Fun Little Hypothetical: You vs. Muay Thai Fighter

[envirocopy512]

well if you back up you're not in range to do anything so it accomplishes nothing. any time you try to go forward he's going to teep you. I think you could sidestep it or avoid it with other forms of footwork and counter, but it would not be easy. a teep isn't going to knock you out, but its every bit as disruptive to your rythym as a good jab. very frustrating to deal with.

what do you mean by attack his "foot, calf, or knee?" you would punch him in the leg?

[Spartacus Sully]

well if you back up you're not in range to do anything so it accomplishes nothing. any time you try to go forward he's going to teep you. I think you could sidestep it or avoid it with other forms of footwork and counter, but it would not be easy. a teep isn't going to knock you out, but its every bit as disruptive to your rythym as a good jab. very frustrating to deal with.

what do you mean by attack his "foot, calf, or knee?" you would punch him in the leg?

Yes i would **** his leg up as it would be in perfect range as i back up.

ever have some on punch you in the heel as hard as they can? it sends a decent shock down your entire leg and depending on the situation can completely put you off balance or how about a nice shot right to the top of your foot or to the ankle? **** can be pretty painful and quite easy to time with a nice 1 to get the range and 2 to do the damage. you could also tempt him if you know hes going to throw the teep when you step in and time it that way.

I could dooo all kinds of things with feinting counters and foot work but i was just going off only being able to guard jab and right straights.

[Frighteous]

Of course it's all about the induvidual.

time a teep and get under it for the takedown and just beat em up on the ground.

[Stevie_WONDER..]

^^ that's dumb as hell. A Muay Thai fighter develops a hard ass round kick, a fast teep, and a clinch. sure they punch and throw other things, but these are the main things they do.

How would you deal with a muay thai fighters teep (foot jab)? It keeps your right in their kicking range where you can't make use of that jab you spent all your time developing. Not anti-boxing at all, but really, what would you do?

Is this in the ring or when he spills his beer over you in the pub?

Cuz otheriwise he will be wearing a nice pair of rubber runners and restricting jeans while the boxer is thinking about rearanging his face with his the use of his knuckles..

Or is this in a 24 foot ring with a fully warmed up and pre-streched kickboxer wearing a mini-skirt length pair of shorts facing a boxer with his grestest weapons pillow-fied with 8 ounce gloves..

Cuz theres a big difference otherwise

[Dirt]

hmm. lts see. a muay thai fighter vs. a boxer in a MT fight.

my money would be on the MT fighter via KO from a headkick.

MT fighter has the longer reach with his legs. kicks to the legs and body will slow down the boxer.

The boxer has a punchers chance

[DiLLiNGER]

wing tsun rules

[Roy Keane]

thing is a boxer is only used to covering his face/body id suspect he'd forget about his legs in the actual fight and get them busted up, or if he survives a few kicks he'd be to wary to get close, thai fighters are trained to mix up leg and punch combos, so he'd go for your legs you'd drop your guard in an attempt to parry his kick then you would get punched/elbowed in the face or gripped in a clinch.

[Monte Fisto]

In a fight where full clinch, knees, and kicks are allowed, how do you think you would do with your boxing background? I ask because I think Muay Thai fighters are vulnerable to good punching. They'd probably kick your legs and try to wear you out with knees in the clinch. Do you think you would win? What is your overall impression of Muay Thai fighters?

There's so many things to consider with your question.

1. Is the Muay Thai fighter gonna be taller than me ?

2. Is the Muay Thai fighter gonna be relatively more experienced than me ?

3. Is the Muay Thai fighter gonna be significantly bigger than me ?

4. Is the Muay Thai fighter gonna be more athletic than me ?


But, just to answer the question. If it's an experienced Muay Thai fighter and all I have to fall back on is my boxing, then, the Muay Thai fighter would have a big edge.

My impression of Muay Thai: I love it, I actually like it more than boxing.

[GoogleMe]

If I haven't dropped him in 1 minute, then Muay Thai man TKO by vicious leg kicks!!!

[dangerousity]

I did muay thai briefly for about 2 months. The biggest problem when sparring them with my boxing background was the leg kicks. Like with everything else, the most important is the basics. if you dont even know the basics of leg kick defense, your screwed. That said, if you learn the basics of defense against kicks, then you can hold your own pretty well given your superior hands (if equal respectively).

Its like MMA, strikers dont need to be masters at bjj and wrestling, but if they want to even stand a chance, they need to atleast learn the basics of defending against takedowns. Guys like cro cop had a lot of success with very limited grappling background.