👊🥊💪UFC x Boxing: Bobby Green, Bud Crawford, Joseph Parker's Chef, Rabbit Punches, My Saturday Training

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What do you guys think of Bobby Green going around to these boxing gyms and calling out boxers to spar with him? He seems to like to spar with no headgear. Bobby Green doesn't care about weight divisions. I mean, I get it. Bobby's trying to build his brand on streaming platforms, I think kick. And yeah, live sparring is all is always gonna get a lot of views. But I just I don't know. I I find it a little cringe for him to do that. It shows a little bit of dis disrespect for the game when you just show up at somebody's gym and try to call them out Johnny on the spot and you got the camera rolling. It'd be a whole different level if there was no camera. Because that meant means like you really don't care. Like just maybe one guy's gonna walk out of the gym and the other one won't because he's unconscious, but you don't care about documenting any of this. As soon as there's cameras involved, it just it just changes the whole motivation for combat sport. Whether it's sparring in jujitsu or judo or boxing. My personal opinion, in many ways, these little cell phone cameras and social media have really undermined the true spirit of practicing a combat sport because everybody's too hyper-aware of how they look on camera. Now, that said, let me know what you think of Bobby Green roam roaming around boxing gyms calling out fighters. Thanks. Does anyone want Terrence Crawford to come out of retirement? There's been more than a few so-called boxing journalists. I I don't know if they're just trying to troll us or play us. They seem to think that Terrence Crawford is gonna come out of retirement to fight Boots Ennis. Now the problem with that idea is once you take your foot off the gas, as Terrence has a little bit, at least, you know, you allow yourself to eat, drink, do whatever, take days off, not train as hard as you would if you were if you had a fight coming. It's really gett nice to get used to that pace of of life and that lifestyle. And the thought of putting yourself back in the hard grind can be a bit of a detriment to to want to come out of retirement. So and Terrence at this point does not need the money. So it would have to be solely a personal motivation for him to do that. But the point is, do you guys want to see Terence come back? Do you want to see him fight boot zenis? Let me know what you think of that in the comments. Joseph Parker recently stated that his positive test for cocaine happened because his nutritionist was using coke. I believe him 100%. And here's why. I've heard of supplement companies who've lost their Safe for Sport accreditation because an employee in the back room was using coke. I mean, not in the facility itself, but they were a cocaine user. And so I guess residual amounts of the powder were detected in the supplements themselves. And that resulted in a positive test on these supplements. So even though Joseph Parker had to sit out for a few months due to this positive test, at least his name is cleared. But it just shows you you gotta be really careful with the company you keep if you're an athlete who gets tested for PEDs. You can't even afford to be around folks who are using illegal drugs. Hopefully, that particular nutritionist has not caused any other athletes to get a positive test. I'm not sure if Team Parker is going to ever expose who this nutritionist is, but I think we can probably figure that out if we do a little research on our own. I think I know who this nutritionist in question is because they have appeared on a number of Joseph Parker's videos in the role as his chief nutritionist. So I guess there's more information to come. Let me know you what you think of the results of this test and the explanation for why Joseph Parker tested positive for cocaine use. Thank you. In striking, taking kits to the back of the head is a very serious issue. This can happen in practice, and of course, it can also happen in an actual fight. Now, I have definitely experienced both. So we'll start a I'll start speaking about taking blows to the back of the head in a fight. My first experience of this was actually in the amateurs in I think my second amateur fight ever. Here's the interesting thing. This was an open stance fight, as they call it in MMA. In boxing terms, it's a righty, I'm an orthodox, so I'm a righty, versus a lefty. That's called open stance. And in that stance, it's far more likely for somebody to get hit in the back of the head because both fighters' lead hand is on the same side. So for example, I'm right-handed, so my left hand is my lead hand, my left hand is forward. By contrast, my opponent's lead hand is their right hand. So now both of our lead hands are on the same side of our bodies. That means it's easier for her to throw a right hook and land to the back of my head, and vice versa. It's easy for my left hook to wind up landing on the back of her head because both of our bodies are turned towards each other, meaning the back of our head is a little more oblique to the other person. Now that