Great MMA Boxing Technique

[WaylonMercy5150]

Fedor with the Jab, Left Hook was a beauty. He needed to keep his chin down but still it looked great.

While Fedor used Sambo to move his head, Frank Mir used the tucked chin traditional boxing technique.

Hunt has the head movement, the right hook, then the left hook ko

 

[jagerbomber84]

Even though I'm not a fan GSP developed a pretty lethal jab , no KO power to speak of but he could jab a bit.

 

[TheTravelApprentice]

Bigfoot off of Trt man...

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

Even though I'm not a fan GSP developed a pretty lethal jab , no KO power to speak of but he could jab a bit.

Lethal mma jab

 

[Typrune Goatley]

Sergei Kharitonov vs Chase Gormley

Tight jab, brings the jab back quick, sets up the right straight perfectly from the jab. Sergei always throws A lot of body shots too. Sergei is a good boxer

 

[pilgrim4702]

Garbrandt stands out

 

[Egészségére!]

 

[Jedi Judah]

Mousasi got a nice jab

 

[Mikey Palangio]

I think this is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Currently, it is Conor McGregor and Cody Garbrandt because they are showing that boxing can be lethal in mma.

A lot of mma fans look at James Toney vs Randy Couture as an example of "boxing is not efficient in mma." However, they forget the context of James Toney was just a has been boxer looking for a paycheck. He didn't care if he won or lost by being taken down.

Conor and Cody show that a crisp boxer who wants to win in mma can be very difficult to take down, just with the boxing footwork, timing and tight technique (not looping off balance punches), so when you add proper wrestling and BJJ training to crisp boxing, you become even that much harder to take down.

Boxing is underrated in mma because the sloppy strikers of mma make it look bad. They throw looping off balance punches, with no footwork, no timing and awareness of what the opponent is trying to do. Then the fans think the problem is with boxing, instead of the untalented fighters.

 

[Logical Fella C]

Sergei Kharitonov vs Chase Gormley

Sergei Kharitonov vs. Pedro Rizzo. What a beautiful destruction that was.

 

[EJRMAN513]

Stipe from an offensive standpoint has great boxing. He leaves himself exposed sometimes but outside of that he has probably the best body of work from a boxing standpoint at Heavyweight. Completely clowned Werdum just by the basis use of feints.

Gustafsson is a bit of the same but with different offensive attributes. Where as Stipe is a bit basic with his combination punches, Gustafsson as shown in the Teixeira fight is great at mixing his combos up. real nice. Also the last little corner turn he used to set up his right hook on Glover was beautiful and I don't think you'll see anybody jabbing Jon Jones face to death anytime soon like he was.

Kelvin Gastelum kind of reminds me of a Middleweight/Welterweight southpaw version of Stipe except for the fact that he's almost always at a size disadvantage.

I don't think Jorge Masvidal really needs an explanation. Dudes always in these discussions.

 

[AtlSteel]

Fedor's hook off the jab was nice other than leaving his hands at his waist afterwards. He'd get knocked out doing that shit. You won't find any great boxing technique in MMA because of all the different attacks that need to be defended.

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

Garbrandt stands out

He has a ton of power and is incredibly quick.

Fast accurate combo, chin is low but unprotected. Seems like most people would have a hard time countering this hook combo. However in a boxing match that dude would never have his hand down throwing a weak ass leg kick not to take anything away from Cody.

Punching from his waist confident Brimage wouldn't counter (he wouldn't) but someone might. Get your hands up son. Crazy power tho

This is his best work. Great head movement, perfectly timed counters, flawless leg work and body movement. Timing Dom perfectly. Ducking under punches and throwing body head combos

He even starts the Almedia fight in a boxing stance (leg close together) which he does widen.