MMA PAD WORK – Step, Kick, Knee Our video MMA technique tutorial series continues with MMA Pad Work Master Eddie Cha, head coach at the LAB Arizona, with a guest appearance here from UFC feather weight “Bruce Lee Roy” Alex Carceres. In this video Eddie and Alex demonstrate a pads drill using REVGEAR’s famous light […]
MMA Gloves – Whats Best For MMA Training? On the surface, Which MMA Gloves should I use for MMA Training? Would seem like a really simple question to answer, but with the multiple different training options and techniques required, not to mention the different styles now in Mixed Martial Arts, this question is not as […]
MMA Techniques – Countering the Jab Countering the jab is something that all fighters involved in striking based systems need to learn in their training. However, Stand up fighting in MMA has changed a lot over the last few years. The advent of more karate style practitioners such as Gunnar Nelson, Lyoto Machida and Stephen […]
MMA Versus Boxing: UFC 118 The upcoming match between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather has fans of both MMA and boxing talking in gyms and around water coolers all over the world. No matter where you go, everybody has an opinion on how this monumental showdown of MMA versus boxing is going to play out. […]
ARNOLD ALLEN MMA TUTORIAL PT1 While visiting his home in Colchester England, our UK fight aficionado Alex Wright, caught up with UFC star Arnold Allen at his original team gym BKK fighters. Arnold, at only 23 years old, is one of the most technical fighters in his UFC featherweight division and now training much of […]
McGregor vs Mayweather: Should it Happen? MCGREGOR VS MAYWEATHER: This match may well be responsible for one of the biggest changes in fight promotion history since Mixed Martial Arts entered the combat sports arena. We ask not whether this bout will happen (It’s happening!) but whether it should. As the relatively new sport of Mixed […]
Although there is no doubt it’s the fighters of any combat sport who have always taken the limelight in the media age. However it is now very much the social media age which is allowing us to see behind the scenes of great fight teams and get to know about the people who build the […]
Mixed Martial Arts use of distance has always been crucial during the standup phase of the fight and a common issue when fighters come from a different base such as Muay Thai. Fighters still look to count or evade, in the way a standup fighter would, without considering the range of attacks they might face […]
The MMA training gear has developed a variety of odd names but “Puffies”, aka MMA sparring gloves, hybrids or training gloves, might just be winning the title of weirdest, maybe alongside “Tighties”, aka Vale Tudo Shorts. It’s hard to say when this odd little name twist happened but we’re hearing it more and more. After […]
If you have not yet heard of ONE Championship, then maybe it’s time you have. It is widely seen as the world’s second biggest Mixed Martial Arts event. It pays top money to fighters and with a name like that, it can’t be long before it will not be so happy about being the world’s […]