Although I enjoy all aspects of MMA fighting, it seems to me that with few exceptions, MMA fighters are not good strikers. Sure, they can throw bombs and knock each other out with some regularity, but they have none of the real skill that one might find in a good professional boxer.
I'm not asking that MMA fighters become boxers, but just as they use the applicable skills from wrestling and other combat sports and adapt them to MMA fighting, they need to maximize both the offensive and defensive skills from the boxer's toolkit.
Read more of my thoughts on adapting boxing skills to the MMA cage here.
I'm not asking that MMA fighters become boxers, but just as they use the applicable skills from wrestling and other combat sports and adapt them to MMA fighting, they need to maximize both the offensive and defensive skills from the boxer's toolkit.
Read more of my thoughts on adapting boxing skills to the MMA cage here.
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