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Hey,
This past weekend three of my fighters battled it out inside the cage against three totally different types of
opponents.
I’m happy to say all our guys won their scraps and even better was that they all scored their victories in
the first round. One by TKO and two by submissions due to strikes.
The guys made my job easy as I didn’t even have to go into the cage once during the fights 
I didn’t know much about our opponents beforehand but I did make a few guesses after finding tiny details about them on the net.
I want to share with you my approach to preparing each of my fighters for what I gathered was their
opponents strengths. You should be able to use some of these strategies against people in the cage or at the gym in sparring.
Opponent #1
A taller, long armed fighter that probably was skilled on the ground with average striking ability.
Our Preparation Strategy:
1)Constantly drill straight punches and quick forward movement to close the distance against the taller opponent and also to increase punching power.
2)Use smooth head movement to present a difficult target for the opponent to hit
3)Drill single leg double leg take downs away from and against the cage since our fighter would be probably be
the stronger of the two.
Opponent #2
A short, very strong, muscular type fighter that can box
Our Preparation Strategy:
1)Work on fighting from the outside from a stationary position and while moving backwards. Keeping the opponent at the end
of our punches at all times!
2)Drill the crap out of single and double leg take downs while using punching combinations to set them up
3)Heavy conditioning work to prevent fatigue and give our fighter the ability to withstand the initial aggressive attack we knew this
guy would bring (we were right!)
Opponent #3
A shorter fighter that was mainly a jiu-jitsu guy
Our Preparation Strategy:
1) Work lots of counter wrestling
2) Hone a number of ways to get off the bottom from the buttefly
guard, 1/2 guard and closed guard positions
3) Drill multiple punch boxing combinations especially those leading with the cross because we anticipated the opponent holding his hands up in the wrong places.
If you like this type of strategy stuff let me know and I’ll be sure to put together an article covering these in greater detail and other types of fighters as well.
JJ
P.S I’ll be making first add-on to the MMA QuickStart Training
Program available for purchase very soon. It’s called “Uppercuts!”
and will build upon everything that’s taught in the original program
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so you’ll be ready for “Uppercuts” and the other future add-ons I plan
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Continued from part 1…
Johnny Sanguinetti was up next. His opponent was a boxer that was very powerfully built for the 185 lbs. division. With John being quite a bit taller than his opponent our strategy was to fight from the outside and use his reach to hit without taking any hits. The only problem was that the cage was very,very small which would without a doubt make that type of strategy more difficult to employ.
In preparation for the fight we had been working a lot of double and single leg entries in addition to the striking in order to give Johnny the opportunity to get to the top position if he wanted to.
When the fight began, Johnny’s powerful opponent attacked! I mean attacked with wild abandon trying to take his head off with punches. John ducked, moved, turned and rolled to avoid most of the shots but a few did get through. The good thing is that nothing that landed seemed to really hurt him. He was doing a great job of ‘weathering the storm” that his opponent was aggressively unleashing.
From the sidelines I had a feeling it would be only a matter of time before the opponent would tire.
A quick takedown put Johnny into the top position but only for a few seconds as his opponent used a quick burst of energy –using lots of strength while doing it– to get back to his feet and continue his attack. The two exchanged strikes until a second take down was successfully applied by John. This time his opponent fell into an awkward position that allowed Johnny to mount him right away. Once mounted John used solid Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu technique to control his struggling opponent and with less than a minute and a half left in the first round he unleashed a vicious ground and pound attack that forced the bottom fighter to submit.
I was so happy for him! He had trained really hard, was in great shape and had done a great job against a fighter that was very tough and that had an intimidating look to him.
In the co-main event, our fighter David Looker faced off against what turned out to be mainly a jiu-jitsu fighter. David used solid movement around the cage to fend off his opponent’s attempts to take him down as he worked his strikes.
Our strategy going into the fight was to let his hands go and try for the knockout. Again, the small cage really made it hard for fighters that night to avoid grappling long enough to score a ko. That was okay because David was well prepared for a grappling/wrestling type fight as well. In fact, I think he trained harder for this, the 3rd fight in his career, than he had for any of his bouts in the past. He was ready for anything!
The fight didn’t end up lasting long as David fired off a bunch of knee strikes into his opponent’s body before snapping him down to the mat from the front headlock position. A quick follow up with strikes to the downed opponent forced him to submit at about the one minute mark of the 1st round.
It was a solid win for David.
After all was said and done I realized that I didn’t have to go into the cage once during the fights since they all ended in the first round. The boys made it an easy night for me. I was very proud of the guys, first for stepping in the cage to compete and second for being successful after all the hard work they put in at the gym.
I’m already looking forward to the next one!
I’m still feeling the rush after an exciting night of MMA fights in Port Huron, Michigan.
Three of our fighters were on the card: Johnny Sanguinetti, Chris Watson, and David Looker. Out of the 20 fights on the card, Chris fought first, followed by John who battled sometime in the middle of the card and lastly David who was one half of the co-main event tilt.
I’d like to share a little bit of our approach going into preparing for each fight and then a quick description of how things actually played out.
First let’s talk about Chris Watson’s fight.
Chris’ opponent was a tall, long reached fighter that we didn’t know very much about. Was he a grappler? A striker? Right or left handed? We had no answers to any of those questions.
We spent weeks working on Chris’ ability to close the distance using straight punches and a strong forward stepping motion. Chris hits very hard and is overall a very scrappy, durable type fighter so I knew if he landed a punch solidly he had the chance to score a KO/TKO. With his opponent being so tall we had to get him inside and close enough to land that type of shot.
As a backup plan and since Chris also has a strong ground game we had Chris drilling a bunch take down entries. His double and single legs were very sharp come fight time and with the cage being pretty small I knew there would be a good chance of those moves coming off in the fight.
