Why Francis Ngannou Is The Hardest Puncher ?

Tyson Fury's fight against UFC champion Francis Ngannou has come.

Ngannou is known as one of the best boxer in the MMA and he has world record in punching power. Now, we are curious about.. Why Francis Ngannou is the hardest puncher in the world.. which means.. in bio mechanical way ! MMA Motion lab has studied of the bio-mechanical principle of punch. Consequently, we find the secret.

5 PARTS ANALYSIS

The head, shoulders, and pelvis are collectively referred to as the 5 parts of the body, which are considered very important when bio mechanically defining and analyzing body movements.

While studying the secret of punching power, Motion Lab found out that it is deeply related to the acceleration of the 5 parts of the body. As a result of analyzing the acceleration of five body parts in the punch video of martial arts players, the stronger the punching power, the more similar the acceleration of the head-shoulder-pelvis tends to come out. [Note: YouTube video-1]

Quantitative And Qualitative Measurement Of Punching Power

​In measuring punch force scientifically, it can be classified into two major categories. It is a quantitative and qualitative measurement of punching force.

Quantitative measurement of punch power refers to the absolute destructive power of a punch. For example, Ngannou is said to have the world's best punch power record, as measured by a measuring device that measures the absolute destructive power of a punch. It is similar to comparing the absolute destructive force of a car and a dump truck when they collide with a wall.

​Qualitative Measurement Of Punching Power

Conversely, what is a qualitative measure of punching force? It refers to measuring the physical characteristics (for example, acceleration, trajectory) of each part of the body and analyzing the relationship between a movement called a punch. Punching is a complex movement in which all joints of the body are involved, and maximum punching power comes out only when each joint and muscle function together organically.

After all, MMA Motion Lab performed a qualitative measurement of punching force. Ngannou is measured the head-shoulder-pelvic acceleration of the upper right hand that knocked out Andrei Arlovski, and the graph corresponding to the result.

Ngannou Punch Analysis

The black line represents the acceleration of the head, the red represents the right shoulder, and the blue represents the acceleration of the right pelvis. And the straight line on the graph represents the average value of each joint's acceleration change. As you can see, the accelerations of the three joints are almost identical. This shows that Ngannou accelerated head-shoulders-pelvis simultaneously and sharply and, stopped at the same time.

This time, let's look at the data of Illia Topuria, a lightweight hard puncher and rising player. As you can see, the acceleration of the head-shoulder-pelvis is somewhat spread compared to Ngannou.

Topuria Punch Analysis

Next, to confirm this theory, let's look at the data of Max Holloway, a representative soft puncher. Depending on the video, the Y-axis scale is different because the distance between the camera and the player is different. For ease of comparison, only the head-shoulder-pelvis ratio is graphed.

Holloway Punch Analysis

Interestingly enough, there is a clear difference between the three players. Which player's graph is closest to a straight line? If you ask me. Ngannou, Topuria, and Holloway in that order. It matches exactly the order of punch power.

The era of sciencing martial arts

Martial arts has been trained by variables that cannot be defined compared to other sports. Along with the development of science and technology, martial arts training has now entered the world of science that has been upgraded to the next level.