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10 Craziest Finishes In MMA History

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The Most Exciting MMA Fighters To Watch Today

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Who Are the Best BJJ Stars Making Waves In MMA Today?

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Takedown Defense 101: Stop Any Takedown

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5 Of The Best Boxers In MMA History

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Here’s How To Transform Your Takedown Game

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Build Yourself a Complete No Gi Takedown Game by Chaining These 12 Takedowns

Do you want to wrestle like a pro? Then you need to chain wrestle. Wrestling, BJJ and judo can be like a chess game where you plan two to three steps ahead or even more. If you make an attack and...

30 Best No Gi Takedowns For Those That are Terrible at Takedowns

If you have no knowledge of takedowns, which is a nice way of saying that you suck takedowns, you may want to look at these options. Kyle Cerminara of Long Island MMA shows us 30 of his favorite...

Before He Started Training BJJ, Chael Sonnen Had Self-Promoted Himself to Black Belt

Through the years many cases of self promoted jiu jiteiros were outed. While some excused themselves saying it was japanese jiu jitsu, a discipline they made out some outright owned it. Chael Sonnen...

Examining The Use Of Traditional Martial Arts In Modern MMA

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What Are The Differences Between Wrestling & Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Cultures?

Wrestling and BJJ are amongst two of the most popular grappling arts in the world. There are big differences in cultures between BJJ and Wrestling. The main points about wrestling culture it is...

These Are The 5 Best Celebrity Boxers

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Olympic Champion Jordan Burroughs On Why He Never Transitioned to MMA

Jordan Burroughs is perhaps the most recognizable wrestler in the United States.  The 31 year old Burroughs began wrestling when he was 5 years old. In 2012 he became an Olympic Gold Medalist by...

The Big Differences Between Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & MMA Mindset

There are many differences between bjj and mma, some of the main ones being quite literal in terms of punching but there are also other more subtle differences like: MMA uses a smaller number of...

When You Do Your First Wrestling Practice & You’re a Brown Belt in BJJ

Wrestlers are universally known as being some of the most hardcore athletes on earth. It takes a huge amount of hard work and perseverance to be successful in wrestling. The difference, between...

What Elite Wrestlers Know and You Don’t

Many wrestlers are focused on learning new moves. We are very move focused in the United States when it comes to wrestling. Wrestling is more than just knowing moves though. Some wrestlers know the...

10 Ways to Set Up Takedowns with Strikes

Setting up takedowns in an MMA fight and setting up a takedown in a grappling match where there are no strikes, are two very different things. You could arguably say that it is actually easier to get...

5 MMA Fighters Who Used Their Base Martial Art Better Than Anyone Else In The Game

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Technique Aside, BJJ Practitioners Are Terrible Athletes

Been working much on your techniques lately? And so you should, great job! After all, technique is king in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, it’s what your training time on the mats mostly consists of; so...

How Elite Grapplers Cross-Train in Other Grappling Sports (BJJ-Judo-Wrestling-Sambo)

“BJJ Players Will Never Reach Their Full Potential Unless They Cross Train In Other Grappling Arts.” John Danaher Grappling is big family which includes Judo, Sambo, Wrestling, BJJ, Catch...

4 Best Opportunities to Score a Takedown in MMA

Setting up takedowns in an MMA fight and setting up a takedown in a grappling match where there are no strikes, are two very different things. You could arguably say that it is actually easier to get...

Wrestle-Jitsu: Pretty Simple & Effective Leg Takedown Set Ups

The single leg take down is one of the first two takedowns that beginners learn in BJJ/Grappling. The reason for this is because it is relatively simple to understand and, like the double leg, it...

What is the Story of Khabib’s Infamous ” If Sambo Was Easy It’d Be Called Jiu-Jitsu” Shirt?

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has been cheeky about bjj in past famously sporting a sambo t shirt: “If Sambo was easy, it would be called Jiu-Jitsu”   Khabib...

The History And Origins Of Wrestling

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