CLINCH

Clinching is when you are tying up your opponent using your arms to hug his arms, so that he can't hit you. Usually your best move when you are in trouble. It's limited because the referee will break it up, but it can give you a few valuable seconds to clear your head and recover some of your strength. The longer you are able to hold the clinch the more strength you can recover. The clinch will continue until the referee breaks it, or if you or your opponent successfully BREAK from the clinch.

Your ability to avoid a clinch is based on your "agility". A higher agility will allow you to outmaneuver your opponent's attempt to clinch. This is particularly effective against a strong, slow opponent after he has burned out most of his punching strength and seeks to recover it in a clinch.

BREAK

Use BREAK to get yourself out of a clinch. It is primarily based on your agility, as you try to outmaneuver in a scuffle. While you are in a clinch both you AND your opponent are recovering strength. In any event, the referee will break up a clinch that goes to long and appears to be stalling.