How to Fight Tall Opponents - Episode #52 

Lennard I am similar 6'5 and 190 Fighting shorter opponents can be hard especially if they are aggressive

Lennard I'm fighting tommorow and i am tall and skinny,all guys in my weight class are shorter than me.I am planing to throw front kicks and jabs,but try not to step outside and panic while they come forward.I hope this will help you,and remember everyone have a plan till they get punched in a mouth.👊

ABGaming dope. Best of luck mate. Staying on the outside is not too hard for me personally, its just that finding the perfect range is difficult and what you should do when your opponent does manage to slip your jabs and come on the inside. Hopefully joe will talk about that. Anyways, good luck man

You listened to what he said? Do the opposite, hit the head, use your jab and longer legs, keep him at a distance where you can hit em and they cant, if they happen to get too close use your weight and size to throw knees and elbows. just the opposite of what he said in the video

Lennard yeah because fighting smaller opponent is much more easy than fighting taller Opponent

massivojohnson catch their teep abd step in with a punch, go under or perry their jab, in and out work all around

The hard counter to straight attacks is angles. The benefit of straight kicks is that they occupy the line between you and your opponent, especially if you're taller. The disadvantage is when they get parried, swept away, or knocked off course and the kicker is in a horribly compromised position. By catching or pushing the leg off line, you're essentially taking an angle without having to move. Buakaw got famous off of catching kicks and literally throwing them to the side to open up his opponents. Straight kicks are good jamming techniques but when done too aggressively, the kicker is more committed and therefore susceptible to the counter. So they're most effective when the person is just standing at kicking range. With straight punches, your opponent may not be off balance but the merit of angles still stands. Either play the counter-striker by moving off or stepping in on angles, or take angles aggressively to mitigate their jamming techniques. No matter what you do, always keep them readjusting to you. If clinches are a problem for you then don't linger there. Get in the shots you need to then frame and exit on an angle while they're reacting. Or get good at trips. Saenchai and his team, for example, aren't known for prolonged clinch exchanges, rather they excel in immediately off-balancing their opponents. It might even be better if you're the shorter fighter and your opponents love knees. Whatever you choose it should make them hesitate to continue clinching.

If they kick and not punch they are limited work in and stay close cause it will jam up their legs try to add counters for every kick. So for round houses check and drop in with a cross. A teep well its straight so if you move to the side in the right moment their standing leg is exposed chop it. Or ever your foot movement sucks use the overhand scoop (opposite hand and opposite legs)throw a punch to make them shell up and chop the legs. And for a sidekick they have to turn and chamber hollow out or throw a teep.