How to understand if a punch/kick landed well?

Hi guys, ever since the Hughes-Usman fight and how close each rd was, its got me thinking about how to tell if a punch/kick landed well to deal damage. One of the key things when I was trying to score this fight is the key moments of damage from each fighter and for me its honestly very hard to tell. Ever since Ive started watching MMA i've basically been using these 3 things to tell me how damaging a punch/kick was: The commentators, How wild it looked, the sound of it, and the fighters reaction to the shot. These are of course, really stupid ways to score a fight but cmon cut me some jack slack im tryna enjoy a fight here lmao To me Usman was reacting way more to hughes more wilder punches, along with the commentators frequently praising hughes shots which, along with other things, led me to score the fight a draw but honestly im not too sure. Do you guys have any tips on how to tell if a punch/kick landed? How do I know if a fighter doesnt like the shot he recieved or he was just rolling with the punch? How do I know if a leg kick was really successful other than seeing the reciever fail to check the kick? How do I know that knees to the ass are actually damaging to the fighter? And how tf am I supposed to tell if a knee actually landed/damaged the fighter? Any answers are greatly appreciated. submitted by /u/Chilipowderspice [link] [comments]