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Knee Strike Clinch Defense

By: CombatChaz on Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Nam Phan is making quite the mark on the MMA scene. Nam trained in traditional martial arts at a young age earning his second degree black belt. Nam then went on to join wrestling where he earned several titles. He then started training Jiu-Jistsu where he has earned many competitions. He also competed in the Golden Gloves boxing tournament earning a silver medal. All this training and experience makes Nam the poster boy for a Mixed Martial Artists.

Nam Currently has a 10-1 MMA record and here he shows us a counter to the single leg.

The pictures where provided with permission from Nam Phan, you can visit his website at www.IamNam.com

These pictures originally appeard in Bodyguard Magazine in an article written by Bobby Pittman

  • Step 1
    • Nam Phan squares off against Bobby POittman
  • Step 2
    • Bobby comes in ans tries to clinch with Nam
  • Step 3
    • Nam brings his right arm over Bobby's lefat arm, forces it down, and pulls Bobby's left hand off his neck
  • Step 4
    • Nam does the same thing with his left arm - successfully taking both of Bobby's arms off his neck
  • Step 5
    • Nam grabs the back of Bobby's neck to work his own clinch
  • Step 6
    • Nam finishes by pulling Bobby's head down and landing a knee to the face


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CrossFace's picture
CrossFace

I like this for mmma

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rpatrizzi

Should we send this to Rich Franklin or?? I know that was mean...I apologize.

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Superstar_98

haha yeah but hey sure as hell could have used it.

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ink4theflesh

Rich Franklin wishes he had this in his bag of tricks!

If you've been in one battle no matter what the out come of that battle you need not fear a hundred battles....

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mERCury5881

i wonder what was wrong with Franklin in that fight... he didnt show very good defense at all! Was Silva just too overwhelming or does Rich need to work on his stand-up defense?

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Rest-Less

Silva didnt grab Richs neck much! If he had, my boy woulda gotten out of the plumb. Without having the fight right here to check my facts, I'm guessin Anderson had hold of Richs head, around the occipital (sp?) crown. It's classic Muay Thai, and ALOT harder to get away from then the back of the neck.

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chrissaloon

cool thanks.

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OHMANITSBRYAN

if someone has a tight clinch you can pull their head to one side and use the same technique

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warriordragon

Silva is the man no doubt but I also belive that everyone has a weakness. Its gotta be a lot of pressure going into that fight. Great post and I will have to use it.

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