UFC 4: HOW TO DENY ALL TRANSITIONS! (CONTROLLER ON SCREEN)

[@stevennlmb579]

I love when I’m sitting in full guard for an hour and me and my opponent are just waiting for someone to try to transition

[@Pryoxis]

Lmao. Transition fake.

[@stevennlmb579]

Pryoxis I try lmao sometimes I’m just throwing elbows like I’m Ferguson

[@desertgrowndank7256]

@@Pryoxis that’s so fun to do and takes so much skill

[@tomrussell9829]

Worst ufc game to date

[@GunnerWolfe-ks9ds]

​@@tomrussell9829 true. They even took mirko out

[@Lowelife48]

I was already a fairly competent striker but you helped me take my ground game to the next level much thanks

[@raysonfontanez3246]

I was just saying the same thing. Ive already been in the practice mode for at least 30 mins every other day but this vid has helped me out a lot. Know I know exactly what to look for when im trying to deny my opponent.

[@DAT-TEXAS-DUDE]

So basically on PS5 it's R2 and whatever direction opponent goes you follow same direction.

[@JSmooove98]

No you weren’t. I starched you

[@Lowelife48]

@@JSmooove98 lol cap

[@JSmooove98]

@@Lowelife48 no bap

[@pedro4prezident]

i’ve been in the ufc game for only a couple years and this is really helping for my ground game i needed the deny so bad 😂

[@hurricanerich17]

Pretty soon my grappling and wrestling game will be on point thanks to you! I love how much work you need to put into this game to truly master each fighting style. Theres definitely levels to this! 💪🏿

[@Pryoxis]

It really is levels.

[@TheRealCalijokes01]

Tea

[@hotboyz8420]

Mainly why hella people hate it because they suck ass I had stop goin online it's either someone suckin ass or an equal fight

[@josebeltran5032]

I’m better than u

[@giovannimejias4703]

Mostly about memorizing the animations And mixing in strikes and presumptively denying so crazy to learn on the fly

[@chibwekapalajnr]

Thanks needed this for top Mount it’s a tough one to get out of

[@akrix2008]

This man tutorial is extremely helpful I have been trying to look this up i have been failing on the ground

[@chrisliowknicksfan]

