According to the Nevada State Athletic Commission Unified Rules, a referee can stand the fight up when there is a "lack of action". Unfortunately this is incredibly vague and can lead to refs becoming almost Thai-esque in separations and standups (in Muay Thai, on average, it takes the referees five seconds to separate the fighters). Therefore, these rules hopefully would make things a little bit more objective.
1. Time minimums. King of the Cage had it right when the referee counted down five seconds for inactivity and then stood the fight up. I would grow that number to ten seconds.
2. No standups other than the guard or half guard. The nature of the other positions (side control, mount, back control) is inherent to activity and finishes.
3. No standups during a submission attempt, no matter how pathetic they are. It doesn't happen often, but I have seen people submitted by desperation guillotines, even when the person throwing the choke is mounted. Also, once again, finishes are inherent in the nature of submissions.
The one thing you never want to advocate is the stupid IFC two-minute rule: no finish on the ground in two minutes meant a stand-up.
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