Kamaru Usman KO Jorge Masvidal GIFS

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Baptized

 

[I Lie To Girls]

 

[NatoHoro]

Spoiler

 

[Summoning]

That water effect did the show.

 

[HHJ]

Boys...one of you shoop.gods need to get on this asap

it was like a mix of that and the sylvia fight where he traps the hand

 

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[ifindgifsforjackslack]

Herb dean having a slow reaction because even he didn't expect it to happen lmao

 

[HHJ]

Also:



Cant lose more devastating than that

 

[Glove]

 

[I Lie To Girls]

Don't know how Usman does it but even that brutal KO was boring

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Almost like what Mas did to Till - got him thinking about one side then came straight down the pipe with the power.

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

BMF now stands for Braindead Mother Fucker

 

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[Ruke Doufus]

Ben askren gonna sleep goooooood tonight

 

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[RawDawgBob]

That was an early stoppage. Masvidal was just getting going.

 

[CasualMMAfanSince2010]

Beautiful, goat shit.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Wow! Limp noodle!

Chiesa on ESPN pointed out Usman pulled Jorge's right hand down like a slot machine before landing the punch.

On TUF, I never knew Usman would be this good.

Then threw a straight as Mas threw a hook - Straight punches >>> Wide punches.

What a crazy night of fights.

I was wrong about the 2 of the 3 Title.

Knew Val was too much for Jessica.

Thought that Zhang was going to TKO rose the head case

And figured Mas would put it on Usman.

 

[1AM]

He pulled his hand down too. That's slick.

When they showed the slo-mo replay, the way he moved the arm to setup the punch reminded me of Fedor's Arm traps.

Hand Traps

Fedor, along with Lyoto Machida and Anderson Silva, has had arguably the most success using hand traps of any fighter in MMA (including Shawn "The Arms Bearer of Wing Chun" Obasi). Having a fluid boxing game and good head movement puts Fedor leagues ahead of most of the traditional martial artists who attempt hand traps in MMA. I discussed Hand Traps in great depth here.

The two main hand traps that Fedor uses are an inside hand trap and an outside hand trap, and he has used them dozens of times against top competition to land free power punches. Fedor was one of the best at landing power punches off the bat and he approached it in the following way.

• If an opponent came out with his hands too tight; such as Goodridge or Fujita, Fedor would hit them with a right hand lead straight off of the bat.
• If they held their lead hand out, in preparation to parry the famed right hand lead, Fedor would work one of his traps.

The inside hand trap consisted of bringing his lead hand across and slapping the opponent's left, lead hand down and outward to Fedor's right, then dipping his head to the left and throwing an enormous arcing straight through the gap. He did this numerous times to Antonio Rodrigo Nogeuira in their third meeting and it was beautiful to watch. This is a more dangerous hand trap because it is removing the defensive hand - the one which would block Fedor's right hand - while Fedor's head is moving toward the unchecked right hand.

The outside hand trap or Zulu is more famous because Fedor has used it to take two wins in under a minute compound time. Tim Sylvia and Zuluzinho (for whom it is named) both lacked footwork and both suffered when Fedor realised this. Throwing his right hand as if to loop an overhand but in fact using the inside of his wrist to slap the opponent's lead glove down, Fedor then follows up with a beautiful left hook. Having removed the opponent's jabbing hand it is impossible for them to fire a counter fast enough to hurt Fedor as he leaps in. By ensuring that his head is on where the opponent's lead hand was, Fedor takes his head away from the opponent's free, right hand. This makes the outside hand trap a much safer entry.

These kind of leaping hooks are often criticized by inexperienced strikers as "wild" or leaving the fighter "wide open", but if due diligence is taken to eliminate the lead hand, there is no reason not to leap in. Notice here, against Sylvia, how Fedor moves seamlessly into his backward stepping punches (which I discussed here).

A final note on hand traps is that Fedor used them as a preventative measure as well as to to land free power punches. Take a look at the gif of the Goodridge fight and notice how often Fedor places his palms on Goodridge's elevated forearms. It is particularly noticeable during the body shots, when he stands to Goodridge's right side while pressing Goodridge's elevated left forearm into his head so that he cannot fire back the left hook from his squared up stance. Fedor spent a great deal of time controlling ugly exchanges through covering of the hands and pushing of the opponent's chest and head. This brings us on to our next topic; Muscling.

 

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