MMA fighters and body punches

Vanboxingfan · Jul 27, 2009

ufoalf said: ↑

No. Here's what you said "Is this just my imagination or don't they know how to throw good body punches. Considering how often they clinch it seems like a very under utilized weapon, not in the sense that they don't throw body punches they do, but they don't seem to know how to throw paralizing shots to the liver, solar plexes, or things of that nature.

You're saying they DO use it, but they just don't know how to properly throw them. These people if they are not high level boxers they are very skilled strikers from other combat sports. They know how to utilize a body punch very well.

Beebs clearly showed you examples of PLENTY of people knocking people out with body punches. Perhaps more so than in boxing(i.e. body KOs per 100 fights in either sport). So your, quite arragont statement that they don't know how to punch to the body doesn't fly as a "good will" statement. You're gona be knocking on a sport than get your guard up cause you will not be received with much love.

What I'm saying is that with these small gloves it's easier to pinpoint liver, solar plexus and even your spleen. So a good body punch should be concentrated even more than it is in boxing because it's much easier to land and the damage from those punches have great return. Therefore should be used more often.
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I'm a big boy so your comments don't bother me in the least, but why you'd waste your time focusing on me instead of the question is a mystery to me, and being offended by the question, is simply ridiculous

I'm not knocking the damn sport, I'm focusing on a question. Why the hypersensitivity?

I enjoy watching the UFC more than most boxing matches chill out. I was merely making an observation.

Would I be critising boxers if I said they can't kick worth a damn?

I'm just saying for the amount of stand up action I've seen, and I've seen hundreds of fights, I can't recall any of them ending by a body punch. Now does that mean none have ever ended by a body punch, no it doesn't. I'm just saying I don't recall seeing it. And I will say given the amount of UFC matches I've seen, if it does happen, it happens rarely.

Vanboxingfan · Jul 27, 2009

Beebs said: ↑

There were plenty of examples in the ufc, so either he hasn't seen much or is intentionally not seeing it because of a bias; that's not rude at all.
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Fine I'm blind.

Just to prove it, give me a list of ten fights that were ended by a body punch cause that list has no where near 10 and I doubt most of those fights occurred in the UFC.

Vanboxingfan · Jul 27, 2009

Strike said: ↑

Yeah but he said "body punches". Seven of that top ten body shots were not punches. Five were kicks, one was a knee and one was a ****ing body slam.
So the top ten body shots had a total of 3 punches, rather proving his initial point that body punches are not used much in MMA.
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I only saw 3-4 body punches in that top ten "Body Punch" list. Number 8 was essentially an illustration of what I thought I would see more of when I first started watching the UFC.

codeman99998 · Jul 27, 2009

I think it is true that there is much less body punching in the UFC than in boxing, but it makes sense for a bunch of reasons that have probably already been laid out in this thread.
The biggest of which being that it is typically foolish to throw a body punch from the outside, and on the inside you have a lot more options than punching in MMA.

There are definitely less body punches thrown in mma in general. Hell, there are less punches period thrown in MMA in general.

pimpsage86 · Jul 30, 2009

Elbows.Drop your hands to dig in a good body shot and your getting a hard and pointy cut maker to the face.

Vanboxingfan · Jul 30, 2009

pimpsage86 said: ↑

Elbows.Drop your hands to dig in a good body shot and your getting a hard and pointy cut maker to the face.
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Well I was specifically thinking of when a fighter is on top in a ground and pound position, but whatever.

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