Against fighters throwing constant 4 & 5 punch combos, back lunge when he initiates. That should dodge or mitigate the first 2 punches of the combo, then you can block the rest until you figure out his patterns (often people end combos the same ways over and over)
If someone is only throwing ones and twos and rarely mixing in hooks, you can side step and counter; chain the minor slips once you get his timing; slip the 1 or the 2 and straight intercept; or back lunge then block from punching or kicking range
For dealing with hooks, obviously doing the major lean back and pull countering is really effective, but one thing I’ve noticed is that rolling under punches has become much more effective as well now that straight up ducking is inconsistent. The roll unders are also easier to chain as well and can be used to dodge multiple incoming hooks.

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