Basic Strategies for Facing Southpaws in MMA and Boxing

Facing a southpaw as an orthodox fighter presents different challenges. The techniques and strategies you use have to be adapted, but there are some general principles you can apply that can make things simpler.
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[@hard2hurt]

There's a new advanced dirty boxing course in seminar format up at hard2hurt.teachable.com

[@postalshark]

As a southpaw I've always felt the advantage comes from having to learn to adapt to a primary right handed world early. Great content as always 👍

[@hard2hurt]

Right. More practice.

[@silasginell9251]

Exactly bro, hinestly as a taller guy i like traditional lead hooks, and lately been playing with the Nate diaz style lead hooks, i recomend it for you! Triple them up and see what happens!

[@Kali-8]

Theres southpaw advantages bro but since ive learned orthodox i cant use them. So i wanna see if i can use like an Ali shuffle ish thing to switch stance real quick for that righthanded jab uppercut

[@SwordTune]

I constantly forget that southpaw is synonymous with left-handed a lot of times because I use southpaw a lot while being right handed.

[@1BlessEdYou]

Only ~11% of people are left-handed. Stands to reason that southpaws are going to have WAY more experience facing right-hander's than vice-versa.

[@engine2truck6]

Ok! as a Southpaw, I was #1 ranked Amateur heavyweight kickboxer in USKBA, back before Jon Jones was fighting there (he was not heavyweight, and YES he was better than me)..... The breakdown of the “advantage” was spot on! But there are some adjustments you should consider to the other stuff: the lead hook is AWESOME as a “check” and if you don’t START a combo with it. I have chopped a few down with 1-2, 2, 3 the 3 meaning lead hook. VERY good. And a southpaw lead kick is great without that telegraph skip step that you do. Just rip that lead kick right from your stance IF your foot is to his outside. I have some fight footage with these things somewhere if you could view it useful

[@driver3899]

Please upload fight footage! Your hook looks scary fluid

[@justsomebird4285]

You can also change that lead kick to the leg to a footsweep with some practice and if you go deep enough on the angle. You can draw it out to widen their stance and open up for some other options. Would consider it to be the go to option as it’s better when you’ve worn down your opponent and their footwork begins to get a bit more sluggish

[@snowconeman512]

Pacquiao has an amazing lead hook and landed it on taller opponents all the time. Especially with the left straight to the body and right hook to the top.

[@nvanguy6868]

I feel like throwing crosses strait at the southpaw with ur foot in the outside and then throwing the hook after the strait with some feints would work really well, head if the centerline

[@moreparrotsmoredereks2275]

Oddly, the majority of my best training partners (the ones who actually fight) have always been southpaw so I actually think I'm better at fighting southpaws than I am orthodox.

[@hard2hurt]

I started out in coaching with mostly southpaws as clients so I feel like I had a little advantage dealing with it compared to most. I get hit a lot less, but I also land a lot less, so I'm not exactly sure.

[@brandontatom9821]

I think it's kind of a left hand thing in general. Most of society is geared towards righties, so naturally martial arts would as well. But training both ways and just tuning your body overall to being even is a part of balance. And martial arts preach balance

[@jamielondon6436]

@@brandontatom9821 Yeah, I had the exact same experience in other competitive sports.

[@danboah2501]

​@@hard2hurtto me it seems like the lead hand game, especially in inexperienced people just makes nothing happen

[@TheCommentator112]

I'm a southpaw and made it to the end of the video. Thanks for all of the tips 😉 Lead hook is all right, but I mostly use it almost as a push to control the position of the opponet to land my straight rear. If you have a bad lead hook, just use your lead hand to push down the opponents lead hand from guard position and in the same motion turn it into a lead elbow, works like a charm. BTW that thing you did at the end when you controlled the arm of the opponet is a great opening to lock his arm between your neck and shoulder, grab his neck and go in for a knee.

[@markstuckless5039]

I say the same thing all the time. I’m a natural orthodox that spent five years training Southpaw due to a shoulder injury. Now I train both and switch fluidly between both, even during combos. I get why pros don’t want to train that way because you don’t have five years when you go pro to try and perfect it. When you’re trying to go pro at 19 or 20 you need to be as good as possible at one thing, I think. However if you can do both it’s amazing and this 40 yr old amateur enthusiast turns heads all the time when switching naturally.

