Muay Thai Clinch for MMA feat. Kru Rong

In my travels to Singapore, I was able to book a personal 1-on-1 session with Evolve MMA's Kru Rong (Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke), who is not only a 3-time Lumpini Muay Thai champion, but was also the ONE FC MMA Strawweight champion. Our focus was on how can we safely and effectively use the Muay Thai clinch in MMA, since takedowns change the game. This was his answer.
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[@stevenshar1233]

It just goes to show how an ancient martial art like Muay Thai is still evolving and adapting to modern techniques and fighting style.

[@yungcostarica8473]

I can tell all of the double and single leg takedown defences are bullshit. Only one that would work is a knee or uppercut but if you turn the angle they won’t just run through you they’ll grab on your back so you can’t pivot lmao wrestlers don’t miss and give up if they fail they’ll keep pushing off their knees until they have you against the corner even if you started from the other side of the ring. Muay Thai fighters are dumb af even boxers are smarter. What is used in Muay Thai is just more lethal

[@stevenshar1233]

@@yungcostarica8473 You should go to Thailand and test your hypothesis against a Thai champ

[@vedantnair5894]

Which is why I practice it as my base Martial art

[@drali230]

I love how Muay Thai coaches are always so savage.

[@mikebehan9970]

Allways

[@Thongsai]

Legit

[@mikebehan9970]

One of my thai instructors heart of gold but body of stone. Not doing something right or fucking avout swift inside leg kick only a tap. Enough to know oh shit i have exposed or i will not do that again

[@hansmatheson5976]

Racist

[@anonymoose2474]

@@hansmatheson5976 silence, hole.

[@Abolas452]

Holy shit dude this channel is a gold mine of martial arts wisdom, technique, and related content. Watching from old to new videos seeing how far it’s come is something honestly remarkable. Shane has such a true respect and honor for martial arts and combat sport. Always giving easily digestible information you can take with you into your next training session every time. I’ve learned so much from this channel on the side of regular coaching and training and I can say without a doubt this channel has made me a better, smarter, harder fighter.

[@fighttips]

Hey thanks a ton, Alex -- that's great to hear, man. Where are you training out of?

[@Abolas452]

fightTIPS fightTIPS ayyeee can’t believe you saw this 😎 I’m in San Diego California at a muay thai and boxing gym (Escondido to be more exact) I’ve always been into backyard boxing with my cousins since day one and learning various kung fu styles from my dad. He was quite the martial artist, he went to China for like 6 months to train at a shaolin temple in his prime. (Kinda like how you went to Thailand) Ive always dabbled and practiced basics but just recently started to take fighting seriously and competitively this channel is pushing me in the right direction. For sure.

[@hard2hurt]

I like to use muay thai style clinching against guys who are better than me. You can hang all over them and mess up all the cool stuff they are trying do. Great vid.

[@counterkidnapping1737]

What if your opponent is bigger or taller?

[@poomthonggg]

@@counterkidnapping1737 iv seen small thai fighters ragdoll giant westerners in the clinch. better technique

[@ianmcfadden2794]

Icy Mike !!!!

[@leonb4657]

Thank you, Shane. You uploaded just what I wanted to learn. I have watched all Kru Rong fights in ONE FC MMA and I have to say his adaptation of Muay Thai into MMA is very effective and practical. It's about as real as Muay Thai gets.

[@slugbutt1305]

Wow! That sprawl into twister was awesome

[@raymartinez4596]

Kru Rong is the man, love watching him continue his combat sports career in One.

[@ACas-hg4nu]

Watched the Lawrence Kenshin video on him again, and saw this afterward. This man is truly a genius.

[@kaguth]

I feel like the Muay Thai clinch has not been used to it's full potential in MMA yet, and I'm waiting for someone to figure out how to properly modify it for MMA. I think guys like Anderson Silva were only able to really use it against fighters who had no understanding of how to defend against it, but there is still a lot more that can be done with the plum. #BankokReady

[@nohbdy1122]

Kru Rong's techniques here are the main modifications that are necessary tbh. You should watch his MMA fights in ONE Championship. His clinch game is brutally effective.

