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Dustin Poirier is one of my favourite fighters, and he is able to use it especially well. However, at the same time, loads of people fail to use it too. I’m also a southpaw like Dustin and am thinking about using it, but I have a few questions.

1. How do you block the body using the guard? It
   has heavy emphasis in protecting the head, but what about the body? (As seen in the picture of Leon attached.) Do you just turn into a Philly shell or keep the flared elbow out?

2. Is it even worth learning. Like I said, Dustin is one of the best to do it, and uses the stonewall guard well, but countless people have failed to use it.