Wy are these two guards used do rarely in mma.It's hard to throw effective ground and pound from butterfly guards and xguard as well (in x guard you control both of opponent's legs, so I think you are not in a big threat od ground and pound
Wy are these two guards used do rarely in mma.It's hard to throw effective ground and pound from butterfly guards and xguard as well (in x guard you control both of opponent's legs, so I think you are not in a big threat od ground and pound
If you have enough space to use x-guard, you already have enough space to grab a leg or kick off and stand.
Same goes with butterfly. I think the best application in mma is when you kick off putting your foot on their hips first, and when they run back into you, you take them over to create space for a stand up. Maybe not the best but one of the easiest
Nice, what is the taking out the trash sweep from x guard. And also what fight was that Zach used it from? I have fight pass so I might watch itexactly, just standing up is usually a better strategy in MMA. zack mackovsky is the guy who stands out to me as successfully using x-guard in mma, chaining the "take out the trash" sweep with his wrestling.
i'm not an mma fighter so it's hard to test this, but i feel like punches act as a major counterweight to typical open guards (the ability of a strong and aggressive mma opponent to lean his weight into the open guard in order to deliver the punch, and then directing that weight toward the guard players head). even in bjj, pressuring into an open guard will stalemate the primary attacks of the guard, but in mma this is default posture for gnp.
Nice, what is the taking out the trash sweep from x guard. And also what fight was that Zach used it from? I have fight pass so I might watch it
Yep. You see it a lot in fights.Rory Mcdonald used x without too much difficulty, and basically everyone who is good at getting back up from guard had butterfly as part of their sequence
Which fight?Rory Mcdonald used x without too much difficulty, and basically everyone who is good at getting back up from guard had butterfly as part of their sequence
Which fight?