As a boxer, this explanation just scares me. Imagine closing the distance on an opponent with a longer reach to “take some of their power away” just to be met with that. To be fair mma is completely different but still can’t help but imagine haha
Most definitely not the most efficient. Back in the 90s when karate was a serious sport, the karate practitioners used to whoop the mui Thai fighters like 4/5 times. And nowadays people mix mui Thai with American boxing to get a deadly combo. @@Santiagoacph
I think it has something to do with elbows being illegal as an amateur, fighters probably don't train throwing elbows for years and by the time they are aloud to their skill level for elbows would be way behind their skill level with everything else
Mostly agree. I think in street fights though, not like a defender and attacker, but ones planned ahead of time for deep personal emotional reasons with intense, almost homocidal intent, some people can go into the fight knowing they don't give a shit if they end up bleeding. But I've noticed for me personally, not trying to brag or anything, pain and damage have different effects on me. I have a freakish disregard for pain if I want. My technique is to think, five senses, sight, hearing, smelling, taste, and feeling. All kinds if colors I don't like but how can that hurt me to see one? Same for a noise (unless we mean crazy loud). I might hate it but it doesn't hurt. So I think of the pain as a feeling sensation, like cold or hot or an itch, I'm not necessarily really taking that much damage. Then I just literally don't care. But dude, damage. Total opposite. I hate knowing I actually AM taking damage like the pain was trying to warn me of. That's scary because you dread the recovery period, being all fucked up, or even the possibility of never being the same. Pain is a joke compared to that fear.
@@flashraylaser157yeah I totally get you pain is just a feeling, but that feeling from your nerves is telling you is an indicator/warning of potential damage to your body. Kind of how I thought doing workouts. It’s probably completely different but the discomfort and burning in the muscles I knew was in my mind and would have to push through if I wanted to get stronger. But is different when you actually feel pain then need to listen as not to injure yourself and be set back a few weeks
@@Dimo909 No I wouldn't say that's completely different. It's still you blocking out pain. We could even argue that it's *exactly* the same for those world record lifters who know they're not only feeling uncomfortable physical sensations but that something might snap during the attempt and that they're taking a gamble by ignoring it. That's extremely like combat actually. As for combat, and maybe that too but I wouldn't know, I find one of the most frustrating things is that the brain doesn't seem to always do a good job making pain proportional to damage. It has all sorts of ulterior motives for increasing and decreasing the pain levels of various organs at various times for whatever reason. Sometimes something can hurt so ridiculously bad that you're gonna be completely fine from in 10 minutes and then other times you won't even feel something and find out after the fight that you straight up broke a bone in your hand or something. Very frustrating.
I dont think elite power lifters train with knowing there is a possibility of snapping their back. Breaking your hand in a fist fight without knowing you broke it after makes sense as a survival mechanism. Stubbing your toe also makes sense because without your toes you can’t run or balance well so you would get eaten. The funny bone kind of makes sense cuz it tells you be carefull you need that arm maybe?
Jon’s arm length lowkey carried his career. I know he put in a shit ton of blood, sweat, and tears to get that advanced in MMA, but you can’t deny that long ass arms are a genetic lottery for MMA fighters.
Why was Stefan struve not an undefeated goat? He's taller and has longer arms than jon jones. He's so good that people have to convince themselves that he's not good 😂😂 like Anthony Smith. "If you take away his skills, he's not that good" 😂😂😂😂😂
@@geoff-cp1wu I bet they always block his fingers with their eyes. Not to mention oblique kicks. Yeah it's a combat sport, but it's also people's livelihoods.
@@mikedownend6861 I also mentioned him sticking his fingers in guy's eyes. I never said oblique kicks were illegal, but they are bogus. If Jone's knee was destroyed by a kick he'd be the first guy to bitch about it. At one point punching guys in the nuts without gloves used to be legal as well.
We’re not seeing elbows enough. Coaches should affirm and teach their fighters that in a close range combat, elbows reach the target before the hands. They also cut! Jones might be a cheater but the way he operates proves to me that he is capable of being where he is, with or without steroids. He is a true MMA fighter that knows how to adjust. The game evolved so much yet we’re still seeing one-dimensional fighters such as Colby and Wonderboy and this pisses me off so much.
i cant stand colby but i gotta be honest, his striking wasnt that bad. Especially with how he used it with pressure, volume, as a distraction and to create openings. He wasnt a great striker but his striking was effective
@@Ogee88888everyone gets tested. So everyone would get caught. But nobody got caught except jones and tj. So your statement can't be true. Logic my friend.. use it.
Love JJ but you’re right man he’s a dirty ass fighter. Take away that aspect of his game and take into account he lost to Reyes he wouldn’t be considered the GOAT
Knees and elbows! I've always been a fan of the Muay Thai style of stand up for this reason. Knees and elbows are devastating. Jones has been one of the few UFC fighters I've seen that understands this. Very underutilized in the UFC, which leaves opportunity to exploit this.
i do think a large reason jones is so effective with elbows is his wingspan. just the amount of different angles and combinations, as well as the range of... range for his elbow.
Jones' elbows in the rashad evans match were beautiful, the hand he used to measure distance was then used to pull evans' hand, leading his face into the straight elbow of that same hand
