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That's NOT Conors fighting guard.
"Virtually identical, Joe"
Conor keeps a higher guard on the rear hand but the lead arm positioning is the same.
That's NOT Conors fighting guard.
Btw, I was surprised that Floyds father thought body shots would be lethal to an MMA-fighter... And a guy with training clips posted of his assistants punching his stomach. Time to switch on Youtube, Floyd Mayweather senior?
You see body shots in mma throw like they can be thrown in boxing? Because I haven't.... or at least, I rarely do.
This brings me to another point. I have guy in sparring who has a slightly longer reach and has the exact same guard back, jab out, and he wins that battle because his arm is longer. I get what your saying about pulling my lead hand down, but I could work into my system to reflexively punch back whenever you grab it, so you better mix it up. Or be incredibly fast.
Congratulations, you've given your opponent an easy read to counter you. If you automatically punch back whenever he grabs your lead arm, you've given him a free entry to slip your punch and hammer you with a counter.
You need to step in to do that. I will jab the fuck out of you
I disagree here. If I smack the lead arm down or across, it's not going to be in a position to jab anyone as I close the distance to land that body shot. Moreso if I'm coming in on the angle. This is why @Sano kept going back to the importance of moving away and using distance.
On top of that it is really really tiring. If your arms are extended your oppoent has your range down and can simply stay out of it, maybe paw back but his arms will tire out less since they will be closer to his body.
So in the beginning both fighters paw, neither lands much but the guy with his arms out will tire much quicker and gets fucked up in the later rounds. Which is kinda what happened to Conor
Some boxers do it in spots just not as a main stance.
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Yeah there's a guy who is very akward with the angles, but I don't see how that prevents me from using a cross.
Shiieeet @panamaican became a mod?! Congrats pal
I disagree here. If I smack the lead arm down or across, it's not going to be in a position to jab anyone .
You had said jab. As for the cross, if they're closing on angle to the outside of the lead arm, landing the cross is going to require you completely pivot almost 90 degrees to line up the cross. THey have to be very slow for you to get into any type of position to put power behind that movement.
If they bat the lead arm across your body or close using their lead arm to almost jam your lead arm as they go to the body, it makes bringing the cross to bear even more difficult because they would be pushing your momentum in the opposite direction that you would need for the cross.
It's certainly doable but I wouldn't rely on being able to bring the cross to bear on any consistent basis.
You're not just standing there. You use your punches to reach them where they can't reach you. You still have to move, jab, keep on them on the outside whether you use a long guard or not.So you really advice me despite having superior reach, to tuck my hands in?