Are uppercuts underutilized in the UFC.

[RB777]

How many times have you seen a fighter on wobbly legs and their opponent is throwing every type of punch which the wobbled fighter is somehow surviving...except an uppercut, the punch which really seems to drop the fighter who is on the verge of going down.

Do you think uppercuts are underutilized in the UFC?

Recently, I thought the JDS - Stipe fight was one uppercut away from a finish more than a few times.

 

[sh8ke]

I agree

 

[Da Speeit]

Yes, because most fighters don't know how to throw one.

 

[RepairManManMan]

Yet but not as much as body shots.

 

[BrazilianDude]

That Team Alfa Male fake TD followed by an uppercut should be used way more often by other fighters.

 

[RepairManManMan]

But I also think the knee replaces what uppercuts are sometimes used for if we are going from a boxing perspective. However the knee isn't as quick or as good of a guard breaker.

 

[Da Speeit]

That Team Alfa Male fake TD followed by an uppercut should be used way more often by other fighters.

*Frankie Edgar

 

[Like A Bas]

Like a lot of techniques, it's being learned and is showing up more. It took forever for standing elbows, and they are still underused. Too much shit to learn, takes decades to fill out the game.

 

[heavyarms21]

That Team Alfa Male fake TD followed by an uppercut should be used way more often by other fighters.

Agreed so many people would react by trying to set up do defend the shot that they would walk right into a well placed upper

 

[sutherland]

Ya for sure, but they also open u up a bit more than other punches

 

[FictionIsReal]

Uppercuts require you to be in the pocket where you are at a risk for TD.

 

[RB777]

Ya for sure, but they also open u up a bit more than other punches

You mean easier to be countered?

 

[Word]

From just watching and not actually knowing what I'm talking about, yes.

 

[Jermei]

I love a good uppercut.

 

[RB777]

Uppercuts require you to be in the pocket where you are at a risk for TD.

I think that is very true when the opponent is fresh.

In this case we are referring to the wobbly leg dead-man-walking opponent who is just eating shots now, with little chance of a successful take down.

 

[Jin Akutsu]

For the most part TS, I agree.

EDIT: Well played Word.

 

[RB777]

From just watching and not actually knowing what I'm talking about, yes.

You have good instincts.

 

[sh8ke]

This thread will spark the paradime shift in uppercuts for centuries to come

 

[RB777]

This thread will spark the paradime shift in uppercuts for centuries to come

Lol...lets hope so!

I was almost yelling at the tv during that JDS-Stipe fight...either fighter looked like they could have finished it with one of those uppercuts.

 

[BSquared]

I always thought that if a striker was fighting a wrestler or a grappler then they should throw uppercuts (not a knee since that can put you off balance and easier to take down) to make wrestler's pay for shooting from the outside.