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MMA glossary

ground and pound

Technique consisting of striking a grounded opponent from a dominant control position, with shots delivered to the face or body. Presented as a distinctive and formidable weapon, separate from pure grappling qualities.

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« I like the side of I am very athletic, I am a good grappler, I mix with wrestling, I do real MMA and I have ground and pound from the top because that matters, not everyone has that. »

Aldric · at 52:50
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Phase of combat where a fighter in a dominant ground position strikes their grounded or kneeling opponent. Referred to here as an option for inflicting damage from the top position.

« Silva who tells him to come back up. In the end, Silva goes to the ground with him but there, he caught him clean, he dropped him. »

Alexandre Arbinet · at 3:26:45
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Technique consisting of striking the opponent on the ground from a dominant position. Referred to here by the expression dirty boxing associated with wrestling, in the context of a fighter looking to take the fight to the ground and then strike.

« Dirty boxing, chase the fight and wrestle and wrestle behind that. That is the question. Do you have a Cyril who is able to handle the wrestling and who is the one scoring with elbows and doing phenomenal damage. »

Alexandre · at 27:29
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