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 […]
MMA Pad Work Master, Eddie Cha demonstrates a counter striking drill in the second of his exclusive tutorial series for Revgear Sports. The drill uses Revgear counter punch mitts, a product specifically designed for counter striking and slipping drills and has been a firm favourite of Boxing coaches around the world for many years. Check […]
UFC NEW ZEALAND: Vinc Pichel returns to the cage. Auckland New Zealand might seem an almost unlikely setting for Los Angeles bad boy Vinc Pichel to make his return to the UFC Octagon after a two year hiatus. Facing tough Australian fighter Damien Brown, Pichel looks to take his third victory in the Ultimate Fighting […]
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 […]
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 […]
Karl Tanswell has been involved in martial arts and Combat sports most of his life. He’s currently the Head Coach and Director of SBG UK and the SBG Manchester Fight Team. As a mixed martial arts coach, he has developed athletes who regularly compete on all the major promotions, amassing many titles along the way. […]