Straight To The Body = Needs Buff

[Boiler569]

Seems that we have a few people that totally agree and a few people that totally disagree lol usually my suggestions don't get that big of a split.

I hope a few people will chime in to let us know how to better use these straights to the body .... (in particular, single-strike-straights to body) ... maybe I just have a huge blind spot for this one?

[Zeta Reticulan1]

Yes please, video proof of body straights being powerful. Otherwise, the deniers are just high block huggers that can't play against strikers mixing up their shots well.

[Phillyboi207]

Quote: Originally Posted by Zeta Reticulan1

Yes please, video proof of body straights being powerful. Otherwise, the deniers are just high block huggers that can't play against strikers mixing up their shots well.

Gotta land it after the opponent uses a lot of short term stam

And honestly it shouldnt be powerful. You dont see it a lot in real life for a reason

[Solid_Altair]

The power is actually not bad. It's as good as a lead body hook. Ut's also useful in some particular combos.

[zeric]

Shouldn't do much damage imo. Make it a safe strik, sure. But how often do you see guys hurting other guys with a single straight? The most effective use of a jab or straight to the body I've seen was Rothwell v JDS and he certainly wasn't doing much damage with it.

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[tomitomitomi]

Probably not. It has been historically problematic strike since UFC 2 so if anything it is a nice change of pace for it to not be meta-defining.

If it did significant damage then it could easily make body hooks/uppercuts redundant which trade speed and reach for power. I think at best single body jab/cross should be viable as a diversion and point-scoring method. That's about as far as I'd go.

[SUGATA]

BODY STRAIGHT is a common and powerful enough strike IRL (Boxing). It is used as Combos ender in 1-2b, 1-1-2b, where first 1s are a fainting strikes which are forcing the opponent to rise up his Block and open his liver.

It seems that in UFC 3 2b can not be using like this...

Why?
1. does it have enough dmg bonus on incoming momentum (opponent moving toward me)?
2. does it have enough damage bonus as combo ender (we dont have Combo MP, so bonus from full stamina counting for hard combos)?
3. Do we have Damage bonus for opened location when the opponent IS HOLDING BLOCK?

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by SUGATA

BODY STRAIGHT is a common and powerful enough strike IRL (Boxing). It is used as Combos ender in 1-2b, 1-1-2b, where first 1s are a fainting strikes which are forcing the opponent to rise up his Block and open his liver. It seems that in UFC 3 2b can not be using like this... Why? 1. does it have enough dmg bonus on incoming momentum (opponent moving toward me)? 2. does it have enough damage bonus as combo ender (we dont have Combo MP, so bonus from full stamina counting for hard combos)? 3. Do we have Damage bonus for opened location when the opponent IS HOLDING BLOCK?

In boxing...in MMA its used and its used sometimes effectively but the effectiveness and how often its used doesnt compare to boxing.

I'm happy where that strike is right now to be honest.