MMA Takedowns: Snatch Single Leg

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[@Irishman1378]

There's always a setup to a shot. A wrestler doesn't just reach down and try to pick up the leg. There's a setup involved. Whether that is timing it so the weight is on that leg, or a short combo before to bring attention away from the leg, there is always a set up. I've coached wrestling and have been fighting for several years, and a person's takedown skill is not based upon how hard they can slam or throw, it's based upon the fighter's ability to set up the takedown in order to get it.

[@Irishman1378]

In the video, Mike is showing the basic technique for the move and finishes. He's not showing any of the set ups needed to get the move. He even says, "It's not what you do, it's when and how you do it." A fighter takes into account that fact that his opponent uses Muay and will be expecting the knees. Therefore, he (or she) will distract the Thai fighter from throwing a knee, in order to get the leg. A stiff head-body combo will keep the opponent from even thinking about the takedown.

[@dgenerationbigestfan]

i completely agree since i'm 16 i'm waiting until the summer which is luckily less than 10 days away and i'm going to go to Robert Drysdale's gym and he's really a phenomenal grappler.

[@infokemp]

I do JJJ & some BJJ but boxing is probably the best striking that I am going to be able to do - since I never took up Mauythia - wrestling has a lot of commonsense in terms of strategy & techniques - simple so just like boxing you can have attention to detail & combinations are easier. MMA is its own system but the pure fighting systems that feed skills into it are very important to keep the synthesis & competition going - so MMA is a forum to adapt to better ways of fighting. Good video!

[@infokemp]

P2 reply) The problem is with MauyThia is that they are so bloody quick with low kicks - JJJ has some good techniques for take downs against low round kicks but since JJJ comes from when troops wore armour, so they moved slower it can be complex, even though the principle is sound - I would just counter kick the inside of their leg or spike their leg with your knee like in Mauythia. JJJ ryu don't realize their techniques are effected by Samurai armour this is why adaption to MMA is so important

[@juandenz2008]

Good instruction, where can I see some more clips of this guy teaching ? Thanks.

[@bretta0z]

boxing and wrestling are great bases. One could argue that a practioner of high quality in both would make a very well rounded fighter. One big thing that boxers struggle with is kick defense and also counter kicking. A kickboxer will always have more combos than a boxer. But yeah. Oss.

[@Irishman1378]

Compare it to high kicks in Muay Thai. Do you just walk up and throw a head kick? No, there's a set up. There's a time and situation you have to get the opponent into. You wait for or make them open that door for it. Sun Tzu said that the key to victory lies in deception. If you want to successfully perform a move, your opponent can't know that it is coming, or be in a position to where they can't resist or dodge. The set up is what makes it so effective.

[@masterblastertkd]

In the meantime, there are some great clubs in vegas for mma or grappling. I agree though, Paulson is the man.

[@infokemp]

Well if you look at old bare knuckle days (Tom Cribbs era - boxing was more like MMA) - I also have an excellent book by Mark Hatmaker (on YTube channel is Hatmakercombatsports) called "savage strikes" where the classic defensive shield of the boxer's arms is used to "spike" the elbow down onto the opponents thigh when they do a thrusting kick; from inside or outside you can then do a boxing combination.

[@juandenz2008]

Thanks, nice informative clip !!

[@herustevenk]

thank you ryan dunn

[@dgenerationbigestfan]

Fuck i wanna train with paulson so badly because i love to grapple and he's the best in my opinion because he's so diverse with his grappling backround but alas i live in Vegas and not in Utah but hey when i'm 18 i know where i'm headed

[@Sei1989]

great stuff today, in sparring today i got distroyed with this move.

[@xAristaicx]

Nice snatch.

[@DirtyTaxman]

I fkin love your Tshirts!!!

[@youtryingtobelikeme]

seen it happened already a lot of times, but if some internet tuff guy say I don't know anything bout fighting or "mma" then I don't hahahahaha

[@DirtyTaxman]

where can i get that wanna fight? shirt?

[@thehouseofrouse8834]

Pat Barry?

[@swaxTV]

GOOD

[@fitedude]

well it works in mma where knees are legal so it would work in the street

[@youtryingtobelikeme]

i like this stuff n all but like in the streets,u know if someone tried this on me ill knee their face so yeah. cool stuff tho n good instruction, thanks guys.

[@TheHardout2005]

Aaah! Where did the beard go?

[@aaron4820]

The beard is getting out of control, with that amount of padding I don't think it's possible to knock Brandon out. The snatch is great but I assume if it's not done quickly enough you might end up eating a few strikes to the face?

[@전설의바나나껍질]

1:55

[@MaxLohMusic]

That laugh was very forced

[@BloodShotStudios666]

No doubt an effective technique, but against any of us MuayThai fighters, we welcome you to put your head down for us, while sacrificing your hands, mobility, distance...heh. Several poor souls have tried this on me, the ones fast enough to even grab me caught knees to the forehead: Always a fight ended. One got an elbow. You wrestlers really need to watch out, grabbing a good strikers leg like this is a double edged sword; sharper on your end in most cases.