I'm writing a super long wall of text below, but I wanted to say upfront that this is a great video and that you really did a good job being comprehensive and not just cutting around to different chunked up clips like I've seen some other videos do. You were also very clear on what one fighter was doing and clearly stating which direction that corresponded to, which is also something I've seen other people skim over or skip entirely. My comment below is intended to be supplemental advice for those learning based on tips/tricks that helped me. Something I think that is confusing a decent amount of people is the continued phrasing I'm seeing on pretty much every ground game tutorial video, which is "watch which way he is moving" or "watch which way he is trying to go". The former is sometimes wrong or at least misleading and the latter is technically correct but may not always be clear to someone who doesn't have much experience. The real key here is to learn the indicators/signals and learn to spot them. A vast majority of the time it's limb-based as opposed to looking at the opponent's body language or overall body movement. For example, when on the bottom in full guard, you should ONLY be watching the other guy's hands. You technically can notice small differences between his 3 transitions by watching his body, but the earliest and clearest indicators are which hands drop. His hand on the left side of the screen drops down, you flick left. Right? Flick right. Both hands on chest? Flick up. This may be obvious to some people, but heavily emphasizing looking at hands ONLY and not worrying about anything else was by far the best tip that actually helped me EXECUTE transition denials in real time. Esp since in most real fights, the opponent is mixing in pitter patter strikes in non-postured-up positions, which makes trying to watch his torso/head virtually impossible in some spots to react to with even minimal online lag since even those weak strikes will shift his torso/body slightly. But using the same full guard example...zoning in on the hands and ONLY the hands is far clearer here. Not only are the hands more obvious and happen earlier in the transition...there is also a very stark contrast that you can pick up on from his hands moving to strike your head vs moving the complete opposite direction for any of the transitions. When on TOP in closed guard, the same principle applies except with your opponent's legs/hips. This one is probably the most obvious of all the top-side denials, but even then a lot of people struggle actually executing it in time in a real fight. For me at least, learning to key in on ONLY the legs and not worry at all about the rest of the body (which, BTW, moves the OPPOSITE direction for either of the directional escapes to standing) was what helped me actually pick this up. Let's look at one more example in the half-guard as the guy on the bottom. Here there are really multiple indicators...you watch the 'inside' hand/arm for defending the pass directly to full mount. You look at the head, however, for the other two options. This is where you focus on what the tells are for both of those options. Head goes to the other side of your face (side control transition), you flick the same direction as the head. Head goes up? Flick up. While there are multiple possible indicators here, you can treat this position as really only having one in the head. The pass directly to mount is not only very obvious compared to the other two...it also has the most generous timing since it is considered a riskier and more difficult transition to pull off as the guy on top. Therefore, you can drill half guard by learning to watch the head and trusting yourself to be able to naturally react to the opposite scenario (hand on hip for full mount pass) for when it comes up. Keep it as simple as possible. The final piece of advice is to be familiar with what options are actually available to your opponent in his current position. A majority of the time, the DOWN option is not a valid one so it's automatically a free direction you don't have to worry about. In other cases, your opponent has only two options. Knowing which scenarios fall into this category is honestly the easiest thing anyone can do to the boost their ground game right now without even having a controller in their hand. When you KNOW you are only flicking left or right, it becomes much easier to spot and deny. On a related note, there are times where your opponent only has one 'real' transition option (for the most part at least). If you have been mounted (assuming the opponent doesn't have a full mount slam or any other special down transition), you should ONLY care about defending against him posturing up (and focusing on escaping yourself of course). I really don't care if he decides to abandon full mount to go take side control, and while being able to deny any of his transitions is going to be a positive in the grappling advantage and stamina department, it's simply not worth my time to even learn what the transitions are from full mount to side control if it distracts me at all from escaping or trying to prevent posturing up as close to 100% of the time as possible. The video alludes to this point, but I just wanted to emphasize it a bit more for anyone reading. In summary, you want to learn/memorize what indicators you are looking at for every possible position (top and bottom) and actively train those when practicing while blocking everything else out. You also want to memorize and eventually commit to muscle memory which transition options are on the table or even viable (see: point on not defending mount to side control transitions above) to be able to narrow your focus down to as few options as possible. This absolutely takes TIME and PRACTICE, but I think knowing how to 'learn' the correct (or efficient) way is the difference between being able to pick up on ground transition defense in a couple hours vs spending 8 hours getting rolled by the CPU and getting frustrated that you still can't reliably block transitions in time. Take it one position at a time and drill that position over and over before moving on to another. Treat it like "mastering" a position. I learned by "mastering" half guard bottom and full guard bottom and told myself "okay, 2 down and roughly a dozen to go. Time to learn half guard top and full guard top now!" to keep myself motivated with incremental goals instead of feeling overwhelmed by just how many different situations there are. Even though I'm still not an expert on the ground by any stretch (gonna take a moment to complain about how unforgiving the reaction time is to defending some of the more niche transitions, cough, backside, cough), I've come a long way in a very short period of time despite this being my first UFC game while also reading a lot of comments on YT and Reddit about people who have spent 5X as long training but still can't do any denials efficiently.

[@skenderallamani8447]

Let’s play online and you can teach me 😁

[@jonathanbonilla7683]

Thank you

[@MVRosie]

Thank you I've been waiting for a visit like this forever. My stand ups on point so its really annoying losing in high level ranked to good ground players

[@jasonparker5746]

Best grappling tutorial on YT! Thank you! Watched it numerous times to memorize the animations.

[@taffhy]

he’s not

[@mr.ponics6246]

Yo pry appreciate the help man I was stuck in division 10 with your videos I’m in division 16 so far ranked 280 on ps4

[@youssefaddas4724]

The grappling system in this game is absolute shite and so is the takedown system

[@youssefaddas4724]

@Ghost it’s better in terms of updated systems and graphics sure, but in terms of the grappling and striking system it’s my opinion the UFC 3 is better

[@killaviking7786]

Been playing this game for months now, love the game! But I never understood the ground game so good looking on this tutorial 🙏

[@coolman11726]

Bro this vid was amazing. Wish I could give it more that one like. Always have post notifications for you brother you be dropping heat🔥🔥

[@justogg1887]

100 views in 10 minutes? i get that shit in week😭 keep going bro, another helpful video 🔥 i been struggling maintaining top control

[@nickvaldes9833]

God this is so much better than the tutorials on the actual game

[@daveshadenuff187]

Great 👌 tutorial as always Pry!!! It took me awhile for some reason to learn a lot of this and I still am not the best with it lol.Best thing with this is just practice,practice,practice.To be honest that is the trick to learning most of this stuff once you get an idea how to do it.

