Could PAULIE win an MMA match with just a Jab?

[Mexican_Puppet]

Thoughts????

[New England]

paulie wouldn't finish a round in MMA unless he has experience wrestling and defending takedowns. it's a completely different sport when you are on the ground or up against a chainlink fence.


if he was in his prime he'd have to learn the ropes for everytthing but standing up [which is different with no shoes and MMA rules, but is still an area in which he'd have a massive advantage in experience and ability,] like verybody else. but he would have oneo fhte deepest boxing backgrounds of all time in that sport aside from side shows like ray mercer and james toney, who moved over to MMA for money once they were too old to make money in boxing.

[Golden Boi 360]

No, he would get taken down extremely quickly.

Paulie struggled in his own game against McGregor so an MMA fight is out of the question, lol.

[NearHypnos]

He cant even win a boxing match with it.

Paulie’s boxing would only work in boxing. All he’s got is a jab and heart. Good boxing IQ but it doesnt make up for his lack of attributes. Paulie was a great boxer considering what he had..but it only works in boxing (his style)

[Mexican_Puppet]

He cant even win a boxing match with it.

Hahahahahahahahaha good post.

[Jsmooth9876]

No. It's not like his jab is some kind of head snapping shot. Paul was a good boxer but it's a different sport altogether when kicks,takedowns etc get introduced

[Scipio2009]

Thoughts????

If you can control space, you can dictate a fight.

Jon Jones has done it, 'Wonderboy' Thompson has done it, Lyoto Machida did it, Chuck Liddell did it. All basically with the same principle.

It's likely got to be the right guy, and he likely needs a few other tools (the basics of sprawl and brawl for sure), but Malignaggi has been able to box his way to being a two-division world champion with hands that failed him for basically his last decade as a fighter.

Paulie's knowledge of space is well beyond sharp enough to dictate an mma fight behind the stick.

It's a skills race though, to see how high up the talent chain he could go

[Scipio2009]

paulie wouldn't finish a round in MMA unless he has experience wrestling and defending takedowns. it's a completely different sport when you are on the ground or up against a chainlink fence.


if he was in his prime he'd have to learn the ropes for everytthing but standing up [which is different with no shoes and MMA rules, but is still an area in which he'd have a massive advantage in experience and ability,] like verybody else. but he would have oneo fhte deepest boxing backgrounds of all time in that sport aside from side shows like ray mercer and james toney, who moved over to MMA for money once they were too old to make money in boxing.

Chuck Liddell ruled the light heavyweight division in the UFC behind the takedown defense that he picked from wrestling at the JC and his dynamite hands.

Why are you trying to act as if everyone in MMA has complete sets of skills?; it's getting better, but don't act as if Conor vs Khabib is all that removed from the grappler vs striker days of early UFC.

[NearHypnos]

Chuck Liddell ruled the light heavyweight division in the UFC behind the takedown defense that he picked from wrestling at the JC and his dynamite hands.

Why are you trying to act as if everyone in MMA has complete sets of skills?; it's getting better, but don't act as if Conor vs Khabib is all that removed from the grappler vs striker days of early UFC.

Conor vs Khabib is SO far removed from the early days of the ufc. Lets be fair

Khabib and Conor would have never lost back then. Ever. They dont all have complete sets of skills in the sense that everyone is world champ level at every discipline, but within the sport, they’ve honed what mostly works.

Takedown defense and being a devastating striker (for the sport) is never going to become ineffective. But the complete LACK of skill and understanding in what worked for MMA was light years behind now. Now you have guys growing up in the sport. Not just doing karate at your local plaza and wonder why they got wrecked by a boxer or thai fighter with actual fighting experience. Most wrestlers now are at least proficient enough to hang and create opportunities vs the higher level strikes in the sport.

Gone are the days of a big lumbering and stiff wrestler who had absolutely no idea what to do on the feet...or strikers not knowing BJJ to defend against wrestlers etc etc

[New England]

Chuck Liddell ruled the light heavyweight division in the UFC behind the takedown defense that he picked from wrestling at the JC and his dynamite hands.

Why are you trying to act as if everyone in MMA has complete sets of skills?; it's getting better, but don't act as if Conor vs Khabib is all that removed from the grappler vs striker days of early UFC.

because the conversation is taking place in the context of a fight with paulie malignaggi, a boxer, under MMA rules.

durr...?