Muay Thai hand wrapping courtesy of grapplemonkey.com
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I figured I would do a look up on Mark DellaGrotte since he has been a trainer on TUF and really impressed me with his training of Travis Lutter for his semi-finals fight.
Mark is owner of the Sityodtong Muay Thai Academy in Somerville, MA.
He is certified and appointed by Master Yodtong Senanan to teach, conserve [...]
There are a lot of sources out there for training techniques but there rarely is a one-stop shop for all this information. This is where Dragondoor.com comes in. They have been around for a long time and have an extensive article section with solutions to all kinds of questions regarding strength training and [...]
The title from this episode stems from Charles McCarthy’s continual moodiness and negativity. One of the other fighters wrote on McCarthys’ list that he needs “a personality”. Thinking he knows who did it, McCarthy goes up to Drago to see “..if they have a beef.” Drago denies it but just based on the accusation [...]
YouTube has some video of fight prep for The Philly Bad Ass, Lamont Lister. I have never heard of Lister but if his skills match his athletic ability… I would be afraid for whoever he is fighting next.
The trainers are from CrossFit Philly. Their website is KettlebellAthletics.com.
Budovideos.com is selling an instructional DVD and book by one of the best grapplers in the world – Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
Contents of book include:
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira instructional:
-Omo plata transition to ankle hold
-From omo plata, take the back
-How to armbar a resisting opponent
-Armlock from the guard
-Rear naked choke from a failed armlock from [...]
Originally I was going to call it Around the Net.. then I thought of Around the Horn which was a football term for a training exercise we did.. then I figured since this is an MMA blog.. I should call this post… Around the Cage.
I am feeling a little brain dead due to work [...]
“If you bring it, I will bling it,” quotes Shonie Carter, in regards to his fascination with decorating everything in the house with paint and fake jewelry. I really think Shonie could get a side business hot gluing UFC hats. Mike Burnett doesn’t want his stuff blinged but it actually looked pretty pimpin’, [...]
So many people involved in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts would like to be a fighter but then there are those who don’t like being hit in the face and prefer being on the business end of promoting MMA. Now here is your chance.. to be become a fight promoter.
Fight Promoter University
Here [...]
Here is an excerpt of what is pankration taken from Reference.com:
“Pankration is a sport or martial art introduced in the Olympic games in 648 BC. It combined striking and grappling, and a match would be won by submission of the opponent. A contestant could signal submission by raising his hand, but sometimes the only form [...]
Meet Drake Dudley. Fights out of Mohler Jiu-Jitsu in Irving, Texas.
12 years old. Remember that as you watch the video.
This is the 2nd event for the International Fight League (IFL) on FSN. I remembered to Tivo it this time!
The match-up this week pits Renzo Gracie’s Pitbulls against Maurice Smith’s Tiger Sharks.
vs The first match of the night is the lightweight division with the Pitbull’s Erik Owings taking on Tiger Shark’s [...]
I first learned about Scrapper maybe 5-6 years ago from MMA.tv (a popular MMA bulletin board). He was offering his workouts to anybody interested on the bulletin boards. Now he has a successful website where he sells his DVDs and other products. He also trains people in Hawaii and has personally trained Egan [...]
I ordered some videos from Mark Hatmaker of Extreme Self Protection. He has special deals every so often that he sends out to people on his mailing list to which I belong. I definitely suggest checking out his website. I originally learned about him when I found his book – NO HOLDS [...]