This kid's weave game is impressive

[Hotora86]

Kid's a natural scrapper, and clearly has some practice and/or training.

But kicks for days. To the legs when he plants, and to the body since, again, he plants and has his hands up.

Stuff I had to learn the hard way sparring kickboxers with a boxing only background.

Bruce Lee said you want to be able to punch with a puncher, kick with a kicker, grapple with a grappler, etc. That's good when reaching for perfection, but that kid's a puncher; kick him.

exact quote:

“The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man.”

 

[D 1 Wrestler]

I think that would fuck his knee and/or shin up doing it on the street, no?

you can hit a double on someone standing straight up without going to your knees. sort of like this, except in a street fight your goal would be to elevate then suck his legs towards you so the momentum slams his head/back down (could lead to serious injury or death), assuming you were fighting for your life and not a "street fight' like in the vid

 

[wilddeuces]

exact quote:

“The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man.”

Sweet thanks man! That's the quote!

 

[wilddeuces]

you can hit a double on someone standing straight up without going to your knees. sort of like this, except in a street fight your goal would be to elevate then suck his legs towards you so the momentum slams his head/back down (could lead to serious injury or death), assuming you were fighting for your life and not a "street fight' like in the vid

Was that the Muscle Shark?

 

[D 1 Wrestler]

Was that the Muscle Shark?

yes

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

you can hit a double on someone standing straight up without going to your knees. sort of like this, except in a street fight your goal would be to elevate then suck his legs towards you so the momentum slams his head/back down (could lead to serious injury or death), assuming you were fighting for your life and not a "street fight' like in the vid

That and in a street fight you could shoot with your head centered (which you see in folk and freestyle wrestling) and use it to ram their upper body back so that the back of their head has a better chance of smacking the ground. It leaves you susceptible to a well timed knee but you don't have to worry about a guillotine choke or them wrapping your head up at all. It's also harder to push off the head to try and stuff the takedown attempt because your head is on the center line and not off to the side like how wrestlers and submission grapplers shoot in MMA. You can also lift your head up once you have your grips and look to jaw them hard with it when you elevate and suck their legs in.

Not that I'd encourage smacking the back of anyone's head off the ground, considering that is easily how a person can die and many have unintentionally.