Chuck Liddell Demo on How to Punch

Millionaire

Here is a demo from Chuck Liddell on how he punches...

Its from a thread on another forum...

To view click here...

http://selfprotection.lightbb.com/Self-Protection-Dot-Com-Forums-c3/General-f2/Punch-Like-Chuck-Liddell-t2402.htm

He got a wide swing on it for sure, weird they do not see it coming, but who am I to question him, he's fighting in UFC, I m not!

Cake Fiend

Taking advantage of the human blind spot, I'd say.

Millionaire

Yes, it certainly different. I tried it on the bag this morning to see how it works, feels different for sure. I really need to spar it to see can I nail someone with it.

I thought more MMA posters on here, would have been interested in how one of the top MMA people in the world punches, and maybe have more feedback on it.

Aside from the obvious few who do, I am beginning the suspect that many like to talk about MMA, than actually get stuck in and learn something new.
Thats a pity really. :-(

ernieb

Its unorthodox to say the least. But hey it works and he has that technique down! I do think that it has more to do with Chucks body type that makes this so effective for him. Chuck has these Gorrilla like arms on him, they are so long! He seems to be able to tag guys with solid shots from unlikely ranges.

Ive heard many describe that punch as a "haymaker" (big durthy punch) but from watching that clip its quite a similar body motion to a roundhouse kick , ie the hip rotation.

cowzerp

To be honest, i think its a crap punch that lands against fighters who are not well versed in punching, or stand up fighting in general-most mma fighters already know this and i see it in sparring all the time-it works for chuck but not for many others in my experience-personally i think its just a right hook with bad technique.

FiannaGym.com

I posted this last month.

Chuck's striking works in his whole game... and the game his opps have.
It has different technique to be sure. It is a unique angle and combined with everything else he does it's tricky. If everyone trained it it would quickly fall by the wayside.... but no-one trains it, so include it in your game!

Peace

Nothingcompares

I was practising this punch the other day it's really fun. Really swinging the whole body.

john kavanagh

i here the same (faulty) logic from high level bjj guys. 'that guys ground work is terrible, he wouldn't last in a bjj match'

its NOT boxing, its NOT thai, its NOT wrestling, its NOT bjj - its MMA.

high level 'pure' delivery systems work very well in the LOWER levels of MMA. however at the higher levels (UFC, Pride) this is not always the case - the fact one range can quickly deteriote into another (ie stand up to ground) the delivery systems have to be modified.

show chucks and fedors stand up to a 'pure' stand up coach - they'll laugh at it (the same could be said about their ground work) BUT and its a bit BUT they are MMA champions because their particular style works well in a MMA setting

i always laugh to myself at some critism from a bjj/boxer type of their technique and tell them yeah i think you're right, you should become a ufc/pride champion and show them what's what!

Millionaire

john kavanagh wrote:

i always laugh to myself at some critism from a bjj/boxer type of their technique and tell them yeah i think you're right, you should become a ufc/pride champion and show them what's what!

Thats a bit like the true story about famous boxer Rcky Marcino.

He "invented' the Suzie-Q punch... know called Over Hand Right.

Hos coach said "Rocky, your going to have to stop using that stupid punch, its not proper boxing"

and Rocky replied "if you noticed, thats the punch I knocked my last 5 opponents out with"!

The Thais tell me not to use to "hook kick"....NO NO not Muay Thai...they say.... they seems to forget the fact, that I nail most of them with it, across the face (lightly of course, yet they still refuse to recognise it!).... Thais are very very stuck in their own box re muay thai.

Now in the next ring in Sityodtong camp, training beside me the last 6 months is Japanese k1 fighters Musashi, and his brother Tomo, being trained my former Boxing Super Middle Weight World Champ Frank Liles...those guys nail everyone with "karate" style kicks, as well as the thai style kicking of course.

If you can make it work...then IMO its ok to use!

dent

john kavanagh wrote:

its NOT boxing, its NOT thai, its NOT wrestling, its NOT bjj - its MMA.

I'm always amazed at the range of skills MMA fighters have. In terms of coaching MMA is it a matter of teaching/training in each of these separate diciplines and letting the fighter find a natural balance?

john kavanagh

ideally they will be highly skilled in the individual 'pure' delivery systems. its your job as a coach to allow the natural process of their own 'style' to emerge based on their particular attributes, personality etc. the worst thing would be to try and 'force' them to fight a particular way.

look what happened forrest when they tried to make him box like a 'boxer' - i imagine the same would happen chuck if they tried to 'correct' his stand up.