If MMA fighters use different types of punches then boxers

Exactly. There's no difference whatsoever between punching in boxing and punching in MMA. Stances are 100% the same and body positioning and kinetics should be an exact match as there would be no consequences whatsoever to the fight.

Solid logic.

 

I'm not sure how you could possibly have missed the point but... congratulations, you have!

 

I don't watch a lot of MMA but I am a fan of Machida. He does punch different than most I've seen him use a lot of reverse punches. It seems work for him. He doesn't look like he wants to be a boxer so I don't know why he would change his technique.

 

Could probbly end this thread with this.

 

You're right.

 

Can you explain what you mean by "mesmerize"?

I like this post, but i think the OP is right also

 

So true. It's perhaps one of the more unsettling things about MMA. Many of the MMA schools advertised come across as an and-all/be-all bag of ecletic tricks that give you a little bit of everything. The only problem is the age-old coinage of "jack of all trades, master of none" as it applies here.

Tim Sylvia is a great past example of this, leaving many to believe that a decent chin, and some luck are all it takes to really win.

I like MMA-- but could never get over my jealousy of boxing form and the fact that boxing just looked so beautiful yet technical at the same time compared to the average MMA'er.

 

Funny how my opinion changes with the times on this subject. IMO, specialists rule MMA. To be a champ, you must be well rounded, but you must excel in at least one art to set yourself apart.

Cain-wrestling
Jones-wrestling
Anderson-Striking
GSP-wrestling
Bendo-wrestling
Aldo-Striking
Barao/Cruz-Striking/Footwork
Mighty Mouse-Wrestling


The point I'm getting at is that if we can get an excellent boxer to learn how to grapple efficiently to avoid getting wrestlehumped, I could only imagine they'd become champ or at least a contender.

 

If they have solid take down defense, a boxer could dominate standing up.

One of my favorite fights that proves this is Brendan Schaub against Gonzaga. Schaub was only an amateur golden gloves boxer, but he looks like Wladimir Klitshcko in that fight because he controls the range with his jab and lands hard shots when he wants to - a bad sparring session in which the other guy is completely ineffective. It's clear with the right skill set (take down defense and range control being most important) a classic boxing style would work. Most of these guys have to worry about too much to really become masters of anything. If you watch that fight you will see that classical boxing could work in there.

 

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