superman punch

[THEfightsAREfixed]

what happened to this ? GSP was doing this all the time and now no one does it and it looks super cool

clearly its cool and works ...

explanations from the keyboard warriors and armchair experts ????

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Definitely looks cool! But i think its too telegraphed and opponents would be able to dodge it easily

 

[jeff7b9]

It's a lot of energy expended, particularly if it misses.

It does seem to generate a little bit of extra power, looked pretty cool when James Irvin KOed Houston Alexander with it.

MMA striking has gotten more efficient over time; less wasted movement, less telegraphing.

Edit: also, it doesn't really "flow" with it other techniques. Fighters are using combinations and using their striking to disguise takedowns, body jabs and feints create opportunities for takedowns, hopping on one foot to throw a Haymaker isn't particularly subtle. Ya know what I mean?

 

[Tito Tapped]

 

[THEfightsAREfixed]

literally the only two times it didn’t work flawlessly but ok

 

[Dacha]

Ye, obviously it won't work against skilled boxer.

But might work against grappler.

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

Ooooooooowaaaaaaaaa

 

[drbolony]

Fighters are getting better at boxing and countering. It has a time and a place for sure (mostly to throw off riddum), but as someone mentioned, it's a high energy expending attack. You can accomplish something similar with simple feints.

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

what happened to this ? GSP was doing this all the time and now no one does it and it looks super cool

clearly its cool and works ...

explanations from the keyboard warriors and armchair experts ????

It's still around. Of course Tony Ferguson does it because he's crazy

And Anthony Pettis KO'd Wonderboy with a superman punch off the cage

For a guy known as a wrestler, GSP's striking is very underrated, which makes sense since his first MA is karate. It takes great timing, a varied striking arsenal and the threat of takedown to pull it off, and not many fighters have all that these days.

 

[Shocktagon]

I think J Nunes spammed a bunch of superwoman punches against Fairn the other night.

 

[Reign009]

Oh shit, I wonder how many people would know what fight the second gif is from (or even know that they fought).

Old school, early battle between two guys that would go on to become names that most MMA fans would recognize.

Spoiler: The Answer

It's Tyson Griffin vs Urijah Faber

 

[dog y]

It's still around. Of course Tony Ferguson does it because he's crazy

And Anthony Pettis KO'd Wonderboy with a superman punch off the cage

For a guy known as a wrestler, GSP's striking is very underrated, which makes sense since his first MA is karate. It takes great timing, a varied striking arsenal and the threat of takedown to pull it off, and not many fighters have all that these days.

Pettis' wasn't a superman punch at all. Superman punch implies a kick then BAM.
And Ferguson maybe meant to, but that was a counter punch to a shit punch.
GSP different league. 50-41.

 

[dog y]

Holy crap. Tyson Griffin killed Faber. Never knew. Cool. I wonder if they had scales and weight classes. Probably not. Nice.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

it can work, but you have to set it up like anything else. it doesn't matter if the other guy is good at boxing, what matters is if he thinks you're gonna kick.

 

[kingofthecans]

No one else is GSP.

 

[Iroh]

Also there was this UFC fighter who has an account on here with himself doing a superman punch in his av, that was shooped to actually make him look like Superman with the suit and the cape. Dude had MT style of stand up. I can see what he looks like clear in my mind, I just can't remember his name, but it's on the tip of my tongue.

Edit: remebered! Alan Belcher!


It's not technically the same as GSP's but it does look like Superman flying at someone and punching them lol

 

[billharford]

A cool sport would be Superman Punch League where guys just trade undefended Superman Punches until someone drops. They could all wear capes.

 

[DoctorTaco]

Edit: also, it doesn't really "flow" with it other techniques. Fighters are using combinations and using their striking to disguise takedowns, body jabs and feints create opportunities for takedowns, hopping on one foot to throw a Haymaker isn't particularly subtle. Ya know what I mean?

disagree.

it’s a feint kick into a right hand. So you could jab-low kick a few times and then jab into the Superman punch. Same goes for the super jab except with the other leg.

admittedly it’s not easy to flow into it but throwing off of it is easy. Once you get the mechanics down you can land after the punch and drop right into a double leg, a left kick, a clinch entry, it’s not too tough at all. For the super jab it’s the same idea but your follow up is off the right side. Gsp would rip a low kick behind his.

 

[JoeRowe]

SuperPERSON* punch.

Superman is a transphobic & misogynistic term created by the white-male patriarchy in order to oppress the LGBTQP community.

 

[jeff7b9]

disagree.

it’s a feint kick into a right hand. So you could jab-low kick a few times and then jab into the Superman punch. Same goes for the super jab except with the other leg.

admittedly it’s not easy to flow into it but throwing off of it is easy. Once you get the mechanics down you can land after the punch and drop right into a double leg, a left kick, a clinch entry, it’s not too tough at all. For the super jab it’s the same idea but your follow up is off the right side. Gsp would rip a low kick behind his.

Feel free to post some clips.

Every time I have seen anyone do this in a fight they tend to wind up off balance, out of position and the explosion forward takes them to a place where they aren't in range to throw a followup strike.

In theory... I could see everything you are saying being possible, if the fighter properly adjusted and compensated the forward momentum (though this might take the power out of it and render it just as cumbersome with none of the upside).

Now compare that to any number of more traditional strikes or combos, jab feint to cross or overhand, jab level change feint to uppercut, etc, all of which will naturally be able to be thrown wile maintaining proper distance and sound defense.

Risk to reward, and energy expended vs effectiveness just don't have a positive return on investment against a well trained fighter.

I could see it continuing to be effective in WMMA for a while or even as a rare "catch a guy off guard" surprise strike on occasion but I don't see that strike ever being commonplace in elite striking.