Mistakes Kickboxers & Muay Thai Fighters Make When Transitioning to MMA | Don't Get Taken Down! 

I love it when you get a good striker who is also very good at jujitsu so he’s not bothered by the takedown

This video is an absolute watch for any kickboxer that wants to compete in mma. Concise and very informative. Thanks joe.

Thanks a lot Joe. I’ve been competing in K1 and Muay Thai for about 6 years, now I am making a transition to MMA and will be having my first amateur fight in the next few months. This was extremely helpful ! 😄

watch this and it'll save you years of transition time. It took me 2 years to figure this out on my own and how to adjust my muay thai accordingly and at that time this info was sprinkled all around the internet and you had to piece it all together and stress test it. This video has it all! The only thing I would add is the importance of stance switching/ shifting in mma to control the distance. Kickboxing and Muaythai is more static and you will get away with learning striking in only one stance and defenseive manuveurs like the shell. In mma its much more dynamic and you are going to need the angles for your defense and offense as well as the large amount of distance you gain by shifting forward or backward. As mma evolves, beeing able to fight in both stances will become the standard 100% sure of that

I was thinking that Joe would have done really well in MMA. He would have easily been one of the best strikers (power + technique) in the Welterweight division and with some good TD defence, would have been a real threat to the top UFC 170 pounders. I haven't seen many UFC fighters land leg kicks as well as him.

Great video. Makes absolute sense 👍

I am doing Muay thai and planning to cross-train into MMA as soon as the Lockdown is lifted in the Philippines. This video is helpful

Thank you for this content man. Absolute gold

Amazing as usual. Love this channel so much, especially Joseph!

Sir, it's absolutely golden! Many thanks

Brilliant! Cleared up a lot of ideas I’ve been wrestling with! Subscribed! Thanks bro.

You are a living legend joe

Another great video! Spot on as always Joe!!! Especially the Dutch shell thing. I think that's kind of what happened to Gokhan Saki (even though i know it's different because he got countered throwing a low kick). But taking away that sheild that many kickboxers rely on (due to the size of the gloves) can f with the fighters natural rhythm- being used to relying on that in their sport. Man I would love to see more of that stuff that John Wayne Parr is doing- kickboxing rules with MMA gloves and an octagon.

Amazing video, as a striker this helps an extreme amount with the technical aspects of mma Hope to be able to train at Bazooka sometime😏

The reverse is absolutely true as well; I went into my Muay Thai classes with an MMA mindset and my coach pointed out my stance was too low and wide, and my guard was not high enough.

awesome like always!!!!

Great content !

Very usefull. Thank you.

perfect. thanks.

Very VERY INSIGHTFUL! I’m saving this video.

Cool as usual

Awesome tutorial!

Great video, man! I'm really glad you didn't go for those fluff marketing, click bait videos, and you still provide valuable, useful information for practitioners of contact sports. Cheers! Happy holidays!

Excellent!!

Nice video!

The stance and techniques you described is very similar to sports points Karate especially the stance and not leading with kicks. Because Connor M used a sports Karate stance zip in zip out block with the front hand.

hey joe, you have done countless videos thus far that helped not just me but others in improving ourselves as well. However, i am curious to know what's your take on body jabs, they are very useful in boxing but what about in kickboxing? interested to hear an opinon from a world level kickboxer :D

Super helpful

100 percent in agreement here.....I tell my students the same things 👍🏿

Joe i wouod love to see your debut in the ufc!! What weight class would you fight at?

Number 1 mistake, not learning wrestling and only focusing on takedown defense and bjj.

What fighting style works best in a street fight/bar fight? (if you can’t avoid it)

In my utmost humble opinion. “ Nothing more rewarding than getting ones thesis validated by those who exceeds oneself in excellence” “ True wisdom equates to correct comprehended knowledge appropriately applied “ “ Fighting is relativity in motion, never expect only respond as it one’s opponent within context that dictates tactics” Not only is this beyond sound advice in regards to the discrepancies between the different arts, but also depicts why MMA striking in concordance with the ability to integrate/ transition between the levels and ranges of what overall fighting entails, this in turn also enables oneself to be formidable in its utilization in the realms of self defense as well, add in headbutts/ and comprehension of modifications in regards to appropriate application demanded by the context, ( standing takedowns that enables seamless transitions for back takes/ mount/ sidecontrol in concordance with high yield submissions ) then one will be formidable in one’s adaptability within the different arts, as well as capable in self defense, if so needed. Amazing content and an honor to be able to observe and learn from such an peer as yourself Sir. Sincere regards. Fellow Martial artist. Tom Framnes. Norway.

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Very interesting as this is exactly what differentiates Muay Thai Boran from modern Muay Thai. Muay Boran is perfectly taking these points into account. In fact, Muay Boran was MMA before centuries ago.

Takedowns have the right of way

Can someone directly start mma without prior training

You look a lot like pro boxer Gabriel Rosado lol, I don’t know if anyone has ever told you that before

Why do people only use one of the many muay thai stances? There are at least 3 others I know of and was taught.

The difference between sets of rules, not styles ! :) MMA is not a style, just a set of different rules, a.k.a, the most free set of rules ! :) Otherwise, great video, respect ! :)

GSP was a karate guy

I wish I put likes for this video!