You dont block a headkick with a single arm block

[Cooliox]

I have seen other MMA fighters do this as well. You dont block a full force head kick with a single arm block.

Lean back, duck, or block with a solid to arm block.

One thing to know, one thing to type on the keyboard, another thing altogether to be able to react in the middle of a main-event fight against one of the best fighters on the planet, with millions watching

 

[Trabaho]

I think Fedor being short helped the kick miss. I think Crocop slipped on a logo during his best opportunity to land it too. Not going to rewatch the fight though

You can apsolutely block a head kick with 1 arm. If you see it coming and firmly block. Justin didn't know what's coming and just generally put his arm up. If he knew it was a high kick the arm would off been out and not glued to the head, the kick was powerful and still landed hard enough trough the arm.

 

[Trabaho]

Essentially the block was for a punch not knowing exactly what's coming just putting it up and rolling. He saw a right hand but Gaethje with perfect technique threw a same side head kick just as he fainted the right punch. Plus in the heat of the moment.

 

[backlight]

Thats not fair to expect them to know better, he is just a UFC cage fighter while you are a sherdogger!

UFC fighters are still light years behind us Sherdoggers!

They're also shorter and less attractive!

 

[OldBoy91]

Pretty much all Poirier's defense is boxing based. He blocked the prior headkicks that didn't KO him the same way as well.

 

[fzoid4454]

I have seen other MMA fighters do this as well. You dont block a full force head kick with a single arm block.

Lean back, duck, or block with a solid to arm block.

You're not trying to completely stop it at that point, you're trying to take some of the force out of it.

 

[hoonmasta19]

I have seen other MMA fighters do this as well. You dont block a full force head kick with a single arm block.

Lean back, duck, or block with a solid to arm block.

Try doing that in a cage fight half naked in front of 50,000 screaming fans on PPV with half of a second decision time against Gaethje

 

[Trabaho]

Try doing that in a cage fight half naked in front of 50,000 screaming fans on PPV with half of a second decision time against Gaethje

Frode got Thailand tourist fight expirience, his opinion matters more then ours. Did you not see his pro fighter Tag.

OK I'm an ass hat.

Guess I'm jelous

Frode is a good guy, very well mannered. Unlike me. I'm a savage.

 

[haj02]

That answer the phone style block can work but with bigger gloves, it seems like a deathwish to a full force headkick with 4oz gloves on.

 

[Masturbin]

Gaycheese's high kicks looked slow, stiff , weak and awkward in round 1.

 

[P4p Islam]

Poirier was arrogant on the feet.
he thought he could easily box in a rhythm instead of taking this as a fight.
This is typical Poirier.
When it matters. He overestimates himself and he pays the price.

What in the fuck are you talking about?

 

[jeff7b9]

One thing to know, one thing to type on the keyboard, another thing altogether to be able to react in the middle of a main-event fight against one of the best fighters on the planet, with millions watching

And with a strike that fighter basically never thrown before that wouldn't have been in the scouting report and was perfectly disguised behind punches.

 

[Frode Falch]

No need to use my fighting skills as a reference. You find actual ufc fighters with correct way of blocking head kicks.

Anderson Silva, Conor McGregor, Jose Aldo, and Thiago Alves comes to mind.

And many others

 

[biscuitsbrah]

I personally just knock the other guy out before he has a chance to throw a head kick

 

[BJ@LW&WW]

i too, always respond with the perfect reactions with impeccable timing when top tier professional fighters are trying to knock me out

 

[Trabaho]

The whole trick is when someone throws a cross 99.9% a same side kick won't come immediately after that. Cause you can't really swing it without rebalancing, you can't transfer weight. But these guys are so high level and athletic they still can generate ko power from such a place. Then it comes as a suprise cause they first throw a jab and make the oponent think the jab is followed up by a cross but then the next layer is ; the cross is just the faint and a same side head kick comes. And this happens in 4 seconds. Head kicks are the slowest regular strike, compared to low mid and punches, so you gotta time it or hide it, set it up. Or throw it fast and calculate your opponent might think it's a mid kick. A leg is super heavy so it takes less power then a fist to do damage. Leon did the same set up vs Kamaru. Mikro did it 20 years ago vs Mark Hunt in K1.

A similar thing was done by Wonderboy early in his carer just without set up. After a big right punch his opponent didn't expect a kick from that side immediately and it was a bit of a blind angle.

 

[IsNormal]

Don't fighters successfuly block head kicks with one arm all the time though?
For kicks that fall short.
Not perfect ones like this.

But isn't there quite a lot of head kicks thrown from too far out that are just easily and lazily blocked with one arm? (Or am I missing that they are actually using both arms most of the time)

 

[AJ Garcia]

Don't fighters successfuly block head kicks with one arm all the time though?
For kicks that fall short.
Not perfect ones like this.

But isn't there quite a lot of head kicks thrown from too far out that are just easily and lazily blocked with one arm? (Or am I missing that they are actually using both arms most of the time)

It can be done it’s just not the best way to block and you can still get rocked pretty bad. I think the fight with Robbie and Rory, Robbie got rocked with a head kick he blocked with one arm if I remember correct. These guys kick hard and one arm isn’t enough to take that force.

 

[Frode Falch]

I personally just knock the other guy out before he has a chance to throw a head kick

 

[Hassan Mouzine]

Still think it’s crazy that Fedor was successfully single arm blocking Mirko CroCop left high kicks. . . IF I’m remembering the fight correctly lol

as good as my memory is.....i think i remember fedor blocking it properly.....muay thai style, pulling up both the arm and shin/knee