The counter has to be input as the strike is making contact or else it doesn’t work, which is not how a typical punish works. And yeah jabs should act as pokes which sometimes are safe on block not always though. And in terms of safe on block basically everything in UFC 3 and 4 are if you can start moving away and blocking as early as you do. Everything that can land has to a mixup which is traditionally isn’t the cause curious as to why that is the case here.
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