Many athletic commissions have already rejected the changes, in part or in whole....
Are you talking about this sort of elbow from guard? Because that's already legal. Guys like Condit and Florian are/were pretty well known for...
No. Not even in his own family. I'm willing to bet it isn't. You mean like kicks to the knees, which we've an entire thread about?...
In addition to "Jiujitsu University" I'd also recommend his video series "Jiujitsu Revolution" and "Freestyle Revolution". The man is truly...
Assuming this is true- and I think it is, just don't have any real numbers to throw at it- then it's an unfair comparison, given how many kicks...
The old tournaments were single-elimination, not round-robin. In round-robin format, you'd fight every other fighter. The reason you wouldn't...
Lindland's book is really good for wrestling-style clinch. Anderson's book and video are pretty good for the Thai-style clinch for MMA. Couture...
Coincidentally, I'm reading "On Combat" by Lt. Col David Grossman and Loren Christensen. They (he, mostly- I get the feeling Grossman writes most...
Not sure if serious, but no, Van Clief only had one fight, at UFC 4 vs. Royce Gracie. Abbott wouldn't debut until UFC 6.
I've trained in it a little bit forever ago. Some stuff I liked, some I didn't, but it's that way with just about everything I've trained. One...
In addition to many of those mentioned, I've gotta pimp my coach's site, mostly for boxing, submissions, and conditioning:...
I think there's a lot of potential with Sanda/San Shou, but considering that Sanda has a very small base in the West, and that China is still in...
May I recommend that instead of MMA gloves, you go for MMA sparring gloves or fingerless bag gloves? I hit the bag with MMA gloves for years and...
Whenever the damaging potential of the neck crank comes up, this is the clip that comes to my mind: Brutal Guillotine Choke - YouTube Dude's...
I think Velasquez will be too adept at closing the distance, pinning him against the cage, and wearing him out before a TKO. Kind of a repeat of...
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