that maybe you find a little surprizing? or things they don't do, as well? i'm always surprized that when fighters are in side-control so few tend to throw knees into the other's ribs. its such an effective thing to do. when one fighter is standing and the other is on his back, at times its like the standing fighter just turns off. you'll just see him touching the other one's legs and maybe throwing the odd kick to his opponent's thigh or something. they look down at the prone guy, do a bit of stepping from side to side, and look like they almost don't know what to do. that seems to happen a fair bit, and it's surprizing that it does. also, why do so few fighters stamp on an opponent's feet when up against the fence? i've never had it done to me but it must really hurt and i imagine its easy to inflict a broken toe sometimes. maybe its not as useful for an attacker as i think?
Guys should throw more knees. Mainly because I love it. LOL I think some guys don't throw knees in that situation becasue they fear they'll lose control of the other guy, and they will end up in a bad postion themselves.
Guys who are really comfortable grappling seem to throw alot more knees and strikes in those positions. If you're a striker up against a good grappler you don't want to give him any oppurtunity to reverse the position or threaten you. I feel leg kicks are knees to the thigh in the clinch are massively underused, I've heard fighters talk about how brutal they are and like body shots in boxing if you invest in them it makes your job so much easier
I like the little things like we saw from Ricardo Funch when Dan Miller was going for a leglock. He was throwing hard elbows to Miller's calf/shin which made Dan abandon the submission attempt quicker than he would have otherwise. Elbows to the thighs like Kongo/Buentello. I agree with knees to the body. One thing I would like to see is a hand stomp when a fighter is playing the game of puttingone hand on the ground to avoid a knee to the head. I would stomp the **** out of his hand.
**** yes. Also, in the crucifix position, guys always seem to throw those little pitter patter punches from the top instead of coming in with elbows from the side.
Throwing knees can be effective but to do that you have to open up. If the guy on bottom has a good ground game he should be able to react fast and regain guard or even better.
I find it weird that Munoz actually punched Maia's thigh repeatedly instead of the body. Perhaps an attempt to neutralize Maia's takedown ability.
I'm surprised the spinning back kick isn't used more. Dennis Siver uses it beautifully, and GSP used to. I guess it can be a little predictable when overused, but so effective. I could never land one on my trainer (who had 30 yrs experience), but used on my other sparring partners to cut them off whenever they circled away from my power hand. Whenever I watch MMA and see one fighter doing the same (circling away), I always feel frustrated waiting for the spinning back kick, and not seeing it. Or when they miss with a roundhouse, a spinning back kick seems so logical. Obviously they need to be careful for a single leg takedown, but still if they are not expecting it, it's a powerful weapon. Also, I would like to see a pile-driver in MMA.
Spinning kicks are very risky, especially when tired. More often that not they are ineffective and leave you open to allsorts of nasty things if it gets read.
leg kicks. its baffling how underused these are. if theyre used properly there virtually is no fight. for evidence see the following ruas - varelans vera - patt barry - beltran
That puzzles me as well. Many times the action is standing against the cage, and I'm thinking "Just bring your heel down on the guy's foot. It's right there and he's not expecting it. If you break his toe that's a huge problem for him." Also, Use. The. Jab. :hat