[@BIG-BAD-GRIM]

That half guard getup to the left has been puzzling me for the longest

[@joecosgrave8362]

All back side transitions are impossible to deny on reaction it’s dumb

[@Grxxngoblin_]

*ikr you have less then a second to deny it*

[@flatdrpepper9490]

Appreciate it bro... been waiting on this

[@rashadagorsah1384]

i needed this video lol thanks for reading my messages and chat keep up the good work 10k on the way!

[@Pryoxis]

👊🏾

[@jokuretu5718]

I love how you just kept the parts in the video where you are trying to say the sane things over and over 😂😂 But awesome vieeo thank you so much 🥰😍

[@phreshprince67]

This video definitely hitting 1mill by end of year 🚀

[@zanep9939]

This aged well

[@kingohvee]

I def had to restudy some animations. Good looks!

[@stephensmith8665]

Does anyone watch a ad on KZbin and think wow I'm going to purchase that

[@shahroz786786]

Thanks dude , this game is so fun to learn , this game takes real skill which I love and soon will be in higher devisions now that I can wrestle more confidently

[@fred9044]

I have a well rounded style with a few different strategies watching you denying these gave me idea 💡 im have try it out thanks for upload 👍 great video

[@antd1kbig101]

Yessir pry thanks for this my rubber guard is weak I needed this

[@sohail.a375]

Sounding hella cute in this video Pry and really needed this video because some transitions confuse me.

[@suckycocky3842]

Well that’s not gay at all...

[@sohail.a375]

@@suckycocky3842 saying a dude sounds cute is "gay" 🤣🤣🤣 I guess calling somebody handsome is also gay.

[@James-cz3sz]

@@sohail.a375 Yes

[@sohail.a375]

@@James-cz3sz 😆

[@lasfinezt]

They way you said was gay bro no lie. I never heard a man say that another man sounds cute and not be gay

[@multiboubou13]

Really good vidéo for me the best and more full vidéo bro

[@desertgrowndank7256]

Love how people are talking about skill with wrestling and it’s not a skill to mesmerize animations, it’s just cheap and try hard to keep blocking transitions so you can land petty strikes that can’t be defended

[@Pryoxis]

Agreed EA needs to revamp the ground game

[@LogicAndMath]

Thank you brother. Thank you. How are you these days? What are you doing? God bless you.

[@milrock2194]

Hoping for one of these videos your a demon💪🏽

[@jerindizon10]

PRY COMING WIT ANOTHA BANGER LETS EAT💯

[@absolutely3766]

Dont sleep on the boy pry 💯💯💯

[@XTRAPPLEJUICE]

I need this thank u bro 😊🔥

[@bando3582]

This is a great video no bs keep it up bro

[@frankymc3094]

This was sooooo helpful

[@amaziahyaohsharal9840]

Online, it’s almost like you have to anticipate the transition because of the delay. I want to master denying transitions because that’s where the money is.

[@oliverhart7013]

Bro I thought you were saying Neon Belly, I was like wtf kind of transition is that I never heard of it 😂😂

[@pluggedin4446]

sensational breakdown

[@othasmith8283]

Hey bud i enjoy the videos. Which way do you deny when the bottom guy trys to use the cage to get up?

[@lahonda84]

Nice work. It would be nice if you could do a video with all grapple advantages. I.E. if youre getting to the side controle bottom the first second you habe GA. If you block first seattled position hit, you have free transition and and and

[@Pryoxis]

I’m kinda confused on this one

[@guerra5441]

@@Pryoxis 😂😂😂

[@shelovechad9377]

great tutorial bro

[@akrix2008]

You know what Pyroxis thank you

[@nathanieltyler5048]

I love you brodie, but when the next game come out and you do one of these… slow down

[@rorydoyle3212]

Really helpful videos keep up the good work!