[@Boxtruckin]

My situation is sort of similar! From 12 to 19 I was boxing Righty even though I am lefty. This was because I was just imitating what I was seeing everyone else doing then when I realized I’m supposed to be opposite I started over. Then I had the advantage of knowing how to fight both ways and do a lot of switches when training. Im 44 now and always start righty then switch mid round. Total confusion caused.

[@frankthetank1993]

Sir please upload a video of your sparring/matches, I’d love to see it! It’s always a blessing to see the beauty of switch-hitting

[@kimsamson2545]

I always switch stances while sparring And I'm an Orthodox as well. My sparring mates are always confused. LOL

[@thesadanimations]

After watching a lot of your videos, I’ve realised what you are saying is that it all comes back to kung fu eventually… Anyway I need to be off researching how to use wing chun to pass guard ✌️

[@hard2hurt]

That is a deep cut reference right there.

[@jamielondon6436]

Slight misspelling there, though: It's not "guard", it's "gas".

[@ultimatecomeback9645]

I've been sparring against only southpaws for about a year. coincidentally I'm the only orthodox fighter in the gym to my knowledge so I rarely spar with other orthodox fighters. and yes, everything you said is true. also when you have your lead leg on the outside you can D'amato shift and land some good hits. also don't forget throwing the cross to the solar plexus while you're stepping your leg to the outside and taking your head off the center. winded a few guys with that technique especially if I do it when they are stepping in with a jab.

[@dirtpoorchris]

I really believe that everyone should use both stances and be even power with both sides so u got more options. But i like squared up dirty clinch.

[@aegisprotection4969]

Another good video. Southpaw, here. I agree with everything you said. Some additional thoughts: As someone older, another advantage a Southpaw has is we are often forced to learn Orthodox, first. We end up developing our Orthodox skills and learning those patterns. Then are suddenly allowed to work Southpaw. Supporting what you said: A southpaw usually has more training time in the open position. If one grows up Left handed, most of life forces us to develop fair dexterity with our right hand that most right handed people do not get as children. Re: open stance and working to the outside... well, that's a whole class for your paying customers. I will say: Being in my 40s, I snicker when I watch a pair of open stance fighters spending 30 seconds or more both trying to get that outside point. A suggestion, if I may: when holding the tight guard, drop the body/legs and not the arms to defend the body shot. I don't think that inside hooking motion is a kung fu thing, even if that's where I first learned it. It is found in some older boxing manuals. I think Dempsey may have mentioned it at some point, but I won't swear to that. I always enjoy the videos, even if I disagree. Thank you, sir!

[@hypnoticskull6342]

In my high school boxing club, there’s a guy who’s not only big, but a southpaw, and uses the Philly Shell. Haven’t sparred him yet, but I’m sure it’ll be difficult to hit him

[@hard2hurt]

Nah you will smash that guy.

[@fabianmadrigal2887]

Hey! Southpaw amateur boxer here. I'm fairly tall (6'1) and use the shell or cross armed guard quite often. Here's some weaknesses you can capitalize on: 1) Lead hand is low with the shell. He'll have a somewhat easier time jabbing your body, but you should be able to out jab him up top as long as you feint. Catch his jabs, lower his hand and shoot from above his hand. 2) Overhands are important here. Especially mid range, and the left overhand. If he mistakenly keeps his right shoulder low when exchanging, you'll clip him with your left overhand. Practice them on the bag and aim higher than your forehead. Will get you used to shoot tall. 3) Don't walk only to the outside. Southpaws are used to getting positional advantage. He'll time you and lead hook you. Switch it up, BUT be ready to slip his left hand when circling to the inside. When he throws it you can slip and pivot to the inside and he'll be totally out of position. 4) Last but not least. If he ducks to his left when in mid or close range, immediately pivot to the outside and right hook him (face chest or gut, short quick hooks). That is a huge rhythm disturbance and will prevent him from easily pivoting with you. Plus, you'll have the outside angle so he won't see your punches. All of these are based on what works for me, and what has worked against me in championship fights and sparring. Good luck and practice!!

[@driver3899]

@@fabianmadrigal2887 I appreciate you

[@areallybigdwarf4560]

i think its better to turn southpaw when fighting a southpaw and just get my shit wrecked in a more honest manner

[@hard2hurt]

I actually advocate turning southpaw as a counter to southpaws so that we can all suck and be confused together.

