Should I Be An Expert In Many Disciplines To Be An MMA Coach?

The best coaches in MMA aren’t experts in many martial arts, you don’t have to be a black belt in 2 or 3 martial arts to be a MMA coach. The truth is that the best coaches in the business are experts in only one discipline, some of them are experts in two, but they … Read more

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Do You Have To Be A Great Fighter To Be A Great Coach?

Let’s start with this statement, being a great fighter doesn’t mean being a great coach. Coaching and fighting are two separate things. Being a coach requires different skills than fighting. This is valid for all fighting disciplines, MMA, Kickboxing, boxing, etc. Why you don’t have to be a great fighter to be a great coach? … Read more

As a Coach, Should I Get Personal With My Fighters?

As a coach, should I get personal with my fighters, or should I keep it only professional? Combat sports are different from sports like football, basketball, etc. MMA, boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, etc. are all sports that tap deep into one of the most basic human instincts which is fighting. A football or basketball coach … Read more

Sambo Vs. Jiu Jitsu, Which Is Better For MMA?

Since the coming of Khabib Nurmagomedov to the UFC in 2012, a huge debate sparked about which discipline is better, Brazilian jiu jitsu or sambo. Khabib even dared to challenge the Brazilian jiu jitsu community by wearing a t-shirt saying “If Sambo was easy, it would be called Jiu-jitsu”. Khabib’s T-shirt enraged the jiu jitsu … Read more

How Does ONE Championship Weight Cutting Work?

Since the death of ONE Championship star Yang Jian Bing in December 2015 due to cardiopulmonary failure after a brutal weight cut, ONE Championship has made the decision to revolutionize the world of MMA and change the culture of weight cutting. In 2016, ONE FC came up with a revolutionary method for weigh-ins and sparked … Read more

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