[@kaguth]

@@nohbdy1122 Yeah, but no one has really used these kinds of techniques on the big stage of the ufc, where everyone will notice. I would love to see some of these techniques used in a huge title fight.

[@Hetzerg]

@@nohbdy1122 kru rong learned from his fights that the muay thai clinch can only be used in a perfect timing only..he started to prevent the opponent to take down him so he could remain stand up. Because if he used the traditional muay thai stance all the time.. The grappler would take him to the ground easily as he would be imbalanced because of the muay thai stance. You can watch his early fights in one fc where he adapted to this in mma because he realised when he used the muay thai stance his balance would not be good once the opponent tried to take you to the ground.

[@combatoutlook5184]

@@kaguth matt brown

[@Todo_fighting]

Charles oliveira, islam makhachev, valentina shevchenko and more

[@Ingspinipsgni]

This is why I love Muay Thai learning these positions will come in handy when someone asks for it Edit: Violence is bad but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t learn to protect yourself

[@Galaxy-sz8eb]

Videos are amazing, very easy to learn and humble, which is what i like the most. I have a playlist now of,these videos and it helps me greatly train myself and my kids.. so....ty

[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

the muay Thai clinch is a great weapon for sparring.

[@inleviwetrust]

Your videos are a lot less gay than what I expected

[@PIMPsupremacy]

I love how you can slow down the video through KZbin so you can get a better understanding of what they are demonstrating when they start going a little faster. Very useful.

[@benbudin]

the evolution muay thai clinching toward MMA princlipes and aplications. Really interesting

[@cheesedust-n3w]

Wow this is amazing. I've never seen an elite muay thai fighter adapt techniques to MMA and go into detail on the why and how. Incredible stuff.

[@gilberth9291]

Probably the most important video on the Muay Thai clinch for MMA out there. Amazing stuff!

[@jerryng2997]

This is a real breakthrough - teaching people with high level striking to transition their skillset into MMA - beautiful explanation of how to adapt knees by angling out and using stiff arm control - thank you so much for posting this Shane - you're visionary

[@andrescorma]

Muay thai fighters are such cool guys

[@Thongsai]

🙏🙏🙏

[@snakethepeg7828]

Fantastic thank you. Picking the most important subjects as usual.

[@stanshumer1726]

Big thanks for this one Shane. So much incredible content in just 8 minutes. High percentage, high quality techniques. 🙏

[@shepardforce]

This video is incredibly helpful to understand the distinction between a kickboxing and free fight context. Thanks 🙏🏻

[@AnteZivkovic]

wow Shane, great moves - keep it up! Proud of you.

[@fdub301]

One important detail of the undertook technique is to put pressure on the rear delt, not the top of the shoulder. That’s what makes Shane break his posture & bend over

[@kingofthering3343]

Hi Shane. Could you please do a video explaining how you beat an opponent who clinches all the time in a boxing match? There's a guy who I spar with at the gym (we spar a lot because the coach thinks that we're a good match) who is a little bit taller than me and about 6kg heavier than I am who keeps clinching me every time I throw a punch, and it's extremely irritating, especially because the coach keeps telling me that I should fight from a distance instead since the guy is stronger than I am. However, I can't really fight on the outside because he has both a height and reach advantage on me, so they only way that I can really hit him is if I get in close and go to the body and use hooks to the head. However, every single time I move closer, he clinches. A lot of the time, he will just clinch me anyway, even if I haven't even thrown anything yet, and it is really starting to piss me off. I know you have a lot of videos on Muay Thai clinching, but this is just a regular boxing sparring session that we're having, so could you please do a video on how to escape a clinch quickly, or at least some tactics that I use if I can't escape? Or preferably, how to avoid the clinch altogether? Thanks. P.S. Loving the videos, please keep them coming!

[@kuhkubo99]

KingOfTheRing what’s up bro I have a pretty good amount of boxing experience. How much taller is he than you?if you guys are standing together in the clinch does your shoulder atleast somewhere close to his shoulder? When your in the clinch is he just using his weight on you? Or is he physically holding you in place with his strength?

