Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold View Post
I'd like to see his feet in that clip because it doesn't seem to me that there should be a lot on that punch, though he placed it about perfect. It seems the power was in the step because he certainly didn't get his weight turned on it.
When I was in Phoenix, one of the guys that I worked with teaching secretaries how to box used to teach that and it drove me nuts. He said it was an amateur boxing scoring thing, to make it clear that the white part of the glove was landing.
The mechanics are strange, like halfway between a jab and a hook. He starts with shoulders square and weight forward, then pushes off his left foot to get his weight moving back. As it moves back he steps with his lead foot. The beauty is that he steps the front foot, sits down on his back foot, finishes turning his shoulders and lands the punch all at the same time. Interesting enough, the main event of the most recent UFC card ended the same way:



Not nearly the same level of technique (especially the other guy's defense), but still a well executed 1-3 coming forward.