I have boxing experience and judo experience. I'm going to enter an amatuer MMA fight and just wondering your all thoughts on what to take from boxing. I know I plan on moving lot. Also I won't be bouncing butsliding with footork. I will keep punches short fast and not combos more than 2 or 3 punches. I will move away alot and won't fully sit down to avoid being taken down. i will adjust my height so I'm not tall and opponent shrt allowing to shoot for the legs. Any other ideas or pointers?
Try and use body shots when possible. Most MMA fighters are not accustomed to taking shots to the body, since 99% of punches thrown in MMA are to the face. For example, I've had a friend who is a Pro MMA fighter and who just recently won his first belt (EC Northern Eastern Championship Belt). I was sparring with him a few months ago, helping to work on his stand up. About half way through the 1st round I gave him a quick left hook to the body and he droped to the ground and he had to take 15secs to recover. Any average boxer would have taken that punch with little problem. Work the body and then when you got them on the ground, they won't have anything left. Of course body shots aren't thrown much in MMA for a reason and that's cause it's really hard to get in that close without getting tackled or kicked, but is not impossible and they will go a long way.
im not much of a boxer so i cant give you any advice for that but learn how to do a flying knee. basically you just run at them. jump and knee them in the chest/head. it takes alot of confidence but it works a treat. give it a go if your sparring, but just practice it first with your partner aware of what your going to do. also spinning back kicks work well. providing you quick enough with them. ive got a backyard mma fight in a couple of weeks. the guys a bouncer and is 30kgs heavier than me. lol im pretty scared but i recon its going to be good.
When you go into MMA you need to simply each art. For example you can't be ripping off screw uppercuts, fighting on the inside, off the ropes etc Stick to the text book shots and use footwork as your main line of defence. Though Rampage shows how easy it is to incorporate a typical boxing defence yet be very good against any style and on the ground.
