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How To One-Punch Knockout Your Opponent In Mixed Martial Arts MMA: Our 3 Top Tips

Wouldn't it make your life easier if you got in the ring or cage and you didn't have to go 3 rounds to a decision. Whether unanimous or split, you should never leave it in the hands of the judges. Here are our 3 top tips to one punch your opponent to victory.

Support.

Your base needs to be completely stable. You will not produce the power you need to knock your opponent out when your body doesn't have good support.

This is one of the reasons leg kick are so powerful in MMA. To keep that punching power, learn to check leg kicks every time.

Connect.

Practice hitting moving targets. Your partner in training should be moving in every direction, or moving the pads in every direction.

You can and should anticipate that your opponent will be head bobbing and moving side to side as much as possible. You need to be ready for this to ensure you'll connect.

Explode.

Start training explosive exercises. Only when hitting pads can you really be explosive. If you happen to be weight training lift everything with explosive movement, simulating the actual knockout.

These are 3 aspects of a one-punch knockout that you will need to practice and perfect to achieve one. You will need a good strength and conditioning program to be able to connect with enough power and explosiveness.

So remember:

Support.

Connect.

Explode.

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Could you dislocate your shoulder while punching?

Doing muay thai and a lot of bag work and pads, could i dislocate my right arm while punching?
I dislocated it twice, the first time while in wrestling the other time was like a year later and I got kind of drunk and rolled down a hill, I forgot why but I swinged my arm and it dislocated after that. But now I have been doing muay thai for about a year havent dislocated my shoulder, but for some odd reason im worried now because im getting sugery on it soon. Please give me an educated answer, and if you do not know your stuff than just don't answer. Thanks for the help.

The real answer is Yes! You CAN dislocate your shoulder while punching (especially a hook punch), and having a weakened shoulder from previous dislocation makes you more prone to a future dislocation - this is proven fact. I'm a grad student in sports medicine and also did a few years of martial arts training (Kung Fu), and we did a lot of circular punching, and I was always nervous of this too, although I never had a shoulder injury like yours. Did you tear your rotator cuff with the dislocation? Why are you getting surgery this long after - are you sure its necessary? Have you been rehabilitating it with a specialist? There are a lot of strengthening exercises I could recommend to you, or any trainer could for that matter, especially with exercise tubes/straps.

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