Why don't EBI Overtime rules allow full mount (or side control)?
It seems like so many EBI overtime matches that start in back mount end up with one guy "escaping" to full mount, and then the round ending. This seems a little ridiculous since one competitor is still in a dominant position, and (as Conor McGregor just found out) it ignores the interchangeability between full and back mount that make both positions so deadly in our art. Indeed, when I watch highest level matches that end in submission there is often a chain of subs that can travel through multiple positions before ending in a point of no return. So I have two questions:
1. Why not continue the "riding time" from back to full mount (or side control) until one competitor escapes to a neutral position (half, closed, top, open, feet) and is not actively defending any submissions?
2. Why not have the opening OT round still be sub-only but starting from a dominant position (i.e. start from back, both guys have 2 mins to submit even if one escapes)?