Hokit please beat that 🐸

Keep that distance, that's right, keep that distance, beautiful, keep that distance, that's right, keep that distance, beautiful, that right...

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Since Christmas is around the corner, and we are lacking UFC events, going to spread some joy.

Here is my "favourite" coach dropping some very useful advice to his fighters.

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@Maalafaaakv I also think he enjoys being able to work on things he really wants to work on or improve but the supercamp nature of CKB means you don't really get to work on it without your own time.

Might explain why a lot of the guys there are so copy-paste in strengths and weaknesses.

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Seems like that relationship with him and Bareman/others might be badly damaged.

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WORSE THAN A BREAK-UP

Israel Adesanya opens up on leaving City Kickboxing: "It was a hard decision... it could have been worse than a breakup."

He says he stuck around for years "regardless of the disrespect, the manipulation," until he finally walked:

"Once I ripped the bandaid off, I was like, oh, I can see the forest for the trees." 👀

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@Maalafaaakv He said this first when asked - everything is more enjoyable now. Wondered if this means he could malinger or something like that but later in the video he explained that because it's just him, he can't hide when he has shit or hard days because the staff are on him.

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@0bservist I honestly think a lot of Volk's success as a champ has been him having a focused camp and bringing guys in, doing that sort of thing vs a supercamp style in CKB. Takes what is useful from that camp and brings guys in etc.

Feels like Izzy should have done it much earlier.

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Few insights into the camp differences between going to a "supergym" vs his own personal one. Again, ymmv on whether this is good or bad for him at this stage. Also pinch of salt given the separation.

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Kayla Harrison hype is crazy because you have to care about WMMA but not enough to know about her losing to Larissa Pacheco like three fights ago

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@izumabakumatsu It is interesting. He talked a lot more about the structure of this camp vs CKB and its clear CKB is run like a “supercamp” where you are on the programme and you follow and thats mostly it.

Whereas here he can have his camp in a way to address weak areas specifically.

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@CarapaceCarrier @PhonyMontanaMMA Idk, maybe? Certainly with Unity MMA it’s 10 mins from his place which he enjoys.

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He also mentions things like sparring now they are chucking him a fresh guy every round for 5-6 rounds whereas before its the same guy (Dan) and both are gassed and tired by round 5 and both kinda push through and get away with not being so locked in.

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@PhonyMontanaMMA While with CKB it's "over the bridge" and he has to be up very early and sometimes turns up late from traffic, feels shit etc, gets yelled at etc. Whether this is good or bad for him, who knows.

But also talking about big camp issues vs wanting specific focused training.

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@PhonyMontanaMMA I'm going through it now. I suspect it may be that old issue way back in the Stylebender documentary tracing its way to Jan where Bareman thinks he's giving 90% and slacking and he isn't happy about it.

Talking about in this camp it being 10 mins away and getting rest.

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If we do the timeline. Late March he fights Pyfer, I think he said by May-ish it was clear he was leaving internally, so he must have taken a month or two off immediately.

Were they telling him to hang it up, or something else?

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Listening to it in full, he stayed away from the gym for months before coming to that decision to not have a clouded judgement. Didn't talk to anyone (including parents) about it except Blood Diamond. Then made the decision.

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@MangaMeathead https://t.co/3PsZfr6Ms3

Maybe there was some blowup or he just made that decision by himself.

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Listening to it in full, he stayed away from the gym for months before coming to that decision to not have a clouded judgement. Didn't talk to anyone (including parents) about it except Blood Diamond. Then made the decision.

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This is like believing the jab only affects the fight if it breaks the other guy's nose

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WORSE THAN A BREAK-UP

Israel Adesanya opens up on leaving City Kickboxing: "It was a hard decision... it could have been worse than a breakup."

He says he stuck around for years "regardless of the disrespect, the manipulation," until he finally walked:

"Once I ripped the bandaid off, I was like, oh, I can see the forest for the trees." 👀

[Hokit please beat that 🐸 @ThisIsNotDSP]

Fought ’Em All Game #2
Phan · Huerta · Holloway
🥊 Who fought all three in the UFC?
✅ WON
Solved in 1 guess · ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
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Lucky.

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Jones the only one with a submission threat that worked vs him but I can't imagine Gane would hold up mentally with a guy on top actually trying to rain shots on him instead of just pinning him.

Certainly looked shit during and in the rounds after he got sat on by someone.

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One thing I'll give Hokit (and modern Jackson-Wink) credit for, if they get someone down, they know how to do GnP beyond playing the ongo bongo spazzing out.

I don't think he will get Gane down if he can't get past the jab, but if he does, Gane mostly faced guy who want to pin.