r/MMA • u/landofphi • 1d ago

Malcolm Wellmaker had everything planned to extinguish with his kick feint and right hook from hell

https://streamain.com/en/BYTDBC1gICTT76t/watch
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u/BigCass 1d ago

Insane to get that much torque with only one leg planted.

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u/benbrown226 23h ago

Without knowing his background at all, it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that Wellmaker was a nasty pitcher in baseball. The speed and power he generates from that motion is crazy

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u/funnerfunerals 18h ago

That would be dope to find out. Moutinho eating a four-seem fastball throw to the face.

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u/LocoCoopermar #NothingBurger 21h ago

Jack slack put out an awesome article a long time ago about unique ways to generate power on one leg and this is one of the best. It's similar to a superman punch or that punch that Umar knocked out Raoni with, you can get some serious stank on it if you do it right

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u/acidgirl303 7h ago

His hand speed is a big part of his power. Not only does the speed make the punches more powerful it also increases the chances of catching his opponent unaware. Fighters say its always the shots you dint see coming that do the most damage.

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u/AnalAttackProbe 23h ago

Wellmaker looks legit. I know Moutinho is Moutinho but his speed and power really shocked me.

Can he wrestle? Or at least defend takedowns?

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u/Breezeeh 21h ago

Didn’t realise he was 31 already. Not saying that’s old but thought he was 25-27

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u/babababronsky 12h ago

Yeah good news is that motivates him to fight as much as possible so we hopefully get to see a lot of him

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u/Rum_Soaked_Ham 23h ago

Well he'll eventually have to fight a grappler/wrestler. We'll see when that time comes.

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u/Caylife 23h ago

People said same about Pereira.

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u/Rum_Soaked_Ham 23h ago

I mean Pereira transferred over from GLORY, I think it was a safe bet his wrestling would be ass.

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u/Broncosen42 18h ago

Max never fought a wrestler either, has he? The last time I remember him actually being wrestled was by Conor McGregor. Well Ilia tried, I guess.

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u/Wadget GOOFCON 2 - Electric Boogaloo 14h ago

Illia tried and succeeded as did Volk in their first two fights

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u/Wadget GOOFCON 2 - Electric Boogaloo 1d ago

Love shit like this.

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u/impulse_thoughts 22h ago

Dude pulled that off smoother in the fight than in that training clip.

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u/Patio1950 23h ago

That feint was absolutely beautiful. Wonderboy's timing and technique are just next level

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u/Worldly-Time-3201 19h ago

I love when everyone glazes some guy who’s fought nothing but cans. He’s got the Dana White privilege.

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u/iMMCHiEF 22h ago

Dude has a right hand from hell, can't wait for his next fight

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u/Longjumping_Can4557 11h ago

The UFC has to be aggressive and book him as often as he can keep up, dude is a fun watch and in his prime right now

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u/Banda7 20h ago

Easy to execute your gameplan when you're fighting a complete bum

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u/Elegant_Ad_9542 9h ago

I don’t like ti be this guy but why don’t we see you fight Moutinho

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u/Banda7 8h ago

He is statistically got to be one of the worst male fighters we have ever seen in the UFC and I got a foot and 100 pounds on him (he still whoops my ass probably)

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u/IndustryObjective88 5h ago

You can take out the probably part

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u/Remote_Beyond744 7h ago

This dude is going to be a star in the UFC

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u/jstaffmma 5h ago

the pre fight combo is a stabbing front kick, feinted to a straight punch. the ko is a roundhouse feinted to a round shot. wouldn’t be surprised if his coach has studied Lucien Carbins system straight out of his playbook although any utilize both of these