Without a doubt one of the most vulnerable positions you can force your opponent into is the Plum Clinch, with both your hands controlling the back of their head ready to unload knees to the face. Anderson Silvas rise to power and eventual dominance in the middleweight division was facilitated in part by his huge knees from the Thai Clinch. Indeed, his dominant wins over Rich Franklin came from huge knees from the clinch. Since Anderson popularised it many UFC fighters added clinch-work to their offensive game. However, worryingly few fighters seem to use this technique online; even though it can be used to such dominant effect in the game. From the clinch you can control the pace of the fight, mount some major offence and even trip your opponent down to the floor. A large amount of online opponents seem to completely ignore this underused technique meaning they are oblivious about how to defend it. This means that you can use it all the more effectively to dominate them.
Hailing from South East London, Sam Heard is an aspiring writer and recent graduate from the University of Warwick. Sam's favourite things include energy drinks, late nights spent watching the UFC with his girlfriend and annihilating his friends at FIFA.
