows are much more injury-causing, than stomps. I got used to those rules and when passed into UFC, I needed some time to adapt.

And if it is honest, my style in many respects relied on stomps and soccer-kiki so change of rules became a huge minus for me upon transition to UFC.

I hope that one fine day UFC legalizes stomps and soccer-kiki. It would be healthy. I won't remember that at the time of PRIDE somebody strongly suffered from these blows", - told Mauricio.