Sentence examples for biting and gouging from inspiring English sources

The only recognized fouls were biting and gouging.

It allowed fighters to use a blend of fighting styles, though biting and gouging out an opponent's eyes were outlawed.

Kicking and hitting a downed opponent were allowed; only biting and gouging (thrusting a finger or thumb into an opponent's eye) were forbidden.

If there are five, four of them will hold down the victim, one to each limb, so that the other one can bite and gouge the exposed soft parts on the front.

A judge watched over the two opponents, ready with a stick to strike the perpetrator of fouls like biting and eye-gouging.

Two other events were especially violent: boxing, for which the fighters wore not gloves but tightly wrapped leather thongs, and the pankration ("total force" or "no holds barred"), in which the only tactics forbidden were biting and eye-gouging.

In an often bizarre media session at the Springboks' base in Johannesburg, De Villiers defended Burger and condemned actions of foul play such as gouging, biting and head-butting.

Hartley has a dismal disciplinary record that totals 54 weeks of suspensions for a range of offences including gouging, biting and head-butting.

The brothers say that rules adopted in most U.S. states in the past decade — outlawing practices such as eye gouging, biting and blows to the trachea — make it safer than other sports such as boxing.

As Hartley had not pleaded guilty and did not have a previous good record – he had been banned three times in six years for gouging, biting and punching – he only had a week taken off in mitigation.

Jones, as far removed from Lancaster as Hartley is from his predecessor, has said that he does not want the hooker to rein in a personality which, as we know too well, has made gouging, biting and headbutting a part of his vernacular.