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As Greg Jackson helps UFC welterweight champion Georges St Pierre prepare for his title defense at UFC 100, he says the two biggest weapons that challenger Thiago Alves can threaten St. Pierre with are his left hook and his knee.
“The left hook is his big weapon and actually his left knee as well, when you’re trying to get inside, when your head goes inside the shoulder, he’s very good bringing that left knee up,” Jackson told Fox Fight Game.
I agree with Jackson’s assessment, and if anything I think he’s understating how good Alves is at using his knee. I consider Alves the best fighter in all of MMA at using his knees as weapons.
Alves has won five of his last six fights by knockouts or technical knockouts, and he set up four of those five (T)KOs by using his knee as an offensive weapon. Those knees come from Alves’ muay Thai background, which he learned at Brazil’s Chute Boxe Academy and has since honed at American Top Team in Florida, and those knees are real threats that St. Pierre needs to be ready for.
But if there’s any coach in MMA who gets his fighters ready to fight the right fight against the right opponent, it’s Jackson. I think St. Pierre is going to avoid that left hook and those big knees, take Alves down and win the fight on the ground.
Video via Bloody Elbow.
UFC 100 Video: Thiago Alves’ Knee, Left Hook Threaten Georges St. Pierre originally appeared on MMA FanHouse on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:15:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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