What Is The MMA Liver Shot? - Fred Mergen
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Hi my name is Fred Mergen from Mergen Mixed Martial Arts and we're going to talk about the MMA liver shot.
Today we're going to talk about the MMA liver shot. The MMA liver shot can either be a kick, a punch it all depends but your liver is located right here on the right side of your body right next to the oblique muscle. When you get hit in the liver it hurts really really bad.
I've seen guys who were big drop to their knees like a sack of potatoes. I actually had one of my fighters, Brian Engler who is 155 pounds drop a fighter who was over 200 pounds with a liver shot, and just like a drama queen he couldn't get back up. So that's a really devastating blow to the gut.
Do I recommend my fighters should go for that shot? Yes! If they see the opening, take it but you don't want to sit there and then that's all you want to aim for because then you leave yourself open somewhere else and you leave yourself open for either a knockout shot or a punch to the face. So if you see it open when you're striking, go for it but don't JUST go for that.
You could always feint a cross and shoot in with that uppercut to the gut or liver punch and stick it in there like a shovel punch. You could do a slip kick and catch them with a leg kick to the liver with your shin or the ball of your foot. Whatever it is, as long as you hit them in the liver nice and hard because it has to be a dead square shot and it'll drop them.
You can recuperate but you just have to do a lot of breathing, you know it hurts like a son of a gun so if you can fight through the pain, just try to stay away from your opponent and keep going, keep going. Try not to show that it hurts cause usually if you show is hurts that's when the opponent is going to become like a pitbull. They're going to see an opening and they're going to shoot right at you.
If you have any comments or questions leave them below or if you got hit in the liver and you want to share your experience, feel free.