What & when is the proper use of a 'hammer fist' in MMA and how does it compare to a typical knuckle punch? It seems like it would be less effective. -
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Watch MMA star Pettis knock Horiguchi out cold with 'KO of the year' spinning back fist to send commentator wild
What & when is the proper use of a 'hammer fist' in MMA and how does it compare to a typical knuckle punch? It seems like it would be less effective. -
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Utica MMA fighter Matt Hamill ready for challege of Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson at UFC 130 - syracuse.com
![Francis Ngannou punch same as sledgehammer swung at full force, as coach of UFC 260 star says training him is 'painful' Francis Ngannou punch same as sledgehammer swung at full force, as coach of UFC 260 star says training him is 'painful'](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/5b0484a5-8df3-47e9-9d15-7a8ac8287b6c.jpg)
Francis Ngannou punch same as sledgehammer swung at full force, as coach of UFC 260 star says training him is 'painful'
![What was the more brutal follow up punch? Ngannou dropping Thor's hammer down on Stipe or Yoel Romero launching a Cuban missile onto Rockhold? : r/ufc What was the more brutal follow up punch? Ngannou dropping Thor's hammer down on Stipe or Yoel Romero launching a Cuban missile onto Rockhold? : r/ufc](https://preview.redd.it/ac90y3tcyae81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=0f700c340e3c97ae8f2467377b704db4277e80dc)
What was the more brutal follow up punch? Ngannou dropping Thor's hammer down on Stipe or Yoel Romero launching a Cuban missile onto Rockhold? : r/ufc
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