[@Rotscrek]

i might suggest you watch lomachenko fights: use angles a lot, use timing (uppercuts ie as he comes close to clinch u) and if nothing works, learn some clinching throws from muay thai. It's not legal ofc to throw, but just unbalancing your opponent to strike is something useful in boxing too. gl

[@jamjampoiness8309]

When he comes in for the clinch I find teeps and side side kicks are quite effective. Either a fast lead leg teep to the hip/stomach or a rear teep which requires less distance and has more weight behind it. If you are too close for kicks, try stiff arming your opponent, like a straight push punch to their shoulder/chest area and then follow up with a hook or round kick if you have the distance. Sting him with that a few times and I doubt he will keep going for the clinch.

[@Rotscrek]

@@jamjampoiness8309 he talking boxing tho

[@jamjampoiness8309]

@@Rotscrek ahh didn't realise, should've read it properly

[@BOOTY_BALLS]

Imagine taking a knee right to the nose trying to go for a takedown yikes!

[@lorddante571]

Been there done that, that was the last day of me having a straight nose

[@BOOTY_BALLS]

SynSpardy Fr? Goddamn couldn’t image that type of pain.

[@christopher912]

@@lorddante571 how does it feel?

[@lorddante571]

@@christopher912 Like getting knee in the head i think, i don't know i don't really remember that well, i guess it's this sort of pain that turns you brain off for a while

[@lorddante571]

@@BOOTY_BALLS I don't know, it's not much worse than getting punched by a good puncher but damn it's much more confusing, like at first you don't realize what happened

[@impekk4ble]

The fight game is a never ending battle of knowledge. You can never learn too much or too little. That’s what makes combative sports so unique & interesting.

[@SifuKuttel]

Pure gold! Thanks for such good and detailed info!

[@Jay-bd3db]

What a coincidence lmfao I was about to KZbin Muay thai Clinch and You popped up in my subscription

[@frankstidham1439]

Much respect to the great Champion & to you Shane. Thanks

[@stefanocioni2587]

This video is so well orchestrated. Well done

[@TheMakifim09]

This under hook move can also be useful in street defense

[@arnarkristinsson2767]

Hey, Shane. So I have an interest in becoming a fighter and I practice kickbox twice a week. Yesterday, however, was my first sparring session and I realized how hard it was for me to actually hit the guy. And I ended up taking many punches. How can I overcome my fear of throwing punches, kicks etc.?

[@danielrand8849]

Arnar Kristinsson doing Muay Thai and mma for 4 years. Train more time a week. A do some Dutch kickboxing drills.

[@centralcoastselfdefense2120]

To be honest I don't know anyone who felt it was easy in their first sparring session. Keep it up and it will be easier. Work on controlling range and timing.

[@alduin69]

Throw more, keep the pace under control. When you sit there and wait you're gonna get overwhelmed, but if you just throw punch after punch too fast you'll overextend and stop thinking, which will get you caught; throw a lot of strikes at a controlled pace.

[@laughydawg9594]

If youre afraid of getting punched, dont do any combat sport. Even in sparring, getting hit is inevitable. So, learn to keep calm when u get punched, relish the pain as a learning experience and just let your body flow with your training. Keep your eyes open so u can spot a counter opportunity even when your opponent is attacking

[@yihuishi7995]

I flinched like nobody's business when I first started Muay Thai sparring, and my trainers used to tell me that the best way to overcome this fear is to take more hits and let your body get used to the pain. Most importantly like what other guys here have mentioned, you got to keep calm and think of how to set up your combo or counter your opponent's combo. I am sure you will do better once you are used to the flow.

[@pavXX]

Man is Kru smooth. Master class in < 9 mins.

[@Sunnysingh95-l2o]

Good video Shane Underhooks vital as well as head control in the clinch this guy has sound techniques. The sprawl was good, but firaz zahabi has the best method for me on angling while doing it. Cheers bro 😁

[@aatiqahmoses6235]

Kuldip Waid fkc j

[@googleisacruelmistress1910]

I know this wasn't the intent behind this video but just listening to you talk about the stances I realized something about the muay thai stance that I've been doing wrong all this time and after I just tried adjusting my pose a bit my push kicks instantly improved by leaps and bounds so thanks

[@sintelyons8932]

Put out some more Muay Thai vids 👌🏼👌🏼

[@mervinmarias9283]

Traditional Muay Thai clinch can still be used in MMA, depending on your intent and where you use it. Grab hold of that head and throw your opponent off balance. Once your opponent is off balance can control the fight much better from there. Feint the knee and strike with the elbow. Then throw the knee when your opponent expects the elbow. Also up against the cage it can be devastating. Just don't be predictable, which is the main problem with the clinch.

