Originally Posted by verc

So that's one reason why the spinning backfist is so effective in MMA when it's timed right. People who learn their striking around boxing, muay thai aren't going to be prepared.

Originally Posted by verc

For a while everybody had the same wrestling, the same jiujitsu, the same striking.

Now people are throwing everything but the kitchen sink to get an edge

Originally Posted by verc

So I need to put this in context for you fellas:

Spinning backfist is illegal in boxing, and muay thai:
- In boxing it is illegal to turn your back towards your opponent
- In muay thai it's just an explicitly illegal move under international rules. Dunno about full Thai rules


So that's one reason why the spinning backfist is so effective in MMA when it's timed right. People who learn their striking around boxing, muay thai aren't going to be prepared.



See even if this move was allowed in Muay Thai it wouldn't be that effective with peoples' hands up all the time. But this is one of the really interesting aspects about MMA - moves that used to be BS and ineffective are now suddenly effective Spinning backfist is one of them. Same with the superman punch and duck-jab to a kneepick, or faking a takedown to overhand right.


MMA is beautiful the way martial arts were meant to be