[@dood1430]

as a southpaw i can totally confirm that fighting another southpaw is a lot harder and awkwarder then it usually is fighting an orthodox fighter

[@thehighcommunity247]

@@dood1430 💯

[@GuacJohnson]

switch hitter here. Please, lets do whatever you're least comfortable with

[@Ninjacob00]

Me, a southpaw watching this: 👁 👄 👁

[@hard2hurt]

Stop! Don't learn our secrets!

[@Ninjacob00]

@@hard2hurt Also my lead hooks doesn’t suck-it’s disappointing…mediocre at best

[@YT-algorithm-is-strange]

Boom you just taught me how to keep a slight upper hand on an orthodox fighter thank you 🙏🏽

[@Owens_Racing]

Lefty checking in. We have a few advantages. However it isn’t easy living in a right handed world. LoL

[@oldschoolkarate-5o]

Icy has good standup , what’s cool is that as a older gentleman he’s still improving as a martial artist💪🏽🥸👍🏽

[@hard2hurt]

Thank you so much. Yeah. I'm 40 now. I started martial arts when I was 11. I sucked until recently though. I've learned more in the past 3 or 4 years than I have in my entire life. Putting yourself on the internet and exposing yourself and your ideas to scrutiny does wonders to sharpen and improve your skills and knowledge.

[@driver3899]

@@hard2hurt you have such solid information now even just compared to the last video about southpaws you did I was watching this thinking "this stuff is better than Bang Muay Thai channel now" the level of instruction is way up there but still covers the key basic points. Plus you know youtube well so you know how much info to give out, this channel is getting really good Don't get a big head though, you are still old and short

[@hard2hurt]

@@driver3899 old and short huh lol

[@oldschoolkarate-5o]

@hard2hurt 40s the new 30 , i’m 43 , thanks for the striking tips

[@brucie8a]

When i practice individual techniques as well as some combos, i do reps on both sides. However, i do understand that tactics and strategy will differ between the two. In sparring, as a southpaw, i'm constantly thinking about the front hand and outside foot position. When i go ortho, i love to use that front leg superfoot trickery. "Universal chamber" as it was called in one of wonderboy's videos lol

[@metrolinamartialarts]

It's called huen sao.

[@hard2hurt]

Shut it, nerd!

[@tombayley7110]

I like this so I have liked this!! Respect!

[@hard2hurt]

That makes sense.

[@TeamWnJ]

Southpaw fighters watching this to counter the counter of non southpaws

[@robbybee70]

I'm a Southpaw Grappler with a good Lead Hook.....I'm a fan and Mike hates me!

[@hard2hurt]

yuck

[@franciscolima5892]

i can tell mike was a MC, its all about the Boom Bap haha

[@ernestamar8885]

Hey icy mike. Thank you for the idea of the double 2. I tried it today in sparring against several non south paw training partners and it kept working. Definitely gonna be using it more often.

[@stevenrichardson4928]

Interesting video. Thanks! Yes, it is a Kung Fu technique. In WC, the technique is a deflection and can be used to transition from outside to inside. It is terminated when the attacker's hand is on the inside. The move is small and sticks to the inside of the opponent's arm. The opponent's hand is not flung away and the attacker's hand does not follow the opponent's arm if it moves to the outside of the opponent's torso. If the opponent's hand and arm moves to the outside, then there is nothing preventing the attacker from hitting. The attacker's hand maintains forward energy, aimed at the opponent's center line. Keeping it small and sticking may be difficult to do with gloves. There is a motto in WC, paraphrasing, "If you feel emptiness, then strike forward."

[@mattiasandersson2709]

Pro tip: The groin is in the same place, always easy to hit. And don’t forget to restomp the groin.

[@MonkeyFist]

I am fake southpaw. I mean... I like to switching sides from right to left. Buuut i feel more confortable with left because this make others notconfortable xD Buut my plan is to FORCE myself to fight NORMAL because my training is just stupied... Every training with heavybag or shadowboxing or even drills i do as ortodox but when i fight i am using southpaw for 70% of time xD sooo it looks like my training is useless because i train one side but i am using another one -__-. Hehe buut as i said... I like to switching sides all the time. I have problem with it because i was wingchun guy in the past + i am a judoka now + i train/fight with weapons... Soo i like to have my "stronger side" in the front: p But as i said before.... I am training ortodox side more and i am switching sides in sparrings. I am just wierd: p

[@KZ_MMA_]

Straight right, POW! RIGHT IN DA KISSER!

[@hard2hurt]

Basically.

