Bored so thought I'd start this. Whats your style of fighting in mma? sprawl and brawl? do you jab a lot and then go in hard etc? Personally I throw a lot of kicks to the lead leg and because of my size I tend to go for takedowns and try to keep it on the ground. What bout you?
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I attempt to hit people while they hit me. Then I generally let them take me to the floor and submit me.
Depends on who I'm up against. If I can, I'd rather keep it standing. I aim for the legs and stay out of range as I'm a better kicker than a boxer. If they close the distance, I'll usually hit them with knees and uppercuts in the clinch to soften them for a judo throw (usually greater inside or outside reap, firemans carry, or hook the leg). Once on the ground, I don't hit much, but I will try to hit hit hit, transition to a submission.
I'm good both standing and on the ground so either style works for me. Although my striking is a bit better I enjoy the challenge of being on the ground and I like to create my own variations on submissions and sweeps.
Stand-up: Against tall guys, work the head movement with a tight peekaboo guard, use body shots to set up head shots, go for leg dives. Against short guys, use latteral movement to keep them on the outside and avoid takedowns while picking away with jabs, side kicks, & other long-ranged weapons. Clinch: Heavy dose of dirty boxing, regardless. My best takedowns come from inside the clinch. Top ground: Haven't trained much ground-and-pound, but generally I look to pass the guard or snag a leg from guard or half-guard. Bottom ground: Either keep the guy too close for adequate GNP and set up either a sweep or sub (triangle or shoulder choke/arm triangle work best for me in close), or push away, create a scramble, and get on top or back to my feet. GA amateur rules don't allow GNP to the head when on the ground, so I haven't been training that, offensively or defensively, that much.
It depends for me as well. Normally, however, the person ****ed off at me is female so I'm typically going all Matrix against flying shoes... Okay okay. More like cringe, cover up, and run while shoes bounce off the backside of my head.
Everyone tells me I'm a stand up guy In all seriousness I never notice it, but me sparring partners/trainers all say I work most and most effective during clinches (both standing and ground). Though I been doing learning submissions I never went to a jits class, its all mixed in with MMA/Vale Tudo. And I trained mainly kungfu and kickboxing which is all standup, and just recently got into freestyle wrestling.
The southern CMA has helped my clinch game loads too. Just the sticky hands stuff has made me more present in the clinch (regarding strikes anyway, my takedowns still aren't worth a brass obol).
I use the jab to open up and set up a combination or create a opening to the head that isnt there. From there break down the distance clinch, knee and takedown then hope I can remember my ground work
