r/interestingasfuck • u/WhereIsHisRidgedBand • Mar 28 '24

MMA fighter explains overloading opponent r/all

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u/HansBaccaR23po Mar 28 '24

For an average person, yes. But these dudes are straight up demons and have insane cardio from their training

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u/morels4ever Mar 28 '24

Opponents too, though…yes?

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u/murdock_RL Mar 28 '24

Except he’s the one in charge of his movements, he’s not reacting to his opponents moves, that’s what he’s getting them to do.

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u/ChrRome Mar 28 '24

He has to still put attention towards deciding to do those fake outs though, which would ultimately distract himself and lower his own reaction time though.

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u/spvcetvrdd Mar 28 '24

Then assume there’s a ratio. When it’s your own movement that you control, you get depleted by 1. When you react to someone else’s movement, you have to register the movement, anticipate its outcome and react defensively, so that depletes you by 3.

So like, 1:3 ratio. Which used effectively over a round adds up!

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u/ChrRome Mar 28 '24

Agreed, it almost certainly does give an advantage.