[@thehighcommunity247]

There is an element of truth to that statement. I got caught on Thursday with a straight right. I see the overhands, but straight shots are quicker and to the point. ✌️

[@capicornboss]

"He's taller and handsome I hate everything about him!" Lol!! I died!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Meursault_1111]

@MarkStuckless BUT, ask yourself: How well does a Jab-Cross, Jab-Hook, stack up when defending against a rat??? 💥🐀 … And don’t even tell me a ‘southpaw pugilist’, has anything for a diving Eagle!!! 💥👁 🦅

[@HappyBuffalo347]

I was sparring last night and this guy kept switching to southpaw like a DISGUSTING ANIMAL. I thought of this video but the only thing i think to do was was get foot position and spam the cross. It didnt land but he ran away and went back to ortho. Next time i kick the mf's leg.

[@kurylko8493]

southpaw here never had an issue with jabing i would say i always win jab war with orthodoxes even if they win with footwork, otfen times i even circle to the left to their stronger side and i dont care right hand is coming becouse i know it's coming, like "i know what he gone do before he does it" and easly counter with my left to theirs right, But the thing i have problems with moving forward or if someone pushes to much, I mean I'm very comfortable in the center or slightly on the back, I heard from my old trainer thats typical for southpaws but i dunno why

[@C0mmand01128]

I'm a southpaw so fighting orthodox people I'm used to however cause I'm the only southpaw fighting my kind makes me confused

[@bartangel4867]

you are right trying to put your lead foot outside opponents lead foot is very important when facing opponent in opposite stands. but i already knew that. I'm glad you pointed out that you should continue to deliver punches even if all you hit is his guard because you knock him off his game and he isn't doing much while you are stepping to the outside. although i thought that you should be using your jab this way not your cross. you might be right about using or at least adding the cross in there. (you would obviously be using cross as well but I didn't know you are suppose to use it twice like that rather than do it just with a jab) but i would need to figure out how it works for me since i have never tried it. I think using your lead kick or switching stance as you are outside to deliver the kick is a good idea. (although switching stance takes time and lead kick that is very fast is weak)and I'm going to have to work on my right leg. but as far as kick to the inside of the leg i don't get it. If the opponent is blocking what is stopping me from faking this kick and instead of doing it as he lifts his knee to check it to take his right leg right out from him with a kick to the calf with my rear leg (in my case left because I'm a southpaw) Now you are right if an orthodox fighter has faced many opponents then even if I'm a southpaw I don't stand a chance because i don't have much experience either way. which would be true in my case. But you are also right about the fact that if both fighters are experienced the southpaw will have more fights against orthodox opponents than orthodox will have against the southpaw. and there is one thing you forgot about. a southpaw will have a rear shot to the liver and that is important. and that should have been mentioned and it should be shown not only how to fight vs southpaw but also as a southpaw. (why should the whole world be against me in medieval times they believed that left handers were in league with the devil isn't that enough). Now for the most part you are right we are mirrors of each other. but the shot to the liver should be addressed and not just how to defend against it but how to use it and how to beat this defense. and why is your assistant not showing anything since he is a southpaw.and the showing things from southpaw perspective as well would make for better video than just from orthodox perspective.

[@jamesdenapoli7543]

Lmoa🤣 I was playing with a South Paw, and got my nose broken 'cause I went for a lead hand liver jab, aaaand ate the shit outta that rear right hook🤜😝HANDS UP!!🤪

[@raccoonmyroom6861]

I love your videos, but this one in particular was very informative and helpful top tier good stuff. Keep them coming!

[@Harry-mf6rq]

If you've got a TKD / Karate type background side kicks work better against southpaws than against orthodox fighters. Like you said near the end he's going liver first into the fight, if you have a decent side kick you can jam that left heel into the liver way easier than against an orthodox opponent.

[@ZONECOMPLETE]

Not if they also have a TKD/Karate type background 😏

[@hard2hurt]

That wouldn't work.

[@Nergal123]

Hey Seth this guy doesn’t know side kicks don’t work!

[@Harry-mf6rq]

@@ZONECOMPLETE Wait if they have a TKD / Karate type background does their liver move to the opposite side? The whole point is their liver is facing you for the side kick.

[@ZONECOMPLETE]

@@Harry-mf6rq you don't think we know where our liver is? If both fighters have the same background in a kick heavy art, then just trying to side kick their liver isn't going to cut it. They'll just step outside and rock your shit. I'm right handed but fight southpaw because I like my strong hand and leg in front. I also have a TKD/ MT background. Good luck trying to out kick me with my good leg in front and your bad one in front.

