Media Petr Yan's elbows to the forearm

[Subline]

Petr Yan found a lot of success against Merab by elbowing his forearm in stall body lock positions, I've been seeing this move a lot more since then. O'Malley implemented it against Song, Volk was doing it against Lopes. The 12-6 elbow rule change has been a big positive.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

i can't remember any, but i wish they'd attack guy's shoulders too. you charlie horse somebody in the shoulder, somebody like Ngannou, his punching isn't going to be the same.

 

[HHJ]

wicked sick

 

[Buckland]

Yan is my favorite. So mean.

 

[TheCryingElite]

It’s the calf-kick of the arms

 

[Guy LeDouche]

Huh? Fighters have been implementing this for years
This isn’t some new innovative thing

 

[xhaydenx]

He was throwing them hard to the forearms when Merab was taking his back standing too. Looked like they hurt.

 

[gentel]

Huh? Guy have been implementing this for years
This isn’t some new innovative thing

No one's done it as much or as effectively as Yan here, usually they just try and undo the lock and usually aren't too successful with it

 

[Guy LeDouche]

No one's done it as much or as effectively as Yan here, usually they just try and undo the lock and usually aren't too successful with it

How long have you been watching fighting? No disrespect.

I can think of guys doing this in the UFC back in the 00s and throughout. This isn’t a new tool.
Let’s not turn this into the new “shoulder strike” fad from a few years ago

 

[Pierced7681]

Yan is my favorite. So mean.

Yea he’s definitely my favourite fighter, all action

 

[Kenny Powerth]

The crazy thing is a lot of mma athletes have tendinitis in their forearms.

I developed mine in my early years, haven't trained in over a decade and it's still there and can be aggravated easily.

 

[Uber_Noober]

Blanket prevention

 

[Marko Polo]

I posted a thread at the time. A lot of sherdoggers predicted this move would be utilised going forward

 

[Trabaho]

Ouch obvious but new strategy. Def works, pointy elbow bone into forearm meat.

 

[Lee Danger]

Let’s not turn this into the new “shoulder strike” fad from a few years ago

noob, shoulder's strikes didn't exist before Conor invented them.

 

[Oscar Madison]

O'Malley up 1-0
Aljo up 2-0
Merab 1-1

 

[Captain Insano]

Yes those hurt

I used to do it to the little kids in my neighborhood

 

[Harlekin]

Yes those hurt

I used to do it to the little kids in my neighborhood

I hope they weren't too mean to you, when those little kids had you in a body lock.

 

[jeff7b9]

If you think those are 12-6 elbows please take your clock off the floor.before you step on it.

 

[Alpha_T83]

Interesting strategy.

Sandhagen could have probably benefited from those eblows to the forearm. He was able to repeatedly stand up from Merab's takedowns and get to the cage, but he had difficulty breaking Merab's body lock.