Tuesday Night Sparring Reflection

Sparring last night went pretty good. Had a bunch of rounds with good defense and good boxing. One drop in guy had really nice boxing and switch kicks, and was throwing bombs, definitely tested my chin a little bit with a couple right crosses and left hooks. I was able to adjust my defense to them and throw counters, which consisted of a lot of lead uppercuts and left hands, I wish I through some more straight crosses and uppercuts though. There were a couple times where I a I threw a left cross as I switched stances into southpaw from orthodox which cracked him a bit, I usually like to keep it light and technical but you definitely have to match the intensity and embrace a hard spar when you have to. That left hand while switching stances is something I don’t throw too often but always works when I throw it.

I was also using the Dracula guard mixed in with traditional boxing defense which was working very well. Something so kept leaning on with the boxing defensive style was the pull and bend which is great evasion for many punches where you keep your rear in guard, pull backwards and bend down. I was also flaring out my elbows a little to block strikes like Dustin Poirier does which works but can be risky.

I need to work on cutting angles better, being quicker offensively on my feet, and timing my counters better. I also want to expand on my setups more, I have been good at landing quick strikes off of exchanges and counters, but if I can work on setting up traps better, I will definitely see more success offensively.

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