DetailedfM MA Fighting Strategies

Style of Game: STAND UP

Techniques taken from:

Boxing, Kickboxing, and Muay Thai.
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Footwork, elbowing, kicking, kneeing and punching.
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Weakness in MMA combat:

Several boxing stances are ineffective because they leave fighters vulnerable to leg kicks or takedowns.

Style of Game: CLINCH

Techniques taken from:

Freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, Sambo + Judo

Focus:

Clinching, takedowns and throws, (Muay Thai is trained to improve the striking aspect of the clinch )

Weakness in MMA combat:

Ineffective in defending against their opponent's Punches and Kicks, outside of the Clinch position.

Style of Game: GROUND

Techniques taken from:

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Shoot wrestling, Catch wrestling, Judo and Sambo

Focus:

Weakness in MMA combat:

Offers no protection against the Stand up or Clinch Techniques.

• Sprawl and Brawl
  Dirty Boxing
  Ground and Pound
  

Sprawl-and-brawl:

Sprawl and Brawl MMA Fighters:

Maurice Smith, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell, Pedro Rizzo and Wanderlei Silva.

Description:

Sprawl-and-brawl is a stand-up fighting tactic that consists of effective stand-up striking, while avoiding ground fighting, typically by using sprawls to defend against takedowns.
A sprawl-and-brawler is a usually a Boxer, Kickboxer or Muay Thai fighter who has trained wrestling to avoid takedowns and tries to keep the fight standing. Usually these fighters will study enough submission wrestling so that in the unfortunate event that they are taken down to the ground, they can tie their opponents up and survive long enough to either get back to standing or until the referee restarts the fight. This style is deceptively different from regular kickboxing styles, since sprawl-and-brawlers must adapt their techniques to incorporate takedown and ground fighting defense.

Dirty Boxing:

Dirty Boxing MMA Fighters:

Randy Couture, Dan Henderson, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, and Don Frye.

Description:

Dirty Boxing is a tactic that consists using a clinch hold to prevent the opponent from moving away into more distant striking range, while at the same time striking the opponent using knees, stomps and dirty boxing techniques.
Dirty Boxers are usually wrestlers that have added in components of the striking game (typically boxing). Often, wrestlers that have added the striking game are partial to strikes from within the clinch (particularly wrestlers who have developed a strong clinch game already). In the case that an exchange on the feet does not go in their favour, they can bring the fight to the ground quickly as their true expertise lies in wrestling, so they are ultimately less timid about trading blows. Through the use of Greco-Roman clinching techniques, a third phase, clinch fighting, was not well understood and could be used to devastate ill-prepared opponents.

Ground-and-pound:

Ground-and-Pound MMA Fighters:

Mark Coleman, Takanori Gomi, Matt Hughes,Tito Ortiz and Fedor Emelianenko. ffffff

Description:

Ground-and-pound is a ground fighting tactic consisting of taking an opponent to the ground using a takedown or throw, obtaining a dominant position, and then striking the opponent. Ground and pound is also used as a precursor to attempting submission holds.
This style is used by wrestlers or other fighters well-versed in defending submission holds and skilled at takedowns. They take every fight to the ground, maintain a grappling position, and strike until their opponent submits, is knocked out or is cut so badly that the fight can not continue. Although not traditionally considered a conventional method of striking, the effectiveness and reliability (as well as recently-developing science) of this style is proven. Originally, most fighters who relied on striking on the ground were wrestlers, but considering how many fights end up on the ground and how increasingly competitive today's MMA is, strikes on the ground are becoming more essential to a fighter's training.

DetailedfM MA Fighting Strategies

Ankle Lock:

Fighter isolates an opponent's leg using his own legs. He then extends and or rotates the foot against the ankle, forcing the opponent to submit or face serious injury.
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Arm Bar:

Fighter hyper extends or bends the opposite way their opponents arm. Excluding the 'flying arm bar', fighter places their opponent in an arm bar, by in a mount or guard position.
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Clinch:

Full Guard:

Fighter is laid with their back on the floor, fighter traps their opponent between his/her legs, crossing his/her legs behind his/her opponent's back. From here the fighter has a good defence as the opponent is trapped, but can also attempt numerous submission holds as well.
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Ground and Pound:

Fighter is on top on his/her opponent and rains down punches, forearms and/or elbows. The opponent will often receive a lot of punishment without being able to defend himself adequately.
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Guillotine:

Fighters facing each other, fighter traps their opponent's head beneath his armpit and with his arm around one side of the opponent's neck, the fighter grabs his own wrist and pulls it in tight and up, to cut of the oxygen to the opponent's brain, causing him to either submit or risk going unconscious.
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Half Guard:

Fighter is laid with their backs on the floor, he/she traps one of their opponent's legs with one of their own legs and crosses them, thus preventing him from reaching the mount position. From here the fighter will attempt to get their opponent into a full guard as a better defensive position. The opponent will however attempt to pass the half guard and get into a good position to 'ground and pound' or attempt a submission hold. Photo (coming soon)

Heel Hook:

Fighter isolates an opponent's leg using his own legs. He traps the opponent's toes under his armpit allowing him to lever the opponent's heel around using his forearm, forcing him to submit or face serious injury
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Kimura:

Fighter isolates an opponent's arm and rotates this arm against the elbow and/or shoulder joint forcing the opponent to submit or face serious injury. Once the fighter has isolated the arm, there is not much of an opportunity for the opponent to defend against this submission hold.
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Knock Out (KO):

Fighter through a Kick or Punch, is knocked down and unfit to carry on fighting.
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Knee Bar:

Fighter isolates an opponent's leg using his own legs and continues to hyper extend the opponent's leg against the knee joint. He does this by pulling the foot tight to his chest and lifting his groin against his opponents knee, forcing the opponent to submit or face serious injury.
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Mount:

Fighter breaks their opponents guard, and sits on top of their opponent's chest (straggling him/her). From this position the fighter who has mounted their opponent can ground and pound and the fighter underneath the fighter who is on top of them, can do very little other than to 'cover up and try and 'dismount (remove) the fighter from being on top of them.
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Rear Naked Choke:

The fighter is behind his opponent with his arms looped around the opponent's neck. Locking it in by grasping his other arm and nipping in tight to cut of the oxygen to the opponent's brain, causing him to submit or risk going unconscious.
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Submission and Tap Out:

Fighter gets their opponent into a lock, bar, or hold causing their opponent so much pain that their opponent taps the mat three times in succession (know as a 'Tapout') to signal to the referee that he/she wishes to submit. Verbal Submissions are where the fighter verbally informs the referee that he wishes to submit.
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Suplex:

Fighter with double underhooks lifts up the opponent before slamming him into the canvas.
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Takedown:

Fighter either shoots in low taking one or both legs, forcing the opponent to fall to the floor of the canvas. Or trips, sweeps or throws the opponent from a clinch to the canvas.
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Triangle Choke:

With the fighter on his back he raises his legs around the opponent's shoulders, trapping his head and arm. The fighter will pull in tight by getting his foot behind the knee on his other leg and pull the opponent's head down to cut of the opponent's oxygen supply, causing him to submit or risk going unconscious.
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Underhooks:

Fighter hooks his hands underneath the opponent's armpit and or thigh.
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DetailedfM MA Fighting Strategies