Diesel Breakdown’s Southpaw Series applies to boxing, kickboxing, muay thai and mixed martial arts. Footwork and hand techniques are universal between each sport – but adjustments have to be made depending on your chosen discipline. Southpaws are typically far trickier to deal with than orthodox opponents. Southpaws make up an extraordinary percentage of the greatest fighters …
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Kyoji Horiguchi vs Tenshin Nasukawa was an exciting affair. The bout between the (at the very least) number 2 MMA fighter and the (again, at the very least) number 2 kickboxer in the world saw Tenshin looking for groin kicks at every opportunity and Kyoji Horiguchi looking quite convincing as far as kickboxing goes. It …
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Charlie Peters is widely recognised as one of the best fighters in England, certainly the best not to come out of Bad Company Gym in Leeds, who’s star fighter Liam Harrison he will face later this year. Today we will look at what makes Charlie Peters such a successful Muay Thai fighter. When analysing the …
Max Holloway is perhaps the most interesting MMA fighter in the game today. While there are fighters like Frankie Edgar and Conor McGregor, who are no doubt skilled but don’t drastically change from fight to fight – Max Holloway has shown more growth as a fighter in a few short years than Conor McGregor has …
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Dana White has put more than a few eggs in the Darren Till basket, and it’s understandable. Michael Bisping is on his way out, Dan Hardy was forced into early retirement and with the success of Conor McGregor, MMA is more popular in the British Isles than ever. Yet the British have never been a …
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Why would you want to fight like a chicken? Aren’t they cowardly animals that run away? Being called a chicken is an insult, so why on Earth would I ever advise you to fight like a chicken? Well here, look at this chicken: And that video isn’t just there to justify the strangest title for …
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Styles make fights is the most tired cliche in the business. It’s so tired because it’s true. While any armchair coach will tell you that styles make fights as their sole reasoning for why Conor McGregor will DEFINITELY beat Floyd Mayweather in under four rounds – the truth is that the styles that make the …
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Daniel Sam’s first Muay Thai class at Diesel gave everyone a hell of a workout, and plenty of technical knowledge. The technique of the day was low kicks. Make ’em miss… In this drill we alternate between three methods of defending. The three methods are as follows: bracing the kick, allowing it to ride …
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UFC 220 was an exciting and frightful affair. With no UFC heavyweight champion defending the UFC belt more than twice (a fact making Fedor Emelianenko’s legendary heavyweight win streak all the more impressive), it seemed like the division was well and truly cursed. With part time firefighter Stipe Miocic about to face off against the …
When fighting one of the most important things to understand is the controlling of distance and space. Regardless of your combat sport, the control of space is everything when it comes to dictating and forcing your kind of fight on an opponent. At Diesel we have a concept called ‘No Man’s Land’. In World War …