[@markowen5087]

Very helpful, thanks man. Subbed.

[@keegansikorski3691]

Most players don’t want to go to the ground so I’m going to learn this people call it cheese but yet they forget it’s mma.

[@אבימאיר-י3ו]

Thank you for all the videos It helps very much Are you using 2 controllers for this practice?

[@lances4537]

Must see video for any player

[@PapaSmurfzzHD]

great video man, very well explained

[@stargaming3256]

I find defending transitions so hard 😭

[@Pryoxis]

It can be a struggle

[@stargaming3256]

Fr bro. I be holding L2 and R2 just so I don't go through it 😩😂

[@highcalibertrainers]

Bro you helped me stop getting put into crucifix position and getting my face smashed in

[@newyawkramble5561]

I’m doing everything this video says. Right trigger combined with flicking right stick in the direction they transition. And my controller still acts like nothing is happening. I even press it in the yellow arrows direction that pops up in offline modes. It doesn’t even show up on the screen that I’m attempting anything. All i feel is the vibration from holding r2 and i keep flicking the life out of the stick and nothing happens. I tried flicking it once and nothing. I tried 30 times and nothing.

[@peoplegetslapped1502]

Have you changed your grappling controls to legacy in the menu?

[@juice7717]

don’t spam it

[@x_MrYAYA_x]

Holding R2 the whole time causes you to lose graple advantage and you can't deny transitions. You have to time clicking R2 and flicking the direction you want to deny.

[@ItsDhunt]

You excited for the new ufc? Think it will be good?

[@caver6235]

Is it holding the stick when denying moving transitions or do you flick it to deny transitional movements? I be holding but I feel like it doesn’t work sometimes especially against submissions

[@giftedpeace0]

Nbs these mfs make it look simple

[@Bang-ws6zb]

@@giftedpeace0yall found out cause it don’t let me deny crap

[@oghostwarrior]

Extremely helpful video!

[@roland.training1904]

Awesome! Thanks, Pryoxis. Keep grinding these training videos bro - all of them have been super helpful.

[@phreshprince67]

This video definitely hitting 1mill views by end of this year

[@mrpuddingpop1951]

This man will be a legend one day let me get that 1v1😂👍

[@turtlesweat1327]

very helpful thank you so much! This might be a dumb question, but can you deny defensive transitions while you are striking or do you have to be sitting still first? I'm never able to deny transitions when I have someone in side control/crucifix, but that might be because I'm too busy spamming elbows.

[@jameswilliams5169]

Why dont they add a stand and bang ranked? Panic grappling is so pathetic

[@lenon8036]

Thanks👍🏻

[@robp4655]

Do u hold the right trigger the whole time or do u hold it along with the stick direction

[@sebastianlimbach5110]

Basically to get "good" at the grappling or learn how to deny transitions yyou have to practice for hours and hours on end with every ground position and memorize the animations lol smh I don't have days and days to practice that shit

[@gbcpoop9504]

it literally tells you what transition they going for and gives you like 3 seconds to match or counter

[@doreytat]

@@gbcpoop9504 not online

[@pooppopppcodbf2653]

just play stand and bang

[@Tony-zq2mq]

Nice video bro

[@Tony-zq2mq]

I needed this

[@user-vr6oh1me5x]

When I’m playing my freind at my house I can’t see where he’s going so I can’t defend how can I stop this ?

[@Pryoxis]

Learn the direction by animation

[@user-vr6oh1me5x]

Pryoxis is that the only way?

[@r.o.4357]

@@user-vr6oh1me5x yes stop beeging a bum and looking for direction ques learn the game trash

[@titoselesrobles1867]

@@r.o.4357 chill tryhard lol

[@abaddon130]

@@r.o.4357 you might be quite stupid to act like that.

[@Oliver-dk7kp]

How come when i play online i dont get these defend options?

[@Scorpio1025]

Anybody find it more difficult to do this online?