How the fight played out:With Chris going into this fight in great shape and our solid game plan well rehearsed I felt really excited for him as we walked toward the cage. His music, which he chose on the spot, “Testify” by Rage against the Machine rang throughout the building as I followed behind him moments before the fight.
Chris came out with his hands high and pressed forward hard with some powerful strikes. A hard punch to the jaw staggered his opponent 10 seconds into the fight causing Chris to blitz with punch after punch in an attempt to score the victory. After going limp his opponent seemed to wake up a bit. He quickly shot in to take Chris down or maybe just to hold on to him in an attempt to stop his attack. Chris back peddled and let his hand fly in a downwards motion and managed to rock his opponent again causing him to fall downwards stomach facing the canvas. The referee stepped in at that point and called the fight over, declaring Chris the winner.
The crowd was a little unclear as to whether the fight was stopped or not but after a moment of confusion Chris had his hand raised high in the cage.
Being his first real MMA fight –he’s now 1-0), I was very excited for it to go so smoothly for him.
Funny thing is that Chris almost didn’t make it to the fights. As Ryan Dickson and I were driving to the event we saw a car on the side of the highway. At the exact moment we were passing by we noticed a Joslin’s T-Shirt and realized it was Chris! It turned out that his car had broken down and was leaking oil. An hour later we were back on the road, with 3 new passengers including Chris, as the tow truck operator was hooking up the broken down vehicle to tow it back to Hamilton. What luck!?!
In the next post I’ll talk about Johnny Sanguinetti’s fight against a very powerfully built boxer and explain our strategy going into a match against a physically overpowering and aggressive type fighter.
Just got up from teaching and training tonight here at Joslin’s MMA.
I say up because upstairs above the gym is the home where my parents now live; the same place that my two brothers and I grew up in.
I’m feeling pretty tired after a long day filled with some intense training. Earlier in the day I managed to get in some technique practice for an hour or two and after heading home for a few hours I ended up back here at Joslin’s teaching kids class and a few adult ones as well.
We worked some 1/2 guard passes in the adult BJJ class and some take downs/take down defense in the MMA lesson. Everyone did very well and I’m definitely looking forward to getting back on the mats tomorrow!
Time to head home! Good night…
The best way to learn MMA is to start with the basics first.
Yes the fancy stuff is fun to watch and very fun to do as well but without a solid foundation an MMA’er will always have holes in their game that can be exploited.
That’s one of the main reasons I created the beginner MMA training program: MMA QuickStart. I also wanted to help the many people out there that are excited to learn MMA but don’t have access to an experienced teacher or martial arts school.
If you’re interested in beginning your MMA training you’ve come to the right place. I’ve recently posted up a free 1-hour workout that you can jump into right now in your own home. It’s the first workout of my 18 lesson MMA Quickstart program and focuses on the fundamentals of striking, stance and balance. Oh yeah, it’ll work you pretty hard too. The details you’ll learn will have you punching and kicking very hard with little effort and will start you off on the right foot in terms of your training.
Here’s the link to the page where you can find out how to get started.
http://www.mmaquickstart.com/members/freelesson/
Have fun!
Happy Easter everyone!
I just finished colouring some eggs with my kids. Good times. I even managed to get some good rolling in today with the team at Joslin’s which was cool.
I hope you and your families have a great weekend as well.
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Purchase either one here before Monday, April 9th at midnight and I’ll give you the other one for FREE.
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Getting an opponent into the kimura submission hold can be done in many ways. Once there though it can be very difficult to finish a strong, aggressive opponent that has a good idea of how to defend their arm.
In the video below I show you one of my best ways to smash through an opponent’s defense and score the submission win. I also break down a way you can get to the kimura from 1/2 guard.
Enjoy!
Joslin’s MMA Update…
By · CommentsThings have been really busy here in Hamilton at Joslin’s MMA.
We recently brought Randy Couture to town to do a meet & greet/book signing event.
It was a great night at the Endzone Bar & Grill where over 100 people came out to meet Randy.
We finished the night up with a Q & A session where I had the fun opportunity to ask Randy some questions about his training /fights, his acting and the other things he’s been up to since retiring from the fight game.
Here’s some footage from that Q & A session.
Thanks to all who came out that night. We look forward to bringing in more guests in the future.
MMA Technique – Ground & Pound + Guard Pass
By · CommentsBeing inside someone’s guard during a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu match is not the ideal place to be since there are very few submission attacks that you can apply from inside there. On the other hand, the bottom fighter can sweep you, hyper extend your arms, choke your neck and leg lock you in countless ways.
In MMA things are completely different. Why?
Because you can strike! Combine skill at doing that with a killer ability to pass the guard and you’ll look forward to being locked inside the guard of an opponent during an MMA fight. If you think about it, the person on the bottom is actually the furthest they could possibly be from standing back up onto their feet. That’s a good thing!
It’s time to take advantage of being on top inside the guard by dishing out a ground and pound attack in a powerful, safe and very effective way. In the video below I show you a sequence of ground and pound techniques that my fighters and I use all the time with a lot of success.
Oh yeah, it also includes a guard pass to make it even sweeter.
Here’s an MMA/Muay Thai striking technique that I’ve used throughout my martial arts career with great success.
When throwing an outside low kick is very important to set it up so that it’s not easily checked (blocked) by an opponent. Having your low kick blocked can hurt your shin and may even result in a fractured or broken bone in your leg. That type of injury is brutal and very difficult to recover from.
There are many different ways to set up an outside low kick; here’s one that you can use when your opponent is backed up against the cage or ring ropes.
Hope you can put it to good use in your training.
