Why You Should Learn To Defend The Take-Down In MMA: Our 3 Top Tips
Why You Should Learn To Defend The Take-Down In MMA: Our 3 Top Tips
More and more wrestlers are emerging as the most successful martial artists in the MMA game. You can know all the fancy submissions and strikes possible but when Brock Lesnar or Shane Carwin take you down against the cage and pound you out, you'll be begging for mercy. Here are the top reasons to learn takedown defence.
To Avoid Being Taken Down.
Sounds obvious? Well it is. Generally if you're opponent is trying to take you down either they're in desperation or their ground game is superior to yours.
Chuck Liddell had some of the best take-down defence early in his career where every time the wrestler would shoot on him, he'd defend it and then out strike them to victory.
To Throw a Massive Knee.
Every time that fighter shoots for a double or single leg they are leaving something vulnerable.
The less experience wrestler turned MMA fighter will always leave their face wide open for you to plough your knee right into it.
Apply A Guillotine.
Often a fighter will shoot in and if they don't leave their face wide open for knees, then they have their neck wide open. Throw the best guillotine head choke on them until they tap or go to sleep.
Watch old Joe Stevenson UFC fights as he has perfected this many times.
These are three perfect reasons that you should be perfect at defending the take-down. A good MMA strength and conditioning program can give you the proper technique and power to perfectly defend the take-down.
Again, why you should perfect your take-down defence: