Phantom Punch Podcast Episode 2: UFC 317 Brandon Royval vs. Joshua Van
Next Flyweight Contender???!!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro/Plugs
1:00 Van's two weapons at range
3:31 Van's body hitting and inside slip
5:44 Van operating within an exchange
7:01 Van's low kick tactics
7:44 Van's transitional hitting and clinch work
9:55 Ryo Sozen Trusdale reference
12:19 Van's defensive habits at borders
13:12 Crowding your work, Dan Tom reference
14:16 Van dealing with middle and high kicks
15:25 Van dealing with low kicks
16:09 Van checking kick as an addition to his game
17:27 Royval weapons at range
19:29 Royval punching off kicks and spinning off missed kicks
20:15 Royval's jank mechanics
22:53 Royval clinch game
23:41 Royval transitional game and clinch work
24:44 Royval's weird decision making
26:20 Ryan Wagner folding elbows reference
27:07 Royval lack of collar tie work
27:57 Hypothetical gameplan for Royval
30:18 Strategic idea of a funnel
31:44 The problem with the gameplan ghost and kick has laid out
33:27 Denying Van's pocket exchanges
34:56 Van getting caught with the split step rear straight
35:45 Hypothetical gameplan for Van
37:08 Jack Slack double jab reference
38:40 Exploiting Royval's punching speed?
41:46 Timing the Royval's step
42:57 By some movement martials shorts
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