The reason I though he’d lose to Rodriguez is because if you watch all of his fights he fundamentally defends head kicks wrong it’s crazy to think a fighter on his level is constantly doing the wrong action to defend head kicks Rodriguez even landed some head kicks max dropped him with a head kick he just has a crazy chin but Islam has got different power I called he’d get kod with the head kick
@@carlo.demichelis people always making excuses for their favourite fighters why isn’t Islam getting dropped by head kicks huh cause his defence is great I love volk but he has a weakness against head kicks and to deny that is just you being bias and not knowing the sport being dropped by max by head kick Rodriguez landed multiple headkicks the only difference between them and Islam is Islam had much more power and can finish volk he’s been like this his whole career he literally only uses one fucking arm to defend head kicks that’s one of the first things they’ll teach you not to do I’m kickboxing
@@bryant8647 block with an elbow or knee, move in and counter, move left and catch, kick the standing leg, any of these. There's quite a few alternatives than just taking the hit on the flesh. It's the same reason taking the hit on the thigh is undesirable, do you think your fore arm muscle is tougher than your thigh?
In Muay Thai I got taught to bring my knee up and out it into the inside of my elbow while keeling my hands up by my face, it blocks the body kick and keeps your hands up ready to punch
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When I use this block I don't normally eat on my forearms like he is teaching. I catch the shin in the palm of my hand. It saves my arms and is great at not eating that impact from the kick
you are on to something. ideally you dont want to block body kicks if you can parry. pulling the hips or stepping back in order to parry with the opposite hand is ideal. this allows you to defend and counter quickly. next is avoiding the kick entirely by moving out the way, usually stepping back. *next in priority* is blocking the kick. the problem with this is, like mr levy points, you need both arms for a strong block, unlike the parry which occupies just one arm and *without* risking its integrity. this is how it works in muay thai. blocking a round kick like this is not ideal. if you find that you are needing to do this often, then you need to drill the step back (keep hands up, chin down, eyes forward), and then add the parry. practice parry on teeps first if necessary then apply to the body kick. now for head kicks you dont really parry. either pull your head back, block the kick which occupied both arms, or, best, manage the space in the first place
but if your inner arm is flush with your body when you being down that elbow, you still feel the pain in the body, not fully obviously, but you will feel it, whereas if you do the exact same thing just flare the elbow out a tad, you can’t feel it anywhere near your stomach area.
There also break your elbow lol,either learn Muay Thai and catch the kicks with a sweep,or move away from the kick,or block it by lifting leg up,taking hits on your arms or elbow will break sooner or later
He teaches our striking class at Nomad Krav Maga in Las Vegas , NV. Right after this class, he teaches a MMA class in Hebrew for people of the Jewish community here.