why arent there more standing elbows

[revoltub]

they have them in muy thai all of the time. they are obviously efficient yet i rarely see them in mma.

 

[ortizgnp]

But Jones is apparently not considered a good striker on here.

 

[iWas]

Mark Hunt landed a couple of good ones against Big foot 1.

 

[Jedi Judah]

Ummm coz they dont know how to

 

[RiotWyatt]

 

[TheIrishPsycho]

I think guys forgot about them, because they got too many elbow strikes to the head - causing them to forget.

 

[revoltub]

Ummm coz they dont know how to

seems like an easy thing to at least try to learn.

 

[bloodyknuck]

This is one of the greatest KO's ever-

 

[Jedi Judah]

seems like an easy thing to at least try to learn.

I think its more a case that its not trained enough for fighters to instinctively throw them. I'm a big fan of them myself and find myself yelling at the tv everytime guys are in the clinch and are wide open for it. ELBOW MUTHAFUCKA!!!!

 

[RiotWyatt]

 

[Takun]

it's been awhile...holy shit I forgot how bad that stoppage was...that might be worse then Mir/Carwin...maybe

 

[Takun]

what fight is this?

 

[RiotWyatt]

what fight is this?

Nick Denis. He was a decent prospect who retired at 1-1. Both of his UFC fights were great though.

 

[noc]

They need those Thailand instructors

 

[markys00]

its kind of difficult to practice because of cuts and stuff so i guess people just kinda forget and/or its not in their muscle memory

 

[FedorFanBoy]

its kind of difficult to practice because of cuts and stuff so i guess people just kinda forget and/or its not in their muscle memory

I couldnt agree more. Fighters even when they train them they dont use them while sparring so they forgot to use them in fight too.

 

[Chain Saw]

But Jones is apparently not considered a good striker on here.

He is unorthodox but not very good... His step in short elbow is probably his best tool when striking.

Also standing MT elbows are very short and hard to land outside of clinch range that's why we don't see them often.

 

[Hans Gercmiov]

 

[kimocomplex]

what fight is this?

the opponent is Joseph Sandoval

he recently did a Kickboxing fight at XKO 31 in Dallas, TX. He got knocked out by head kick about 2 minutes in. I worked the corner for the fight after his

 

[RoscoeRufus]

I thought the gif was altered until I saw the ref jump in 20 seconds later. horribly late stoppage lol