The Boxing Bible for MMA

[AtlanticMMA.com]

Hey guys,

Since this is the Stand up technique forum, I figured I'd point you guys to a relevant resource.

I wrote a free downloadable eBook entitled The Boxing Bible for MMA: Everything You Need to Know to Box Successfully Inside the Cage for my readers a while back, it contains my take on MMA Boxing and lots of pictures of the associated techniques.

I attempted to create a decent resource (you guys can be the judge of that though) for those of you who don't have a coach, or have a coach but one that doesn't know a lot about boxing.

This obviously isn't meant to replace proper instruction from a knowlegeable trainer, but for those of you who don't have that perhaps it'll help.

It's certainly tailored for novices all the way up to an intermediate level of understanding, so if you have a more advanced understanding than that you might pick up a detail or two, but not much.

Here are the chapters:

• What You

 

[Staring At Fate]

Will check it out since I recently started training.

 

[AtlanticMMA.com]

thanks dude...let me know if you have any specific questions that you've encountered since you started

 

[Falcyon]

Hey great material, I did a quick read over and it's a lot like the informative stuff the guys over at grapplearts.com puts out. Which has really helped my ground game. I'd love to see more literature like this, boxing in an MMA context.

 

[AtlanticMMA.com]

thanks dude...that's funny you say that because Stephan Kesting (the guy that runs grapplearts.com) is one of the people I try to emulate, obviously in a different context (Boxing for MMA) but same concept. Easily digestable information.

I like him and also Victory Belt Publishing...Eric Krause, Glen Cordoza, and company that put out all the really good instructional books you see in barnes and nobel and on amazon with fighters like bj penn, matt lindland, randy couture, fedor, machida, silva...the list keeps going.

But I love those guys.

Anyways, for more stuff on MMA Boxing just visit my site AtlanticMMA.com it's largely based on boxing for MMA and nutrition because that's what I know particularly well.

 

[yodaman]

Interesting. I'll give it a look when I get home.

 

[barnowl]

+1 for actually covering the 4 main punches and putting the over hyped overhand in it's place.

Still would have liked to see abit more breakdown on the when and why to use the overhand right, and why the cross should be the preferred power punch.

 

[barnowl]

You missed a greater boxer's counter to a leg kick. I have found a boxer's best response to a leg kick is often just step right into it through a hard straight counter punch off. A MT coach showed us that one, and I have found it to be very very simple addition to a boxers game.

 

[Staring At Fate]

Great read which answered some questions I've been wanting to ask my instructor.

 

[AtlanticMMA.com]

You missed a greater boxer's counter to a leg kick. I have found a boxer's best response to a leg kick is often just step right into it through a hard straight counter punch off. A MT coach showed us that one, and I have found it to be very very simple addition to a boxers game.

yea dude you're right. I've read that shawn tompkins teaches his guys that very counter. If your opponent throws a rear leg thai kick, you can check it, back away, or step into it and deliver a straight right hand (if you're in an orthodox stance).

The only place you don't want to be is right on the end of it, where it catches you clean...but I guess that's kind of obvious isn't it?

 

[AtlanticMMA.com]

Great read which answered some questions I've been wanting to ask my instructor.

Thanks bro, let me know if there's any other questions you might need answered. I'm sure myself or plenty others on this site could give you some insight.

 

[AtlanticMMA.com]

+1 for actually covering the 4 main punches and putting the over hyped overhand in it's place.

Still would have liked to see abit more breakdown on the when and why to use the overhand right, and why the cross should be the preferred power punch.

I think the overhand is probably more appropriate as you get closer to your opponent. You always see those wild ass windmill lookin haymakers from way too far back. I'm all for bombin somebody in the head with that shit, but if you're a bit further back straight right hands are going to give you slightly more distance and since the fastest way to get from point A to point B is a straight line...a straight right hand will get there quicker as well.

Even though there's really no such thing as ear muffs in MMA because the gloves are so small, if a guy is cover up really well...that overhand is designed to land behind the guard. So jab in, and then once the jab lands on the guard let the overhand rip.

Not sure if that's the type of breakdown you were looking for, but I'm tryin for ya