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Does anyone have an example of a UFC-fighter who successfully used a manoeuvre that was wholly uncharacteristic of the répertoire we know them to use?
By successful, I mean that it determined or contributed to their victory (wobbling etc.) for that bout. And I am not meaning fighters who reinvented themselves in an art after some years.
A recent example would be Rory trying that rolling leg-lock, had he submitted Stephen with it; I also vaguely recall some non-strikers being successful with spinning elbows. Anderson’s fight-IQ and creativity led to some effective, one-off attacks in this vein - vs. Leites he looked like Pelé for a moment in there.
Imagine too Brock putting Mark down with oblique kicks? That would be a completely alien attack for Brock’s arsenal (and some would argue on that Nick Newell-level of pulling off a crucifix - too far?
), but if he did it, would he get steam-rolled because of gross unmastery or be successful with the element of surprise…
Seems like the outcome of an offence you have only ever used in training rarely translates well under the big lights; I want to see ultimately how important unpredictability is in the octagon, i.e., is the Bruce-Lee-1-kick-1000-times argument (Dan, Chuck, Demian, Robbie) as effective in today’s fight game as catching the opponent off-guard (Anderson, Dominic, Carlos, Neil)?
This touch-butt trend seems to favor more the unpredictability path to victory. Not saying it's good or bad, just how butt-touchers envision their hand being raised in the end.
(Apologies if been asked but the topic posed too many variables for the search-function to recall similar threads)
Cheers.
By successful, I mean that it determined or contributed to their victory (wobbling etc.) for that bout. And I am not meaning fighters who reinvented themselves in an art after some years.
A recent example would be Rory trying that rolling leg-lock, had he submitted Stephen with it; I also vaguely recall some non-strikers being successful with spinning elbows. Anderson’s fight-IQ and creativity led to some effective, one-off attacks in this vein - vs. Leites he looked like Pelé for a moment in there.
Imagine too Brock putting Mark down with oblique kicks? That would be a completely alien attack for Brock’s arsenal (and some would argue on that Nick Newell-level of pulling off a crucifix - too far?
), but if he did it, would he get steam-rolled because of gross unmastery or be successful with the element of surprise…Seems like the outcome of an offence you have only ever used in training rarely translates well under the big lights; I want to see ultimately how important unpredictability is in the octagon, i.e., is the Bruce-Lee-1-kick-1000-times argument (Dan, Chuck, Demian, Robbie) as effective in today’s fight game as catching the opponent off-guard (Anderson, Dominic, Carlos, Neil)?
This touch-butt trend seems to favor more the unpredictability path to victory. Not saying it's good or bad, just how butt-touchers envision their hand being raised in the end.
(Apologies if been asked but the topic posed too many variables for the search-function to recall similar threads)
Cheers.
