1.) Effective Defense removed as a criteria.
2.) Striking and Grappling are now considered to be given equal weight.
3.) The term "damage" will no longer be used as a descriptor when discussing the scoring of a round. It will be replaced by "effective".
Finally, the ABC has clarified and amended the definitions of several terms in the Unified Rules of MMA
1.) "Effective Striking" - Heavier strikes that have a visible impact on the opponent will be given more weight than the number of strikes landed.
2.) "Effective Grappling" - judged by considering the amount of successful executions of a legal takedown, reversals and submission attempts.
3.) "Effective Aggression" - moving forward scoring with a legal technique or attacking from the guard with threatening submissions.
4.) "Cage/Ring Control" - dictating the pace, place and position of the fight.
