The first thing you need to know about Sydney is, his name isn’t Trev. You’d be mistaken for thinking so; I’ve been calling him it since I joined the gym in September. Everybody does. He stands at a towering 6’7”, he idolises Israel Adesanya, and he practically lives in the gym. I sat down with
Chess, Burgers & The IMMAF World Championships: 21 Questions with Sydney Omar Dacres Read More »
Today we have a guest piece from James Budd, who attended Vinny Shoreman’s Seminar at Diesel last week. https://theshoremansolution.com/ Vinny Shoreman has a way with words, so much so that he’s made it his business. The former fighter and striking coach is now the most recognisable voice in European kickboxing, and one of the most
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Buckle up children, daddy’s taking us to the circus again. This is the fourth instalment of Andrew’s laments on freakshow novelty fights in combat sports. Here are the rest: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Logan Paul | A Trip to the Circus Donald Trump Presents: The Florida Granddad Fights A Defence of Jake Paul The Build
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Dieselnoi is the unappreciated Muay Thai GOAT, but why do fans choose not to see it. Today we take a brief look into the career of skypiercer Dieselnoi is the very fighter who inspired the name of Diesel Gym. Somewhere in Diesel’s vault we even have the signed shorts from him. Yet we’ve never actually
DIESELNOI’S SKYSCRAPER KNEES Read More »
Every martial art or combat sport has an associated stereotypical stance. Whether it’s the bladed side on stance of boxing and point based karate, or the square stance of MMA, everyone has an opinion on which stance works best for which sport. Of course in the real world there is no such thing as the
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Karate exercises for Muay Thai is something we spoke about in a previous Diesel Article, which I recommend you read before looking at this one. Last year we spoke with Bellator and Glory kickboxing champion Gabriel Varga about his life and career. One topic we spoke about in particular was his background in karate and
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Continuing from last time, we are going to be looking at the 5 greatest heavyweights in MMA history and ranking them to decide who the best really is. At first we were going to look at light heavyweight – but we’re gonna go ahead and skip that division for now because it is so strange
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Continuing from last time, we are going to be looking at the 5 greatest welterweights in MMA history and ranking them to decide who the best really is. The welterweight division isn’t as stacked as lightweight, but has a crazy amount of history behind it. Let’s see who the greatest of the division are. Number
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Happy New Year Diesel Crew! 2021 was 20 years since Jen’s Pulver was crowned the first ever UFC Lightweight Champion. It’s also marked 20 years since Davie Menne was crowned the first ever UFC Middleweight Champion. Now we go into 2022 we’re going to look back at the 5 best fighters of each division in
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Muay Thai is the art of eight limbs, but in the West we don’t get nearly enough practise with elbows. Unless you’re fighting under full Thai or MMA rules, you’re not allowed to use them in competition. Because elbows are sharp and can easily lead to cuts, some coaches are reluctant to let their students
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