Re: Did Inoue step on Payano's foot before landing the right?
Grey's got it correct. Inoue does pivot but doesn't get to fully pivot because his heel steps on Payano's foot. Payano's knee keeps Inoue from completing the revolution or Inoue is forced to turn from the waist up instead of fulling getting his hips and lower body into the transfer of energy.
Most of the time when guys are hesitating, its to get the angle or distance on a punch. In this instance, Inoue is jabbing and then stepping and pivoting to get around that lead arm take it out of the equation and find his angle. Most martial arts start with a footwork system designed to exploit attack angles. if you jab a guy and he goes straight back, (you're at his 12 on a clock face) you're just closing the distance because hes squared up and you can funnel shots through the guard (he can too though but you can see them coming). If he turns or pivots off (and your at his 3 or 9 you can still find his head over his shoulder or loop shots around his elbows to the body or uppercuts toward his chin if you're close enough ..all from a safe spot. if he pivots off and you're at his 10 or 2 o'clock, his head tends to be behind his lead glove, elbow and shoulder... if his guard is high and if his body is bladed you can't see the power hand which is lined up to your 12 o clock if he turns into you... His head could be where you think it is and his power hand could be scratching his @$$ or he could be lining you up to drop the hammer on you... so you hesitate while you're adjusting while finding you attack angle or closing the distance.
Otherwise you're gambling on whats behind door number one...
A. you shoot a shot around his lead glove (sacrificing distance you get from the full extension of a straight punch) at where you think his head is... you happen to have just enough to land it. maybe he goes down or to sleep....
B. The shot you loop is just on the inside of the lead hand and in perfect position to be parried and taken down while he counters with the power hand to the now unprotected side of your chin/temple/face.
C. You're not close enough because you didn't take that extra step and you fall short, leaving you overextended and off balance... (see B. )
D. You shot a straight punch for the sake of continuing an all out assault, He takes it on the lead glove/ elbow/ shoulder and turns into you with the ugliest counter you've never seen (See B.)
E. You throw to the body and land something that maybe doesn't have much on it or he turns away and the ref calls it a kidney punch. The point is you take your hand away from your face to deliver a low percentage shot and well... you know where it goes from there.
It's a nasty proposition by the numbers. Most fighters work based on throwing punches based on target acquisition, (which is why so many fights look awful after their reflexes go and they see the target but cant pull the trigger). It pays to take that extra step to get distance or angle.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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