[@nathanv.4397]

I feel safer in Southpaw. Easier to move around. I noticed after a few competitive boxing classes. I'm "goofy footed" and right handed. I play hockey, snowboard, or hold a baseball bat left-handed, but I swing a golf club, and throw a baseball right-handed. My right hand and foot are dominant. If kickboxing I prefer to be orthodox I did mainly BJJ with a little Kickboxing before that. So I'm pretty green.

[@ewyervaxue3158]

Like you my body does not really know if it is left or right handed. I eat and write left handed and throw a baseball right handed. Fighting I stand both ways but feel more comfortable with my right hand forward and my left the power puncher. But I find I shift if someone approaches from the left side. Who know. I know at my age (73) now I need to shoot them (left handed) or talk them out of it as I can't out run or fight them anymore.

[@shrapmagnet]

IMO, its a simple matter of numbers and life experience that creates the "south paw advantage". Numbers: only 11% of people are left handed. That means if all things are equal, lefties have a 89% chance of training with an orthodox fighter/mirrored stances every time they learn techniques, spar, hit mitts, or whatever. Orthodox fighters ALSO have the 89% chance of doing the same. That means southpaws will get more training through life with the mirrored setup than orthodox fighters. If that isn't bad enough, my round kicks and sweeps to the lead leg of a southpaw fighter need to travel across the width of my opponent's body in order to even make contact with my southpaw opponent's lead leg, giving him/her more time to react. Life experience: southpaws live in a right handed world- every day, no matter what they are doing. Hell, lefties in the military need to hold grenades upside down in order to remove the pin- which looks scary as hell. I think living in this world makes them more adaptable to just about everything.

[@johncody3563]

sword nerd here, some fencing and HEMA instructors will tell you not to switch hands with a blade, but I love doing it. I call it "pulling a Jamie Lannister".

[@-KiTToBuG]

Sooo, I'm exactly what you constantly advise against. I'm a right handed southpaw who switches stances a lot. I haven't been in many fights (street or comp) but I spar a lot and it's what works best for me. I tend to stay southpaw most of the time and step forward or back into orthodox occasionally to pressure (forward) or trap (back) while loading up the right. The "southpaws got no 3" mentality is a great advantage as a right handed southpaw. (Even though I know I'm doing it all wrong)

[@gonerdm]

I'm a right-handed southpaw with a nasty lead hook I know you probably don't believe that is a thing, but let's have a conversation, I'll tell you how I made it work for me... I'm pretty certain I can change your outlook on right handed southpaws

[@rantingfatman4555]

I stand southpaw. My lead hook is now, and has always been, absolute garbage. That being said, I trained myself into a southpaw stance and even in my orthodox stance my lead hook is garbage so...

[@pyramid_scheme_termination3655]

There is no adjustment. If you circle, I'll just sidekick you without turning to you

[@tenpennygrim5884]

One thing that gets overlooked is that the Southpaw is throwing their power kick into your LIVER and you are not throwing your power kick into theirs. That is a real advantage for them. Look how many liver shots have resulted in KOs in the UFC and then how many shots to the opposite side of the body have done the same (it's basically zero for the non-liver side).

[@orangesoda4535]

Just gave myself a solid jib to the liver thinking it wouldn't hurt much more than a spleen shot. Oof.

[@HeartlessKnave]

Southpaw. My lead hook was never great. I dislocated my shoulder and it started to have instability/subluxation so many motions gave me issues with that and the hook was a big one so I stopped doing it altogether. Now that I've had shoulder surgery I will have to re-learn it and do it perfectly so my shoulder doesn't pop out again. Eventually I will come back here to say my lead hook is great, because I can't not have a great one or otherwise I just shouldn't throw it with any force or at all like before.

[@TheJoyofCatholicTradition]

Southpaw here, a good fight to learn from is Muhammad Ali vs Karl Mildenburger.

[@JoshD0W]

not more handsome

[@hard2hurt]

You're sweet. You're a liar... but sweet.

[@JoshD0W]

@@hard2hurt I genuinely think you have a more handsome face. I might be a little biased as I also shave my head, but it's still my genuine opinion

[@knightofjustice5475]

There's southpaws and "southpaws". the later being beginner fighters that just fight with their dominant side forward because it's the most comfortable for them. Which is fine, but a mistake to pretend that it's something insanely novel.