[@kamalashraf4846]

Nothing but respect for Kru Rong, humble fighter.

[@maximumfortnite2441]

HI SHANE LOVE THE VIDS KEEP IT UP ❤️❤️

[@francoisdavis7254]

The best vid you made to date....well done ...like the hair btw

[@algridas4633]

High value leason.... great video

[@centralcoastselfdefense2120]

This is a technique I look for a lot when sparring or just wrestling with my kids... If you like the steering wheel grip you can do a similar technique to this by getting an over hook and setting up kind of a quarter Nelson type thing.

[@ChuckNabba]

I saw a Lawrence Kenshin video on this guy's knees. Best MMA knees of all time

[@maxwellrulison6428]

I love how you bring experts on your channel to make sure we get the best content! And can we also get an endurance training video?

[@m00dzilla]

Kru Rong deserves more reputation. Such a cool guy!

[@paragon1782]

This is actually super vital. Kinda makes the whole bicep control and collar tie meta irrelevant. Gotta do every clinch grip with at least a over or under hook

[@ethanspencer1691]

I’m amazed by how much a Thai stadium champion knows about grappling, and MMA specific skills. Seen a lot of MMA in Thai Land recently, but I always thought that it would just be Muay Thai, with some basic BJJ. Then he goes and shows a twister hahahaha. Awesome.

[@Dante3014]

Nice stuff, gracias Shane!

[@themartialartist1929]

Love it great work

[@Silduril]

AWESOME stuff Shane! If Evolve classes weren't so expensive, I'd go there myself... oh well, one day :D

[@nohbdy1122]

So should your stance be more angled than a traditional Muay Thai stance for mobility but not quite as angled as a traditional western boxing or even Karate stance so you still have the option to check kicks? That's what Kru Rong's stance looks like to me

[@King75102]

Good question.

[@marcopohl4875]

have you heard of 52 blocks? if yes, what do you think of it? also do you have an opinion on lyte burly (the most popular 52 blocks instructer online, i'm thinking about taking his online course and was wondering if he has a good reputation as a teacher) thanks in advance :)

[@InTheBleakMidwinter]

Excellent video, great content

[@ricochete5875]

Excellent!

[@swegmastur614]

Interesting how MMA has slowly started to move away from the MT clinch over the years

[@paulbadman8509]

I needed this.

[@Riggi27]

Thank you shane

[@unregisteredaccount6555]

There is no mma stance... just people who don't know what they are doing. You can say what you'll most commonly see across mma fighters, but it's guess work and feel for what was also at a time called hybrid fighting. Consider this.

[@saurabhmadkaikar6037]

This is so professional.

[@ronmccarty7537]

Now that's a damn good video!

[@harikenhahahahahahaaa5753]

How about Muay Thai techniques on the punching bag

[@mikebehan9970]

Rong kru rong is a fucking wizard

Really good stuff!

[@KodingKuma]

So there is a southern style in Muay Thai call Muay Chaiya. You stand lower and don't really stretch your limbs all the way out to prevent breakage or take down. There're even different styles in Muay Thai to prevent all that, people just don't use that in a ring because there is no MMA in Thailand.

[@tomseinfeld7124]

When will we be seeing you in the ufc?

[@hyun886]

such a nice coach suddenly i wanna go to singapore😂😂😂

[@angryreactsonly2060]

Shane how do I develope my stance? I always keep my back leg straight and it feels uncomfortable to bend it

[@fighttips]

Squat!

[@beegie90]

You should do something with Ramsey Dewey

[@Alexander-rd7bi]

omg Mr. Rong is so amazing

[@mpafgregor651]

*NOTIFICATION SQUAD* WHERE YOU AT? Edit:It looks like the video has been up for 30 min but my phone decided to send me the notification now -Excuse me wtf- Got any tips to stop smoking when relapsing again after quitting for 3 months?

