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Shanelle Dyer: Elise Reed is ‘very susceptible to a knockout’
I’m a bit confused about one specific part of this fight preview. Shanelle Dyer calls out Elise Reed’s low-guard taekwondo style as a major knockout vulnerability. But every taekwondo demo or competition I’ve seen has practitioners keeping their hands high to defend their heads. How does a low guard align with taekwondo’s core training? I know MMA fighters adapt traditional styles, but this feels contradictory to everything I’ve observed about the discipline. It’s been stuck in my head since I read it.