I dont understand striking...

Sosuke Aizen said:
I realized the word "samba" I assume it was autocorrect and thats because the word "Sambo" is also a racial slur so it got autocorrected when I was typing.
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fun fact: FIAS (the governing body of sporting SAMBO) specifically spells the art's name in all caps as an acronym to distinguish it from the racial slur.
 
Yeah, I've noticed that too. Look at Joe Schilling. That dude is basically a legend in Kickboxing, and still got KOed by a lame superman punch thrown by Kato in MMA. Kato then went on to KO Schilling again in his first professional kickboxing match. I think that in striking, it is much easier to get upset than jiu jitsu. As long as you can throw a hard punch, you can KO someone - although most of the time the seasoned striker will destroy a novice practitioner.......
 
I will call it out...

'Timing and Precision" :p:p:p
 
Jon Jones tapped out Vitor Belfort and Lyoto Machida, both BJJ black belts, when he was a white belt.

In MMA, if you are an excellent boxer but not good enough at the other major elements (BJJ, wrestling, kickboxing/muay thai) they can influence the way you fight on your feet.

If you're not comfortable off your back, you are going to be hesitant to throw certain shots. If you are not confident in your TDD, a wrestler like for example Chad Mendes will make you nervous because he can shoot at any time and taking you down. Then there are also other elements like the size of MMA gloves.

Training in boxing or Muay Thai doesn't directly translate to MMA boxing or Muay Thai and there are tons of other things that can influence or throw off your game.

However, once you round out your game and feel comfortable with being shot on or even being taken down and being on your back, you are going to be able to use the things that you learned from your base martial art.

Look at Damien Maia and Stephen Thompson, for example. Maia is a BJJ guy but he wasn't always able to implement his game, and when he couldn't get his opponent down he was getting out struck. But now due to developing his offensive wrestling, anybody he takes down is done for because he can then use his elite BJJ to smother them.

Stephen Thompson used to not be confident in his TDD and was easy to take down, but after training his defensive wrestling he can now force the fight to stay on the feet where he can easily pick apart 99% of the UFC roster.
 
J. Bernie Cunningham said:
Lightning will dance in the sky thousands of times before striking a field and killing 50 sheep. Is it an expert sheep killer or lucky?

In MMA one wild, sloppy hook can be worth more than 20 perfectly thrown jabs. The scale for good/bad striking is entirely dependent on why it's being done. In MMA if it hurts the other person, it's good striking.
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Wait what, one bolt of lighting can kill 50 sheap?
 
Reaperman said:
Yeah, I've noticed that too. Look at Joe Schilling. That dude is basically a legend in Kickboxing, and still got KOed by a lame superman punch thrown by Kato in MMA. Kato then went on to KO Schilling again in his first professional kickboxing match. I think that in striking, it is much easier to get upset than jiu jitsu. As long as you can throw a hard punch, you can KO someone - although most of the time the seasoned striker will destroy a novice practitioner.......
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Schilling is a 19-9 kickboxer with 5 losses.

Legend? You've been listening to too much Joe Rogan.
 
Striking is higher variance than grappling. Things are happening way quicker and you're getting hit, shaken, disoriented so there are more chaotic variables in play.
 
OP ain't nearly wrong. Fighters can have a puncher chance. It isn't nearly the same "punchers chance in other areas". A fighter who is an experience grapple for the most part won't just magically fall into a bad submission. The guy who is sticking the submission on him has to be competent enough to do the move.
 
Chain Saw said:
Schilling is a 19-9 kickboxer with 5 losses.

Legend? You've been listening to too much Joe Rogan.
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Well he has beaten Simon Marcus and Artim Levin who both have laundry lists of titles (although he has lost to them as well), has multiple WBC titles, has won the MTAA super middleweight championship, and has also won the 2013 Glory middleweight tournament. If he isn't a legend, he still has a very impressive striking resume.....
 
Reaperman said:
Yeah, I've noticed that too. Look at Joe Schilling. That dude is basically a legend in Kickboxing, and still got KOed by a lame superman punch thrown by Kato in MMA. Kato then went on to KO Schilling again in his first professional kickboxing match. I think that in striking, it is much easier to get upset than jiu jitsu. As long as you can throw a hard punch, you can KO someone - although most of the time the seasoned striker will destroy a novice practitioner.......
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lol what? Joe Shilling is a jobber
 
There's just so many variables in MMA, on split second mistake, one tiny movement too slow and it's lights out. Plus the more damage you take the easier you are to knock out. Mike Pyle is a great example of this, he can make some people look silly with his technique but they land one shot on him and he's done.
 
Roxxo said:
Just recently over three hundred reindeer were killed by a lightning strike in Norway.
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How does that work? Electricity follows the path of least resistance to the ground, doesn't seem logical it could pass through the body of more than one animal per bolt.
 
Different sports.


Being a good hockey player doesn't mean you're a good figure skater.
 
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