[@SpleenSplitter]

I’m literally so good standing I can throw any combo but I’m pretty bad in the ground

[@ajbailey6333]

How do I defend the rear naked choke from back sitting position? I flick the stick towards their hand that pushes mine away, but it doesn't work

[@FredoGranados13]

u had me confused saying now if were khabib 100 times i thought the video was replayin😭😭

[@ucfanatic1]

Do you have a video on how to block/deny submission attempts?

[@Pryoxis]

Umm I don’t believe so

[@doodlydodo]

How to get out of crucifix though? Like it’s so easy to telegraph which direction a person is going so once you’re in the crucifix it’s almost impossible to get out. It’s pretty much a done deal once your there

[@Pryoxis]

It’s tough getting out of crucifix

[@Pryoxis]

Don’t get put in it

[@alimoorad5998]

Hey Pryoxis. I have a question. Do transition fakes get denied too? My transition fakes almost always get denied ( i usually play with 3.5 star fighters). Is it a stats thing?

[@msc379]

im pretty late but when ure faking a transition theres nothing to denie😂 ure literally doing a movement fake.

[@mrshwatson1321]

I mean bro you explained what’s necessary in 1 minute respect but why is the vid 16 mins long😆😆

[@yukkiu123]

You are fcking awesome pry thnx for this video

[@alansantiago1096]

Thank you really needed this video

[@lukeglenn223]

Am i skipping back or did blood forget a cut

[@chetwilson]

How do you get the right stick wrestling controls

[@kylenugent6304]

What setting do u need too use online too be able block transitions

[@fat_sans]

I'm lost and all, but ass soon as I get the opener on the ground and I have plenty of stamina, they manage to get up faster than I can deny or even get into my own transitions

[@abdulwahedrafiqi8677]

I swear sometimes this game gets me so mad when mfs get fake ass fucking transitions

[@lakj579]

Question how do you change the grappling thing i only have submit get up and ground and pound how do you switch?

[@dgpeso4874]

Hoodie SQUAAAAAAAD

[@vegasmaori6621]

If we are khabib no wait no we are Ferguson no wait khabib no wait Ferguson lol

[@JaredOdom]

I deny the transition but they still get the position over me.

[@gooberzify]

Yo seriously what am I doing wrong ? I do exactly what’s on screen but they still transition 8/10 times

[@khalilyosefkellyMMA]

ikr like what the fuck

[@DAT-TEXAS-DUDE]

You playing in legend difficulty or easy?

[@goofylarry7276]

@@DAT-TEXAS-DUDE online u noob

[@tompatullo6901]

@@goofylarry7276 bit late

[@Cw1047]

@@tompatullo6901 cool story bro

[@johndirico2592]

Ayo 4:40 mans was struggling

[@Pryoxis]

😂😂😂😂 I fucked up the edit.

[@88griffin88]

I have almost 400 hours in this game and I can’t deny a single transition on another player

[@T0MMYMATTH3WS]

My mate uses the one we’re it’s just the left stick and simple how do i keep him on the ground

[@aldotheapache9951]

Random question I can’t find the answer to. What are the points with the white UFC logo next to it? How do you earn them?

[@Pryoxis]

Your devision?

[@aldotheapache9951]

Pryoxis no it’s next to the coins that you earn in the upper right

[@Pryoxis]

I have no clue😂 I’m sorry bro

[@TAD99624]

Should I get this game on Xbox or PS4?

[@Pryoxis]

Either or brotha!

[@phileeepaye1641]

What about when your opponent postures up, is there anyway of countering or blocking transitions when they just throw 1 or punches then transition straight from postured up? Like if in full guard and your opponent is on top and postures up to start letting hands go but only throws 1 punch then straight from there into side control? Is there any defending this?

[@eaglesalldayable]

So does it show the players that icon to tell the player witch his opponent is going online?

[@draxman1940]

They always escape my half guard by scooting back and u didn’t go over it

[@manaboi32]

Does anyone noticed that when your holding R1 defend pops up on the direction you have to push?

[@abaddon130]

This is only on offline or campaign mode, Online mode or Legendary campaign modes doesn't allow it, brother 🤝

[@lances4537]

I just realized he doesn't have back-sitting

[@ellis6136]

this shit hard asf😅

[@JunoStatic]

Just here to improve my ground game to annoy the shit out of my homie 🤣🤣🤣