Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley | A Modest Defence

Roberto Apodaca, Reggie Sanders, Jerry Cooper and Edgar Ayala. Don’t pretend you know who they are. A common argument made against Jake Paul, YouTube and Vine star turned professional boxer, is that he hasn’t fought a single ‘real’ boxer. The man is 4 fights in, and just defeated his 4th debuting fighter in the form
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The Blue Eyed Samurai | Andy Hug, 21 Years Later

August 24th 2021, marked 21 years since the untimely passing of K1 Legend, Andy Hug. For the younger fight fans out there, Andy Hug likely only exists to them in the form of highlight reels that show off a mad selection of moves. Andy Hug was best known for his use of the axe kick,
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The Calf Kick, Risk vs Reward

MMA as a sport is very trend heavy. Anderson Silva KO’d Vitor Belfort with a front kick, and from then on every fighter was trying to recreate that same KO with poorly thought out front kicks. The current trend is the calf kick, a move that is 50% useful, 50% stupid. Allegedly common in the
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TRT Vitor Belfort: Looking Back at the Bodies

Last year a simple post found it’s way onto instagram. A post that made every fighter not signed to the UFC wince, and maybe pee a little. Now a Free Agent, Vitor was back on TRT, and he had a sense of humour about it. Vitor Belfort has one of the longest and most interesting
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Derrick Lewis vs Ciryl Gane: The Absolute State of the Heavyweight Division

Heavyweight was once the gold standard of boxing. He who held the heavyweight championship belt was the greatest fighter in the world. This was in the days before MMA, and when a heavyweight boxer was expected to be only 200lbs, rather than the 265 giants we have today. Heavyweights were powerful, but athletic, you never
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Mastering Your Teep

The first tool that I like any of my students to master is their teep. The teep is the most important weapon in Muay Thai, bar none. Having control over your teep lets you control the distance the fight is fought at. The teep serves as an effective counter to any strike from mid-range or
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The Evolution of Muay Thai | Thailand, Japan, Holland and Brazil

In 2014, the excellent sports writers Conor Ruebusch and Fraser Coffeen set out to break down Muay Thai. Their aim was to look at Muay Thai and how it has developed in different nations to develop slightly different styles. A great idea, so what was the issue? Well, for a start, they never actually finished
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Conor vs Dustin | UFC 264 Diesel Breakdown

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UFC 264: McGregor vs Poirier III | Pre-Fight Breakdown

Conor McGregor’s record is fascinating. On paper he’s beaten Eddie Alvarez, Donald Cerrone, Jose Aldo, Max Holloway and yes, Dustin Poirier. In practise, however it seems that McGregor has fallen into the unfortunate trap that so many fighters fall into; while he has good names on his record, he appears to have fought those names
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Switching Stances & Shifting: How To Get Started

Switching stances is always a hot topic in martial arts. Regardless of whether it’s TJ Dillashaw or Kyoji Horiguchi, everyone wants to switch stances in order to confuse their opponents and have more success in the ring. What is it that actually makes switching stances useful though? And how are we able to make the
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