EVALUATING THE 4 MAJOR CLINCHES
Sep 14, 2021
3 minutes
BY MARK HATMAKER
First is the boxing clinch. The absence of this one in MMA is almost a no-brainer. It’s too upright and loose to inhibit knees and elbows, as well as too narrow and “light” to avoid the takedown. As much as I love boxing, this position simply has no place in the cage.
It’s exceptionally common and quite useful in collegiate and folkstyle wrestling because it sets up countless shots to the legs, in addition to numerous duck-unders, go-behinds and offensive gambits. It’s also
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