The development of rhyming phrases to describe UFC styles e.g. 'ground and pound'

[Robbocop]

In the ufc/mma vocabulary there have developed a number of rhyming two word expressions to describe fight styles, for example:

• Ground and pound
• Wall and stall
• Lay and pray
• Slip and rip (haven't heard it much since they fired Mike Goldberg)

Key features are they are two words separated by "and", they rhyme, and they usually describe a method to win a fight where you do one thing, and then a second thing, to achieve your UFC goals.

You could call these expressions "idioms" or "irreversible binomials"

What are some other similar phrases in the UFC/MMA? Do other sports have any similar expressions?

 

[otis604]

herky jerky - Keith Jardine's fighting style

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

The one I made up for Sean Strickland is "blab & jab"

"I'm going to beat this guy so bad that his kids are going to have PTSD from taking him off life support and his wife's going to cut her own head off with a kitchen knife!"

*jab*

 

[The Siege]

Again, its like poetry, its so that they rhyme.

 

[AldoStillGoat]

Wolf tickets

 

[usernamee]

sprawl and brawl

 

[AldoStillGoat]

Panic wrestler

 

[kuroro]

punches in bunches?

 

[Nihongi]

Club and sub

 

[Lycandroid]

Tap before you crap

 

[usernamee]

hilarious how some people didn't understand what was asked lol

 

[Ya_KB]

Shake and Bake

 

[SenorFranko]

Swang & bang

 

[Dave4TheHorde]

Do other sports have any similar expressions?

Boxing has used the term Rope-a-dope for decades.

 

[JohnMandick]

Poke and toke (Jon Jones)

 

[Rorschachxx]

Tap or snap.

Position over submission.

 

[Robbocop]

In texas hold'em poker they say "burn and turn" which is somewhat similar, when you burn a card (put it in the discard pile) then deal the turn (fourth card) onto the board.

 

[CasualBot]

Stand and Bang

don't be silly, jump the gilly

head stuck? wrestlefuck!

 

[RonDante]

Not mma but jab and grab for boxing

 

[Morris88]

Poke, joke and stroke