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Might be your post of the year Alan, you've improved tremendously my son. @Homeless Infant can we get this man a medal or ribbon, or an interim title or some shit?
Might be your post of the year Alan, you've improved tremendously my son. @Homeless Infant can we get this man a medal or ribbon, or an interim title or some shit?
As a Muay Thai practionner with 6 amateur fights I can say the style of striking does not translate properly to MMA. Our stance is very narrow, often flat footed and we stand tall, resulting in being very open to getting double legged.
I will say this Diaz is lucky Mcgregor has chicken legs and cant throw a very hard low kick other wise the fight would have been stopped due to those kicks. But right now there arent a lot of left handed strikers with hard low kicksin the UFC at the moment aside from RDA who punished Nate's legs and dominated him.Are you familiar with Attachai? There are plenty of MT guys who have very good footwork and don't fight upright.
More importantly, a really good Thai boxer can quickly adapt his game to the opponents he is facing. Pure boxers have a lot more to learn to be competitive under rulesets that allow knees, elbows, kicks and clinch fighting, throws. I love boxing but IMO, high level MT is by far the most effective system under MMA rules.
Ironically, Conor's rematch with Diaz actually proves this - he went from throwing 1-2 low kicks max per fight, to 40 low kicks, plus a bunch of knees and standing elbows. And he went from spamming (next to useless) spinning kicks to throwing just one. Without this adjustment, Conor would have lost and his run at LW would be over, no question. Thx MT.
I will say this Diaz is lucky Mcgregor has chicken legs and cant throw a very hard low kick other wise the fight would have been stopped due to those kicks.
lol. Punching alone is harder than 8 limbs? Fool, give us a break. The pinnacle of Muay Thai> Boxing. But the amateur/entry level of boxing>Muay Thai.LOL AMATEUR boxing?!
payakaroon wasn't anything special, flat out scrub in fact.
bro ain't nobody from Muay Thai making waves by converting to boxing. Boxing is a much tougher sport.
there's only so much time in a day, if you train 8 limbs you will never be as good with your hands as someone who simply specializes in boxing.lol. Punching alone is harder than 8 limbs? Fool, give us a break. The pinnacle of Muay Thai> Boxing. But the amateur/entry level of boxing>Muay Thai.
MT striker with good hands are a rarity
As a Muay Thai practionner with 6 amateur fights I can say the style of striking does not translate properly to MMA. Our stance is very narrow, often flat footed and we stand tall, resulting in being very open to getting double legged. Our kicks are very powerful, but we extend so much to a point that I wouldn't coach an MMA fighter to kick like a Thai fighter, he would open himself too much to a takedown.
Agreed. I'm just dumbing shit down for Sherdog. Yes MT does not have one style, there are many differents ways to approach the game. MT is king outside of MMA.Are you familiar with Attachai? There are plenty of MT guys who have very good footwork and don't fight upright.
More importantly, a really good Thai boxer can quickly adapt his game to the opponents he is facing. Pure boxers have a lot more to learn to be competitive under rulesets that allow knees, elbows, kicks and clinch fighting, throws. I love boxing but IMO, high level MT is by far the most effective system under MMA rules.
Ironically, Conor's rematch with Diaz actually proves this - he went from throwing 1-2 low kicks max per fight, to 40 low kicks, plus a bunch of knees and standing elbows. And he went from spamming (next to useless) spinning kicks to throwing just one. Without this adjustment, Conor would have lost and his run at LW would be over, no question. Thx MT.
Rich Franklin agrees!Guys couldn't defend the plum clinch as well back then.
not if you say it with an oriental accent
Might be your post of the year Alan, you've improved tremendously my son. @Homeless Infant can we get this man a medal or ribbon, or an interim title or some shit?
Might be your post of the year Alan, you've improved tremendously my son. @Homeless Infant can we get this man a medal or ribbon, or an interim title or some shit?