I saw this video floating around the internet the other day. You don’t survive in the UFC — let alone dominate it — for six years without taking a few stiff punches on the chin, but even still, Anderson Silva seems to have a knack for taking the best shot that his opponent has to [...]
Last Saturday at UFC 140, fans watched UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones choke Lyoto Machida unconscious with a vicious standing guillotine choke. It was another submission victory for the fast-rising Jones, and a stark contrast to Brian Ebersole’s post-fight speech earlier in the night, where he claimed that in his martial arts experience, the [...]
Injuries are and always will be a part of mixed martial arts, so when you tune in on any given fight night, chances are that there has been at least one or two changes to the card since it was first announced. Still, UFC 137 has been more unstable than most, with injury announcements and [...]
As fledgling mixed martial artists, I understand the desire to fill your toolbox with as many offensive maneuvers as possible. Submissions are exciting to learn, they look great on TV, and there’s a feeling of accomplishment when you feel your opponent finally give up and slap the mat. There is a type of certainty when [...]
For this edition of the MMA Toolbox, we at the official TapouTVTC.com blog are excited to equip you with your first fight-finishing technique. And when it comes to the fight game, I prefer chokes above all other types of offensive finishers. For one reason, a properly applied choke is not something that your opponent can [...]
In “Real Steel,” the public has grown tired of human competition, where there are too many rules and regulations, and have moved on to robot boxing. What do you think? If it guaranteed more exciting fights, would you pay to see two robots throw down in the Octagon, or is the human element irreplaceable? “Real Steel” [...]
Wrestling can be one of the most frustrating aspects of mixed martial arts to learn, but it is also one of the most crucial. Having the ability to dictate where a fight takes place is often the difference between a win and a loss, and you cannot do that without a solid wrestling foundation. We [...]
One of my favorite thing about the martial arts, and about mixed martial arts specifically, is that there is always something new to learn. My old martial arts instructor used to hammer this point home. He told his students that he did not consider himself a black belt, but an advanced white belt, because he [...]
Here on the official TapouTVTC blog, we recently talked about the importance of attitude in your MMA training. Part of that proper attitude involved taking time to make sure that you are mentally focused and prepared for training, something that a lot of beginner martial artists do not do. Today, I want to touch on [...]
Boxing and mixed martial arts have a complicated relationship. With both being combat sports cut in a similar fashion — both have pay-per-view revenue models, a sense of prizefighting grandeur etc. — it seems only natural to compare the two. Some MMA fans point to the declining boxing ratings as proof that MMA has ‘replaced’ [...]
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