Here is an early instance of the Superman Punch used in MMA:
BIB - Beatdown in Bakersfield - Savant Young X Danny Suarez - 2006-11-17
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NOTE: The above 2 animated pix were made by me off of a youtube flv. The quality is not that good as you can see, but the source wasn't high quality:
2 recent instances of the Superman Punch. Not my pix, my thanks to the unknown gif maker(s) for them. I got them off of Spladdle and uploaded to my pichost to save on bandwidth:
UFC 92 - Forrest Griffin X Rashad Evans
UFC 94 - GSP X BJ Penn
For more info:
- Check out my friend's, Jason Couch's, article on the Superman Punch here: http://martialhistory.com/2009/02/the-superman-punch/
- http://www.markstraining.com/2008/03/rare-but-effective-strike-superman.html
Expert Village's How-To instructional vidclip
It is said that some TMA like Goju-Ryu, TKD as well as Muay Thai has this punch. Just curious, anyone recall the first instance of the Superman Punch in MMA?
3 comments:
I posted on the Dog Brothers forum asking members if they remember when they recall seeing the Superman Punch first used in MMA and I cut and paste 2 replies I received so far:
Ryan Gruhn said:
"I remember seeing it as early as '96 in a Ohio "NHB" show by a guy with full Thai wear on; shorts, arm bands, etc. :-D Also, interestingly enough Ajarn Chai calls it "Mat Gatun" which means 'pushing fist.'"
and rio posted this:
"you might want to research Todd and Trevor Laly from Arizona Combat Sports. I remember them using the "superman" back in the late 90's early 2k's. some people think they were the innovators that punch, bringing it over to MMA with all their Muay Thai background."
My thanks to both Ryan and rio for the info!
I might have something along these lines from some Burmese fights...I'm not sure, and I'll have to see if there are dates for the fights, when I have a chance.
ah cool. thank you Sun Bear!
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Guro Crafty Dog replied with this:
"Ron Balicki shared that with me back around '96-97. It wouldn't surprise me if he got it from Erik Paulsen."
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