said, any referee worth their assault should be aware that in this open stance fight, they're gonna have to watch out for blows to the back of the head and stop the action and warn the fighter. Look them in the eye and say, watch the blows to the back of the head. Now, when it's when a blow to the back of the head lands in an open stance fight, it's not necessarily done intentionally. But if one fighter figures out that they can land that type of punch, it's called a rabbit punch, if they can land that, I won't say easily, but if they realize that they can land that punch, they might start doing it repeatedly just because they feel it gives them an advantage. At that point, the referee really is going to have to enforce the rules. Here's why. That rabbit punch to the back of the head back here, that's part of what we call that mohawk area. UFC linguini necks, pencil necks linguini arms were getting really upset about Cyril Gunn issuing elbows to the back of Alex Pereira's head. One troll on YouTube even offered to elbow me to the back of the head just so I could feel it. Uh, that's another story. Now, here's my experience with getting hit in the back of the head in an amateur boxing fight. It's not so much that it hurts, it doesn't really hurt, but you can literally feel yourself in that moment getting stupider. Here's what I mean. It's as if there's a brain-body disconnect when you get hit back here in the mohawk area, right on the back of the skull. You know you're aware that you're supposed to be doing something, but you're not able to do that. So for example, I know and I'm thinking, oh, I gotta keep my hands up, but then my body is not co cooperating to keep my hands up. The exact same thing can happen in practice in sparring. Hopefully, your opponent was wearing bigger gloves than they would be wearing in a fight. And also, hopefully, your sparring partner's not doing this intentionally at all, then they're not putting a lot of power on that shot. If you wind up sparring somebody who does things like that intentionally, you should just not spar them again ever. Or just hopefully your corner will figure that out and they can just stop the sparring session immediately. Now, the same thing applies to blows to the top of the head. That's still part of that mohawk area, which is illegal in both boxing and MMA. And there's even less of an excuse for somebody hitting you on the top of the head, especially in boxing. There's no hammer fists allowed. You can't whack somebody on the top of the head. I've also had that happen in sparring, not in a real fight, in sparring because I'm always sparring people who are much taller than me. And so some figure that since I level change or I'm already shorter than them, if I level change down to the body, I'm even lower, and then they figure, well, they my head is exposed, they take a shot. But those are the types of people I avoid sparring once I realize that that's their mindset. Now, can a blow to the top or back of the head automatically will that automatically result in a subdural hematoma? I'm not so sure about that. I don't think you can draw a direct line between a blow to the back of the head, top of the head, which are legal. It should not happen. You can't say with certainty that that's what causes a subdural hematoma. I think the subdural hematoma can happen from blows to any part of the head. Are these areas, the back of the head and the top of the head, more vulnerable? Yes, absolutely. That's why it's illegal to hit somebody there. But I've seen uh unfortunate circumstances where the person who suffers a subdural hematoma is simply taking tons of blows just to anywhere on the skull, very hard blows over a certain duration of rounds. Again, that's not automatically going to result in a subdural hematoma. I do think there's some pre-existing conditions that make a fighter more susceptible to a subdural hematoma. And then when you add on top of that just the repeated concussive blows, I think that's what does it. So my point here is that I don't think we can automatically blame a blow to the top of the head or the back of the head as the specific reason that a subdural hematoma happens in the person who got hit. I think there's still a ton of research that needs to be done in terms of combat sport safety with regards to strikes to that mohawk area. And in addition to that, I think we need much more research on the cause of subdural hematomas in combat sport athletes. Now notice that this happens far more in boxing than it does in MMA. We can make, we can express our opinion about why that is. You know, people are happy to say, well, that's because in MMA, somebody would already have gotten knocked out, so that's why they don't suffer through even more punches like they do in boxing. People also say, well, in boxing, because the ref gives an eight count, it prolongs the damage that fighter can take. Now, I'm not sure how to really dissect all of this because boxing, yes, you have shorter rounds, three minutes, you have more rounds, because up to 12, but you're also wearing bigger gloves. I don't think it's as straightforward as it sounds. I don't think, you