[@00mrmoose]

I'm a southpaw, and my lead hook is AMAZING. Everyone says so.

[@johnfedd2616]

I will saw, as a southpaw my lead hook isn’t great. However, the biggest reason I fight southpaw is how explosive I am with the lead hand jab, at times I can even drive off the back leg and can covered over 2 meters after circling out of a grapple allowing me to spring back into a fight. The distance you get from being able to use that leg to drive can be a sick tool, you should try and show it in a video but you are a foul disgusting credence who doesn’t fight southpaw so…

[@truthlies9708]

I’m a right handed southpaw, pops is a lefty so I learned things backwards, lol

[@vinnyfalzarano4911]

As a southpaw I have a great "lead hook" counter to orthodox peoples cross. I throw it like a long hook/bulljab hybrid as I shift my back foot off to the left

[@lihchong2267]

Filthy southpaw here. I am so accustomed to the open stance that when i spar other other southpaws i switch to orthodox. Also that arm jam-punch thing is the basic low block-punch combo from karate. I never learnt it in kung fu.

[@ll2nycell]

my wife is southpaw and she comes to the muay thai classes with me and i am her partner like 98 percent of the time. So to make it easier for her I go southpaw, so I've been training both for about a year now. I don't even mentally feel different about it anymore. I just switch based on waht I want to land now.

[@braindamage248]

Anybody else " right-handed but left footed "? Or am I just weird?

[@Herrerinsky]

southpaw here: You just made my southpaw better. now, if an opponent that is good at keeping the outer position and comes with a jab body shot, even though the first one is probably landing, when he comes next, i'd use a side front kick to the body or upper front leg to keep distance and reset (sometimes even changing stance) instead of an amazing southpaw lead hook.

[@DONKEY_HONKEY]

I noticed the Gum chewing from the get go. Lol. I knew mike would say something! No Gum on the mats!! Now clean the mats before we lock up!

[@killacombat9127]

Imma switch fighter 70% southpaw that double cross can be used to set up the overhand like dustin poirier

[@themaverickblackbelt8054]

Holy shit. It's like you just do to a southpaw exactly the mirror image of what they (sometimes we) do to orthodox stancers.

[@imgdispatcher6524]

you understand that you actually taught the same thing to southpaws immediately ? I go both ways, my wife doesn't like it...

[@egementanik2170]

Hehe it is good. I used to get out, rotate and hit people on the left side of their heads follow with a left hook just like in training with a bag, and uppercut when they guard up on their sides. I didn't try this, but may be if a southpaw can't get out, we get in with rotating left hook and jab/double jab/right low kick.

[@kennethcouch784]

Yes I am but I like your video it's really good. Can ask about Bruce Lee's theory about power side forward because all the good stuff comes from the lead hand the job the hook the upper cut the rear hand is mostly just overhead and crosses and most street fighter fight in a southpaw stance lots of right hands and some left hooks.

[@camdonmaydew876]

I spar a teammate who is southpaw but has nasty sidewicks and every time I step to the outside I eat one. And his sidekicks are really good, he literally doesn't throw any other kind of kick. Any advice past beating up his legs with leg kicks?

[@ryansickles2285]

What’ve you found when sparring with other instructors that switch stances all the time. Do you prefer to stay with your natural? Or do you find yourself switching with them a lot

[@TeyCallMeBigMac]

As a southpaw my favorite way to find good techniques is to watch “how to beat southpaw” videos lmao

[@petertallowin6406]

Yeah, he was chewing gum..... haha. Right up in his dirty south jaw... :)

[@sergiomendoza9623]

I am a southpaw my lead hook/check hook is my best punch. However, my front foot is not on the outside, its on the inside between my opponents feet.

[@devinhixenbaugh2619]

I couldn't tell he was chewing gum. Also I fight southpaw and my lead hook is trash

[@kwlostboy9731]

I'm southpaw and I actually do have a good lead right hand, which is the issue, I've found it rarely comes up and that was partly because my early coaches never took into account that its different combos/strategy for a southpaw, and being a novice i didn't know better, so I've been fixing poor points in my game since. I fight out of orthodox as well but not as good, but the lead hook doesn't feel as natural out of that stance unfortunately though I jab better out of it unsurprisingly. But all the techniques you've showed in this are ones I've been using, and as said, I kind of had to sus it out myself without clear direction. Its part of the reason I'm such a fan of this channel, you're one of the few to acknowledge that its not just copy paste but flipped for southpaw as well as taking into account all the other factors that dispel a lot of myths or go to cliché answers which don't actually answer peoples questions.

