Amp's posting graveyard until he addresses questions in El Macho's thread.

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@spirez

OK, i’ve done Muay Thai for around 8 months but tend to notice that i’m not throwing many kicks in sparring. I think part of the reason for this is that i’ve never done wrestling, so am wary of being taken down, hence wanting to keep my feet planted to reduce the risk. I also do BJJ so am ok off my back but prefer to fight from the top.

I’m thinking of dropping the Muay Thai and focusing on boxing instead, to really get my hands going nicely. I can throw a decent kick now and can defend that pretty good but my hands are lacking quite a lot.

What i want to know is how much of boxing can you apply to MMA and how much should be left out of the ring/cage? I notice Randy trying to bob and weave against Gonzaga and ended up eating a pretty hefty kick to the face for his efforts! The stance seems to differ quite a lot to, as in MMA you need a more square on stance to kick, defend kicks and set up takedowns.

For those of you that have transitioned to MMA from a boxing background, what have you had to adapt in your game?

I like the style of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, he also uses a boxing and BJJ combo.

Also, if i went to a pure boxing gym and stated that i wanted to adapt it to MMA, would they get offended? For example, they are telling em to stand more side on but i explain that i don;t want to get into this habit, do you think they’d look down on me? There are no MMA gyms local to me that have a good boxing coach so that seems out of the question.

You sound like you want to read BJ Penn’s book.

His style is straight up boxing for stand-up and no kicks. He goes into detail on what he does.

Though, kicks are very good for MMA. Throw them when you’re at angles where he won’t be able to go for the take down (basically when he’s not facing you). And throw them after short combos.

IE jab-cross-hook-thai roundhouse

Bobbing and weaving is good for amateur because depending on the organization most amateurs dont allow knees to the head.

conversely that means that its also ideal to go for dirty boxing in the clinch instead of knees which can only be delivered to the body.

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oh and when you block with your forearms, which you should, make sure theres a little space between them and your head otherwise youre pretty much just taking the punch. its best to try to slip. just cover up when youre backed into a corner and cant do anything.

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@WhiteShark

Did dinnerpig just say that boxing teaches you to hit with your pinky, ring and middle knuckles?

bareknuckel teaches you to hit with your 4 non-thumb fingers vertically on the jab and cross

but modern boxing definately teaches you to hit with your two top knuckels

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@JimmyZ

I’ll chime in. My training is mostly MT, but I supplement with one boxing class per week, which is fortunately run out of the same gym, by a true boxing coach who makes us change our stance and forget about kicks and takedowns. I’m not a serious MMA fighter, so perhaps cross training in pure boxing may have more of a confusing effect on your stance and habits than I appreciate, but I’ve found that boxing supplements my MT and MMA game pretty well with minimal confusion. I tend to take more of a sideways boxing stance when I spar MT, since my hands are my strength, and I’ve trained MT enough to watch out for the low kicks. If you’re naturally light on your feet, you’ll find it’s not hard to plant and throw boxing style punches when needed and then back off with a more squared stance to check kicks (and avoid take downs in an MMA situation).

Bottom line from me is this: Don’t be afraid to train boxing regularly, and completely (meaning use their stance, bob, weave, learn it in its pure form), as a supplemental part of your schedule. The benefits are great, and it’s pretty easy to leave out/switch out of its weaknesses during MMA.

When you sparr do you train with takedowns?

I’ve found that when I try to do that, I get taken down easily.

My stance is somewhat of a hybrid between boxing and muay thai. I’ve got the muay thai angle going on between my front and back foot but my back foot is pointed forward more like a boxer.

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[Teh_El_Macho]

Amp, are you willing to meet a lightweight fighter and tell him to his face that he should not dare to be a professional fighter because he’s testosterone deficient and too small to be a combat athlete and that he can’t punch for shit if we were to find one in the DC area, or someone willing to travel to meet you face to face?