know, in many ways the MMA community kind of wants to vilify boxing a bit, saying, well, MMA is way more safe than boxing because nobody's died in MMA, people have died in boxing. Yes, and boxing has been around for much longer than MMA. So, bottom line, I conclusions saying A cause B, B is the subdural hematoma. I think we need more research in brain health in combat sport athletes. Fortunately, the Lou Rubo Center for Brain Research, which is based out of Las Vegas, they are conducting a long-term brain health study on combat sport athletes, which includes both boxers and MMA fighters. If you happen to be either a current or former combat sport athlete, especially if you're female, they are looking for more data, particularly from female fighters. So you can try to reach out to them and see if you want to become part of that study. I have participated in that study. I've been to the Lou Google Center for a few visits, and I will continue to participate in that study because I just want to do my part to contribute to their research. So if we have any medical experts out there, particularly if you are involved in brain research, we'd love to hear from you, and we want to become more informed about brain trauma in combat sport athletes. Thank you. UFC 330. It's almost here are my picks. Uh in the co-main event, I am most definitely rooting for Gillian Robertson. And it's almost as if I'm just rooting against Mackenzie Dern. I will admit that, because I'm really not a McKenzie Dern fan. Yes, she is a world-class jujitsu expert. Her striking has improved a bit, but her striking is still not world-class. I believe Dern relies on having good conditioning and she likes to throw hard punches, but she certainly doesn't have a lot of finesse or subtlety or nuance with her striking game. Now, finesse and subtlety nuance, those are not always needed because in the end, you're not getting graded on your technique in a striking game. You just need to mess somebody up. So as long as you can land that punch, doesn't matter how ugly your striking game is. If you land a hard punch or a hard kick, you could possibly get that KO. In spite of me rooting against Mackenzie Dern, I have to admit that in the terms of if I was gambling on this fight, I might put my money on Dern. And that's because I do feel that once that this fight hits the ground, Dern has the superior jujitsu jujitsu over Jillian Robertson. A takeaway from one of Mackenzie Dern's interviews is that she did learn that in the MMA ground game, ground and pound can count. It's not a jujitsu tournament where you're gonna get points for passing guard, this, that, and the other. So pain matters and inflicting damage matters in MMA ground game. And I think once McKenzie Dern embraced that idea, she shifted her ground game to suit the MMA a little bit better. So in a strange way, Jillian Robertson, who's known to be a good grappler and versus Mackenzie Dern, who's got world-class BJJ, in the end, it could come down to who is the better striker in this matchup. Because if Robertson can outsmart Mackenzie Dern on the f on the feet and set her up for a decent combination or set her up for counter punches, counter-strikes, then she very well may walk away with a TKO or KO victory. However, odds dictate that the fight will wind up on the ground at some point, and in that arena, I give Dern the advantage. So I'm rooting for Robertson, but if I had to bet money, I would bet it on Dern. Now, in the main event, Islam Mahashev versus Ian Gary, I'm most definitely rooting for Islam, and I most definitely would bet money on Islam Mahashev. Yes, Ian Gary is taller. Yes, he has a longer reach. However, I feel that Islam just has much more experience and the mental toughness factor in his favor. In addition, I feel like just because Gary has the height, and that's a problem that Mahashev had to solve a long time ago when he first started out in the MMA game. In fact, all decent wrestlers have to figure out how to solve the problem of somebody get their hands on somebody around their double underhooks or around their waist. Get that body lock and get your opponent down onto the ground. So bottom line, I just feel like overall Islam Mahashev is a stronger fighter, both on the feet and most definitely on the ground. As well, I feel like Islam is much more mentally strong than Ian Gary. So I am rooting for Islam, I'm rooting for Jillian, I am betting on Islam, I am betting on Kenzie Durham. But who are your picks for UFC 330? Let us know in the comments. Thank you. Just finished my Saturday workout and it was not sparring today because I got to go in and do a little extra work. So instead I did a weight training session. It was leg day. I did not want to do it, but that's the moral of the story, I guess. Every day is not going to be the greatest day in the gym, but it's important to get the workouts in anyways, especially to meet your weekly schedule. So tell me, what are you doing this weekend? What are you doing for fun? What are your training workouts looking like? Are you gonna watch USC later tonight? All right. If I do a live, please be sure to check it out. I'll see you soon.