uppercut

I was just interested to find out what other fighters favourite "moves" or combos are. Obviously different opponents and hundreds of other factors call for asjustments in the game plan but most people tend to develop a limited set of moves that are tried and true favourites. I just wanted to know in general when your sparring or fighting what combos do you find most effective.
For me I just cant go past the double jab followed by a cross and a swift short range right roundhouse. Another favourite is faking a right kick but after lifting my right leg i hop off the other leg and throw a looping right.
Any styles welcome but im most interested in MT peoples comments

verc

Lol that seems like something from my TKD days

I like jab-jab-hook with my leading arm. I can currently only do it quick enough to catch people off guard with my right though (I'm right handed)

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Tom Yum

offense

jab, hook off the same hand, rear leg thai kick to the legs.

cross, hook, cross, lead leg thai kick to the body, lead leg side kick to the body, spinning wheel kick

jab, cross, rear leg thai kick to the legs, hook

jab, cross to body simultaneously stepping in and firing a shovel hook to the liver, clinch as opponent readjusts fire two skip knees, push opponent back, rear thai kick to head.

defense

Slip outside right cross while pulling in to fire right knee kick, right teep.

block, parry jab cross quickly fire double jab after the cross. shield rear thai kick with lead leg, then fire cut kick to the supoorting leg and right cross to the face.

Parry right cross, block hook, fire your counter hook upstairs, cross to the body and lead leg thai kick to the leg, then head.

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Little Apple

Use a couple of hop kicks throughout the round, then flying ninja punch!!!

Tom Yum

Hadouken!!!!!!

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uppercut

haha that word sounds familiar, it either means something profound or its from street fighter??
I find I can only get away with one hop punch or kick before my opponent learns wats coming, altho then its still fun to fake and watch them freak out if u got them real good the first time.

"cross, hook, cross, lead leg thai kick to the body, lead leg side kick to the body, spinning wheel kick"
I like this one from tom yum, pretty hard to get through it uninterupted tho unless u got them stunned or against the ropes/cage (ps Ive never been in a cage so I wouldn kno but is kicking against the fence really difficult / painful?)

anyone ever pulled off a jumping downwards elbow in a real fight?

Tom Yum

The point is to practice putting together your own combinations to get a reaction and continue striking based off of that reaction.

cross, hook, cross ideally sends your opponent back tracking, but it might not. If it does, you chase him down with the lead thai kick to the body, maybe he moves out of the way or tries to slap it down you follow with that lead side kick to the body and finish with a spinning wheel kick.

If he doesn't back track, he could be doing any number of things...he could slip your cross and move in...he could parry the cross, block the hook and launch his own hook - he's going to be unpredictable.

Combinations aren't meant to be strictly followed patterns; they teach you how to strike your opponent based on their reaction and need to be flexible.

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fire cobra

Tan kow(straight knee) to body.

the tick

Quik jab-hook with my leading left followed by a left knee. Step back with a right low kick or a left high kick.

rickyparis

punch to the left punch to the right, vice versa , and the same with kicks, knees and elbows , use the rest of the body for the transitions

Yessir

Right overhand, lead inside leg kick, cross

cross, lead hook, rear lowkick

jab, jab, cross,

jab, jab, hook

jab, cross, lead uppercut, rear hook

Jab, rear lowkick

Fake cross, lead hook

defensive lead lowkick, cross

feint teep, cross

Jab, cross

jab, hook

Generally just adding a roundhouse kick to leg or body after any
punching series

jab to stomach, cross to face

All of these combos are just openings, once I used them I ad to them depending on the opponents positioning.

ryangruhn

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WhiteTiger

Jab - right hook that gose behind the neck. In grab and chlinch. Right knee.

provoke opponents kick. shove it aside or block it and give him a hard kick at the same side. Then lunch forward with a hard right cross.