[@Ensiferum888]

Rear kick is exactly the same for both except he's hitting your liver, you're not.

[@stoneslash]

you can tell. Make the man do his pushups.... or whatever you do in your gym. chewing gum is a straight sin on the mats

[@theoneandonly3435]

maybe its a habit of knife training but even though my leading hand is right my stance is like a southpaw....and my left hook is bad xd. thats why i change stance to orthodox when my opponent gets in the favouring position on the outside. as i got high reach this is also good for creating distance for my actual lead hook

[@canphan1375]

You made one massive mistake mike. You released alot of videos on the lead hook a while ago and because of that my lead hook is better than my rear hook. Plus your dirty boxing has taught me how to consistently land hard lead hooks safely -sincerely a southpaw who learn alot from you

[@driver3899]

YESSSSSS ...now I know I their secrets! I no longer have to low key fear them

[@joshuabordelon2192]

I would like to see you try out HEMA and kinda see your opinions of it (Not for “self defense” but for science)

[@judahmac1799]

I'm a southpaw and I was literally copying you, only in reverse.

[@iamshadowphantom]

Very nice video, this is exactly how I won, the stiff jabs to open for the lead hook which was by far my most effective strike then came the right hand into a switch kick - great video. Foot fight was difficult until later rounds but aiming for the liver was my game plan and pretty much this video is how I eventually won. Thanks IcyMike

[@Jagunco]

Ha, when I told someone I was southpaw I was informed that we should all be 'Drowned at birth'

[@StanleyKubick1]

all these tips for fighting southpaws, never any for fighting as a dirty cretins. and some of us do have a great lead hook.

[@LuPercyChux]

Apparently being a southpaw makes is harder for the coach to see them chew gum.😂

[@beegie90]

Me, a southpaw, watching this to learn how to beat up orthodox fighters even more

[@rjj54321]

why is it called southpaw??? is there a northpaw??

[@MrSpicabooo]

Do the ole mcgregor, occupy the lead hand so u know they can only throw the rear, since u know its coming slip it and come over the top with yours.

[@nvanguy6868]

I dont really like that right cross to left low kick, if youre fighting someone fast, while u are trying to reset after the kick they can step in w their left and nail you, or time it, then its a real bad exchange, a weak low kick for a strait while ur off balance. It would work good against a slower opponent though and i like it better than breaking my ankle on trying to go for the inside

[@Vidthebassist]

Confirmed, @hard2hurt is a wing chun aficionado with that hyung sao set up

[@pagesifu6279]

Dirty southpaw and kung fu nerd here. Does that make me even more disgusting? 😅

[@camfer9616]

dont be telling how to fight usss... man come on... I dont want to like, make an effort

[@calebpresley8959]

Me a southpaw watching so you orthodoxy fighters can’t get away with these tricks

[@TheElbowMerchant]

I started out in a small Muay Thai gym with no southpaws, so I struggled a lot sparring with left handed fighters when I moved to a larger MMA gym. Almost every black eye I ever sustained from sparring was courtesy of a southpaw, haha. With that said, I made the appropriate adjustments eventually, but I would have benefited from watching this video a long time ago.

[@franciscoramirez789]

It helps being ambidextrous 😳😆

[@ellobo2899]

I am a southpaw fighter also lefthanded, but im a boxer

a south paw karate guy wouldn't miss the chance to side kick the life out of your ribs with that leg as you punish the back of that leg bro ask sensei seth bro

[@justingatcomb8966]

Thanks for the new anti-orthodox tricks! Appreciate you

[@hard2hurt]

Dammit.

[@chriswyattyearwood]

I love being a natural south. I love switch hitting and setting things up in the shift even more.

[@stagecoachprepper]

Shots fired. Ive always thought I have a pretty good lead hook.

[@ethanos8586]

always been ambidextrous so i always keep the foot forward that they seem to have weaker strikes on

[@theodormetallidis5547]

Yo southpaw here...that liver nightmare haunts us :P

[@loganwalker4734]

"Yuh but I'm ambidextrous"

[@hard2hurt]

"yeah ok sign this waiver please"

[@MisterJayEm]

I don't think the leaping gazelle punch link popped up in the video...