![]() ![]() It is a concept I have written about in a little detail before, but really needs further examination, especially by modern MMA fighters. ![]() To perform feats like this Fedor utilizes what is known as Punch and Clutch. As a bonus, Fedor is returned to his feet while Nogueira is still on the floor. From a self defense perspective (which we should consider in all martial arts), this sequence is an engagement started and ended in the same two seconds. If I were to show a martial arts student a textbook combination of striking and grappling, this would be it. This is Nogueira at his finest not the shambling, battle worn man we see today, yet Fedor still nails him with a right hand, gains full control of Nogueira’s hips, dives through to a double leg takedown (on Nogueira’s right side, quite unorthodox) and immediately moves to a soccer kick. Notice how Fedor comes in behind his right hand lead, ducks his head off to his left and wraps his arms straight around Nogueira’s hips. A look at this gif from his third meeting with Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will amply demonstrate my point. It seems that against everyone but the most wary opponents, Fedor was able to achieve double underhooks or hip control a startlingly high proportion of the time. I do, however, consider Fedor’s success in the clinch to be largely due to his effective entrances through strikes. In this issue instead, we shall focus on the entry to the clinch that I feel made many of Emelianenko’s throws and takedowns so easy for him to perform The right hand lead.Īs a striking exponent myself with a meat and potatoes BJJ game, the majority of my experience in the clinch has been from a Muay Thai perspective and I would not dare to consider my knowledge of Judo or Sambo to be anything worth writing home about. That, however, was an enormous task and would result in elements being examined too briefly or in a dissertation length editorial. ![]() Having examined Emelianenko’s domination of Heath Herring and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira with ground and pound in Part 2, and having performed a full technical breakdown of some of the concepts at play in his formidable and unusual striking game in Part 1, the plan in this third installment was to examine Fedor’s throws, trips, entries to the clinch and grappling. It wasn’t until he came to PRIDE and the referee was no longer stood over him on the ground repeating “no face!” that Emelianenko was able to become the ground and pound machine of his PRIDE years. Fedor’s earliest MMA matches were almost exclusively judo and sambo clinics, as he rag-dolled the fighters of RINGS’ heavyweight roster. ![]()
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