Hand Traps in MMA - similar
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Fedor, along with Lyoto Machida and Anderson Silva, has had arguably the most success using hand traps of any fighter in MMA (including Shawn “The Arms Bearer of Wing Chun” Obasi). Having a fluid boxing game and good head movement puts Fedor leagues ahead of most of the traditional martial artists who attempt hand traps in MMA. I discussed Hand Traps in great depth here.
The two main hand traps that Fedor uses are an inside hand trap and an outside hand trap, and he has used them dozens of times against top competition to land free power punches. Fedor was one of the best at landing power punches off the bat and he approached it in the following way.
If an opponent came out with his hands too tight; such as Goodridge or Fujita, Fedor would hit them with a right hand lead straight off of the bat.
If they held their lead hand out, in preparation to parry the famed right hand lead, Fedor would work one of his traps.
The inside hand trap consisted of bringing his lead hand across and slapping the opponent’s left, lead hand down and outward to Fedor’s right, then dipping his head to the left and throwing an enormous arcing straight through the gap. He did this numerous times to Antonio Rodrigo Nogeuira in their third meeting and it was beautiful to watch. This is a more dangerous hand trap because it is removing the defensive hand – the one which would block Fedor’s right hand – while Fedor’s head is moving toward the unchecked right hand.
The outside hand trap or Zulu is more famous because Fedor has used it to take two wins in under a minute compound time. Tim Sylvia and Zuluzinho (for whom it is named) both lacked footwork and both suffered when Fedor realised this. Throwing his right hand as if to loop an overhand but in fact using the inside of his wrist to slap the opponent’s lead glove down, Fedor then follows up with a beautiful left hook. Having removed the opponent’s jabbing hand it is impossible for them to fire a counter fast enough to hurt Fedor as he leaps in. By ensuring that his head is on where the opponent’s lead hand was, Fedor takes his head away from the opponent’s free, right hand. This makes the outside hand trap a much safer entry.