First Amateur Kickboxing Fight - Liver KO - Feedback Request

[Art of War]

I'm in the red gloves, the first fighter you see, first kickboxing fight. I'd appreciate feedback and criticism.

First round was kind of a warm up for me, slow paced. Second round I broke his nose. Third round, around 6:05, he knees me in the head. I look at the ref and he doesn't say anything. I get a little mad and end up getting the liver shot.



Thanks to anyone and everyone who takes the time to watch and give feedback

 

[j123]

Payback's a bitch.

Nice straights before the liver shot though.

You def. have better hands than your opponent did.
I notice you back up quite often. You've won the fight, but generally most organizations (esp. in the US) tend to have ring control as part of the judging criteria. If it goes to a decision that could be a factor as well (for your future fights). It'd be good to work on pushing forward more.

When you get to the clinch, you bodylock and wait for the ref to break. Do some more clinch work next camp, so you'll have more options than that (turns, pull-push, attacks from there, etc) and I think you'll be good for your next fight as well.

 

[Art of War]

Payback's a bitch.

Nice straights before the liver shot though.

You def. have better hands than your opponent did.
I notice you back up quite often. You've won the fight, but generally most organizations (esp. in the US) tend to have ring control as part of the judging criteria. If it goes to a decision that could be a factor as well (for your future fights). It'd be good to work on pushing forward more.

When you get to the clinch, you bodylock and wait for the ref to break. Do some more clinch work next camp, so you'll have more options than that (turns, pull-push, attacks from there, etc) and I think you'll be good for your next fight as well.

Thanks. Yea, I was backing up to try to keep my range. I think I need to work my jab more instead of backing. As far as clinch goes, we don't throw knees in sparring much so I wasn't super confident in them, but I've been working on them since the fight. But yea, knees/clinch is definitely gonna be my next project. Thanks man, appreciate it.

 

[Samuel Reynoso]

I really like your punch selection, but it seemed like you were trying to force the knockout. The guy kept walking forward, so you have to punch him, but you don't have to try to knock him out with every punch.

I could tell you smelled blood from the beginning of the second. You were in complete control, but that was the only round were I saw you step back to breath hard. I think you'd land more solidly if you gave yourself 3 or 4 punches to get the KO.

 

[Art of War]

I really like your punch selection, but it seemed like you were trying to force the knockout. The guy kept walking forward, so you have to punch him, but you don't have to try to knock him out with every punch.

I could tell you smelled blood from the beginning of the second. You were in complete control, but that was the only round were I saw you step back to breath hard. I think you'd land more solidly if you gave yourself 3 or 4 punches to get the KO.

You're absolutely right, that's when I smelled blood lol. But let me get this straight, are you saying I should set up my hard shots better? Be more technical with my punches? I did notice I should use my jab more.

 

[freaky]

Just look at the video without pressing the play. The picture right there already shows you your biggest problem. After watching the vid it confirms it. You drop your hand to your body A LOT.

 

[Art of War]

Just look at the video without pressing the play. The picture right there already shows you your biggest problem. After watching the vid it confirms it. You drop your hand to your body A LOT.

I dont think you watched the video because I never dropped them at a bad time. Keeping your hands up is a myth they teach beginners because they don't know how to defend themselves. Dropping your hands aids in surprise, movement, and power.

 

[Samuel Reynoso]

You're absolutely right, that's when I smelled blood lol. But let me get this straight, are you saying I should set up my hard shots better? Be more technical with my punches? I did notice I should use my jab more.

Yeah just do more of the stuff you did in the first round. And if you're going to swarn for the finish you could try mixing in a few throw-away punches to help keep your flow.

 

[HighestHand]

That referee sucked... Did you even hit his balls? Seems like he faked it cuz when I played it in 0.25 speed, it didn't even look like it went anywhere close to his balls.

And your opponent was an !@*&$^ too. I saw that second knee to face attempt!!! At the end, he gasses out at 9, he's like "REF WHY YOU STOP THE MATCH?"

Geez....

 

[Art of War]

That referee sucked... Did you even hit his balls? Seems like he faked it cuz when I played it in 0.25 speed, it didn't even look like it went anywhere close to his balls.

And your opponent was an !@*&$^ too. I saw that second knee to face attempt!!! At the end, he gasses out at 9, he's like "REF WHY YOU STOP THE MATCH?"

Geez....

Haha, yea. I thought the knee was to the body too

 

[kingkokong]

Southpaw nice, your left just finds it mark almost every-time. Were you a boxer before? don't look like your first fight...

I agree with J123 on working on your clinching, and throw more right hooks after you stun em with the left... Congrats on the win

 

[Art of War]

Southpaw nice, your left just finds it mark almost every-time. Were you a boxer before? don't look like your first fight...

I agree with J123 on working on your clinching, and throw more right hooks after you stun em with the left... Congrats on the win

Thanks! Yea it's my first fight, no I wasn't a boxer. We do a lot of hard sparring at my gym though. Clinching for sure, right hooks, I could see that working well. Thanks again

 

[kingkokong]

Just wondering mate, you didn't seem to show any jitters for a first timer... you're a natural

 

[Art of War]

Thank you everyone for all the feedback, I've been working on the stuff you guys mentioned and hopefully I'll put it to good use in my next fight!

Thanks again, sherdog community

 

[1 2 3]

You did great. I thought you showed good toughness and you found good opportunities for your left straight, which looked really nice. Your conditioning was better than his, and you clearly got the better of him in exchanges.

Some things that I think can be improved: he was showing you a lot of really telegraphed teeps. It would have been great if you could parry or catch some of those--gives you even more opportunities for those left hands.

It also couldn't hurt to maybe look for opportunities for a leg kick as he's moving away after an exchange. Once you really press the action in an exchange and start to get him shelling up or trying to get away, that's a nice opportunity for a last little statement of dominance, like a little "Yeah, f#$% your leg, too..."

 

[Higus]

You looked very composed and prepared. Very nice!
I really liked some of the angles you were attacking him from on round 2. You clearly had superior positioning for long stretches of the fight.

 

[wilddeuces]

Both southpaws!?

 

[Art of War]

Both southpaws!?

Yep, both southpaws

 

[Albe]

I noticed that when you threw more than 2 shots you dropped both of your hands and stopped moving your hips, so the last few shot were basically arm punches.
Also, you were dropping your hands everytime you tried the left kick.

The straight was perfect all fight, congrats on that. I had the impression you were afraid of commiting to your leg kicks and high kicks, seemed you slowed them mid-kick (I also have this problem due to not throwing full power kicks in sparring).

The movement was good, but sometimes you were leading with your head, another bad habit.

 

[II Muchetto II]

Great fight, thanks for sharing.

You certainly had his number, he was saved by the bell at the end of the 2nd round, if there was 10 more seconds you probably would of stopped him then.

Good finish in the 3rd too, I like how you mixed it up and went to the body. Because your head shots were landing just before you finished him and a lot of people would have been tempted to head hunt and go for the KO, but you mixed it up nicely and dropped him with a lovely body shot!!

Good work!!