Off balance when punching - doesnt matter

[lenintrump]

good point but you should go back to bitching about kettle bell training

[michaelwbray]

Every Cody garbrant fight from memory.

[Bobbyolympic]

Lol. I’ll do that on the other thread. But that was actually funny

[SprawlnStall]

Fedor actually used hard looping rights to ALSO set up a judo throw or clinch. So even if it’s blocked, he still had a good offense. And when he was off balance he quickly turned around. Anyway, not a good idea generally obviously, but OP is not at all as dumb as some of you make it sound. This ain’t boxing, it’s MMA.

[MasterofMartialArts]

@jgiveshead

Theres a part of me that wants to say that coming in with your hands down is ACTUALLY just punching too hard.

I mean I guess it depends. To me if you’re dropping your hands, you’re telegraphing whatever shot you’re about to throw. It also tells me that you’re probably not using proper technique and as you said potentially “punching too hard”, depending on your body and head position. Basically you’re focusing on hitting as hard as possible even if that means risking your balance and/or chin, which is a terrible thing to do.

[MasterofMartialArts]

@SprawlnStall

Fedor actually used hard looping rights to ALSO set up a judo throw or clinch. So even if it’s blocked, he still had a good offense. And when he was off balance he quickly turned around. Anyway, not a good idea generally obviously, but OP is not at all as dumb as some of you make it sound. This ain’t boxing, it’s MMA.

True he did. The difference is he had the speed to get away with it.

[MasterofMartialArts]

@hjr2

I feel like Gaethje vs Oliviera had a few of those moments.

Picturing Gaethje rocking himself

[hjr2]

I remember Gaethje falling over after missing a punch and laughing.

[Gennady_Goblin]

Nobody ever claimed that EVERY time someone is off balance or uses poor technique, that they get made to pay immediately with a counter. It’s simply an opening. It’s something that the elite of the elite will always exploit to eventually capitalize on, great fighters will sometimes exploit, good fighters will occasionally exploit, and lesser fighters often will not because they are incapable of it……hence the designation of being a lesser fighter.

To say it “doesn’t matter” as a sweeping generalization doesn’t work. Sometimes it does, sometimes it does not.

[MasterofMartialArts]

@Gennady_Goblin

Nobody ever claimed that EVERY time someone is off balance or uses poor technique, that they get made to pay immediately with a counter. It’s simply an opening. It’s something that the elite of the elite will always exploit to eventually capitalize on, great fighters will sometimes exploit, good fighters will occasionally exploit, and lesser fighters often will not because they are incapable of it……hence the designation of being a lesser fighter.

To say it “doesn’t matter” as a sweeping generalization doesn’t work. Sometimes it does, sometimes it does not.

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[Soul_Gravy]

@dinkledorf

The wonderboy gif is a great example and I am sure there are more. But still, some fighters are off balance all the time because they have made it work for themselves. This is not boxing. Guys like Fedor, Hendo or Tony are off balance all the time.

None of these people were off balance with the exception of Tony.