Kung Fu fans dream of MMA representation, but will it ever happen? The played out cliché is that the early UFC tournaments demonstrated that BJJ was the most effective martial art in style vs style competition. That cliché is obviously not true, Royce Gracie was one of two grapplers in that first tournament, the other …
MMA in Lumpinee? On the 10th of September, Lumpinee Stadium held a press conference with some legitimately shocking announcements. Today we’re going to go through each of them and look at how they will change the Muay Thai scene. Gambling is No Longer Allowed & Three Round Fights Lumpinee has long stood alongside Rajadamnern Stadium …
The dust has settled. I had to do a double take when seeing this card. In my last article on Belfort, I said he was due to face Oscar De La Hoya. Then all of a sudden Donald Trump was presenting, De La Hoya was out and Holyfield was in. The event, held in Florida in the Seminole Hard Rock …
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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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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 …
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 …
Derrick Lewis vs Ciryl Gane: The Absolute State of the Heavyweight Division Read More »
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 …
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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