[@fighttips]

Damn, what if your opponent got the FIGHTTIPS before you did?!

[@laginw]

Dejdamrong (Kru Rong), this guy is the real deal

[@JoseyDevitoArchive]

best tips in the game

[@iam__a_z_k2654]

Shane is amazing

[@unknown-dj5ye]

Please can you more boxing videos please

[@emeliedenmodige2470]

very nice!!

[@roninmushin2652]

Comment on never clinch - you don’t always have a choice so you better know how. It’s a common event in a real fight

[@iamchamp6814]

Are you in singapore again?

[@soccerfan2127]

Fightingtips can you do one of karate shito ryu

[@Sol_Badguy_GG]

No

[@Tianshanwarrior]

Cool shirt!

[@mohammedahmed-oo9ig]

What is the best stance for a street fight Shane? I'm guessing mma?

[@lucasatrox]

If you gonna defend yourself against someone that don't how to fight you shouldn't bother with that, if a guy don't how to fight and you do it's gonna be easy work with any stance, just be confortable on how you move

[@billmurray7676]

MMA is a horrible stance in self-defense. Especially if you go into it before any shot has been thrown. It telegraphs your intentions, your competence, your readiness, your dominant hand, etc... also, if you get to a tribunal a leftist judge will bring witnesses saying you were the agressor.

[@macheteactionstuff]

Could you Maybe do some more mp3 fighter workouts? I think those help greatly.

[@italocavalodefogo1027]

Muito bom

[@chaselim9392]

Cool video

[@yungcostarica8473]

The takedown defence would not work in this vid except for the knee

[@1sunstyle]

I'm trying to learn as many takedowns as I can see. I like Judo a lot and Judo tossing. Sumo wrestling has a lot of throws similar to Judo style, which is interesting. I am a Silat and Escrima stylist and learned Tai Chi and Bagua. I did two years of contact fighting in Jeet Kune Do. Started with Karate. Now I specialize in double sword. The movements of weaponry are highly applicable to hand to hand as well. I still practice some Karate on occasion. I try to watch a lot of Shotokan Karate to keep a good focus. Peace and One Love. Hippy Mike the artist

[@ciphbudd7102]

Good Vid

[@johncena9966]

WHAT UP SHANE, HOW U DOING!!!

[@uttamjeetsingh7451]

I'm guessing you must be fluent in Thai language since you've trained with Thai people for so long.

[@counterkidnapping1737]

This is ineffective when you fight bigger or taller opponent. Never clinch.

[@Makeevich777]

Что там говорят?

[@mikebehan9970]

Shout out twister

[@iROChakri]

Basically some Muay thai dudes are mixing Muay boran back into today Muay thai

[@mmcfreds]

But in the prum I’m squeezing my elbows together, you’re not gonna be able to lift my elbows. And if you try you’re gonna eat knees all day long.

[@GokuInfintysaiyan]

mmcfreds Until they do, or underhook your knee and blast single/inside reap your post leg If you wanna play the what if game so can your opponent

[@nkaxan1204]

🤙🙏

[@jakel2196]

Great channel but I hated you in Iron Fist :-)

[@hcir5341]

Is that the dude that got knocked out cold by a boxer in one championship.

[@yungcostarica8473]

Anything that has to do with grappling just watch Vince the anomaly man fr🤣Shane got good striking but stick to talking about what your good at

[@lusagamtc974]

As a small guy, elbows are pretty useless because you cant use it to attack taller guys

[@keanan5360]

Bodyshots?

[@lusagamtc974]

@@keanan5360 you meant elbows to the body?

[@keanan5360]

@@lusagamtc974 Yeah

[@lusagamtc974]

@@keanan5360 but i just remember....elbows to the body is uncommon

[@keanan5360]

@@lusagamtc974 Uncommon, but still viable if you practice it enough, just like any other technique

[@martialartsmastersagainstp7304]

··Cool enough.

[@MrEzMs]

This is more muay boran than muay thai