“I Will Rip His Head Off And Mail It” Gasanov on Tonon

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Gasanov calls out Tonon I will rip his head off
Shamil “Cobra” Gasanov, the ONE featherweight MMA prospect has replied to recent taunts by Garry Tonon claiming that he can rip Tonon’s head off. Both fighters are on the ONE FC roster, and a match between them looks more and more like reality rather than wishful thinking

Coming off a Convincing submission win over Kim Jae Woong at ONE on Prime Video 3, Shamil Gasanov called out #2 ranked featherweight Garry Tonon immediately. The Russian is hungry and determined, plus he seems to have a personal beef with Tonon.

Gasanov called Tonon out in his ONE on Prime Video 3 post-fight interview. to which , Tonon tweeted in response to Shamil calling him out by saying:

“[Shamil Cobra] says  I don’t last 5 minutes with him. Do I succumb to the Russian mixed martial arts invasion, or do I break his leg off, use it to fly our flag, and make Ronald Reagan and the American people proud?”

Shamil has not taken this lightly, threatening to rip Tonon’s head off:

“[Tonon] is nothing more than an American trash talker. If he thinks he can break off my leg, I can rip his head off and mail it back to the States after the fight.”

Tonon lost to Than Le in their March 2022 title fight, getting his first loss on his now 6-1 professional MMA record. Since then, he faced Tye Ruotolo in ONE submission grappling, losing to the young phenom via a Darce choke in under 2 minutes.

The way Fasanov sees it is that he is doing “shelved” Tonon a favor by calling him out publically:

“He should be grateful people are talking about him now. He should thank me. ONE has put him on the shelf, forgot about him already. If he wants to come back, I will help him retire.”

Gasanov currently holds a 13-0 professional MMA record and is the #5 ranked featherweight in ONE FC.

Aikido vs Grappling – Fantasy vs Reality – Wrestler vs Aikidoka

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Aikido vs Grappling - Fantasy vs Reality

Aikido is a wonderful art that you can really enjoy training at any age. It’s like Yoga and if you fall in love with it it can make you happy. But, using Aikido in a self defense is not practical at all. It’s been tested for numerous times and it proved that Aikido simply doesn’t work against most martial arts today. Especially grappling martial arts.

In this video we can see Aikido instructor in a grappling match against Turkish wrestler.

 

John Danaher Open Guard

Check Jocko Willink’s, former Navy Seal, opinion on Real Martial Arts vs Fake martial arts.

Jocko Willink about REAL Martial Arts vs FAKE Martial Arts

You can also check this Grand Master in Grappling And Aikido and a lot of other martial arts with 12 Black Belts.

Grandmaster with 12 Black Belts and 7th Degree in Grappling

Martial Arts Tournament In Ukrainian Nuclear Bunker

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Ukraine martial arts tournament in underground bunker
As the war continues in Ukraine, underground nuclear bunkers from the 1960s are being used to host martial arts tournaments just a stone throw’s away from Russian occupying forces. A hand-to-hand combat tournament took place just last weekend in the town of Kryvyi Rih.

Kryvyi Rih is a town in the south of war-ravaged Ukraine. With Russian forces pushed back to just an hour away from the town by the Ukrainian counter-offensive, and lights flickering on and off as the Russians attempt to disrupt Ukraine’s power grid ahead of the cold winter months, a martial arts tournament brings a sense of normalcy to the small town.

The martial arts tournament, featuring a form of hand-to-hand combat similar to Japanese Ju-Jitsu, took place in a soviet era underground nuclear bunker. The tournament provides not just entertainment and competition, but a much-needed physical outlet for the kids who have been stuck at home following online classes.

The bunker hosts many other events, like pop concerts and comedy shows, with the town’s deputy mayor Sergiy Miliutin claiming that many Ukrainian stars have come to perform at the bunker, providing the small steel-producing town with a bit of entertainment and relief. The martial arts tournament was the first sports event in Kryvyi Rih since the start of the war.

Nuclear bunker kids martial arts tournament in Ukraine
Photo credits: BULENT KILIC AFP

Despite the ever more frequent air raid sirens warning of Russian attacks, life at the underground bunker seems normal, with the martial arts tournament in full effect. Kids with headgear, gloves, and Gis are trading shots, takedowns, and grappling on the ground, all in the quest of winning a medal and standing on the small bunker podium.  Their parents, looking exhausted and barely standing were cheering them from the sidelines.

“Psychologically, it is important for the children to see that the grown-ups have not forgotten about them,” coach Anatoliy Voloshyn, the person in charge of the event,  told AFP. “They haven’t been to school in months. They needed to feel like they matter again.”

“Everyone is very cheerful down here,” Voloshyn said. “It’s as if there were no war.”

Deputy mayor Sergiy Miliutin says that people are used to the sounds of sirens after the first few months,and the martial arts tournament was a welcome distraction, However, he asks for people to stay vigilant as the war is not over yet.

“We keep constantly reminding people — please, please, please, don’t relax,” said Miliutin.

John Danaher: This Is My Greatest Failure

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John Danaher: My Greatest Failiure
John Danaher states that one of the greatest failures of his career is that he hasn’t got a female student that has reached championship status, at least thus far. He says he would love to remedy this, claiming that a female champion from his team New Wave Jiu-Jitsu is inevitable.

John Danaher has one area of his coaching career that he proclaims is a failure to date. In a recent interview given to Jiujitera magazine, the legendary coach was asked about the reason why there hasn’t been a Danaher female world champion yet, to which he answered in his own unique style:

“On the face of it, one of the great failures of my career, thus far, is that I’ve never produced a female champion. And it’s natural to ask me: “Why?

Part of the answer is that I never engage into recruiting; I never actively “pull” people to the gym… I open the door and whoever comes, I teach. So, it tends to be a self-selected group of people that I teach.

And the door is open two ways; to walk in and to walk out, and a lot of people walk out. My teaching style isn’t for everybody. Some people like it, some people don’t.”

Danaher also said that he never pushes people to compete, nor does he favor any one group of students offer another, regardless of sex:

In the gym itself, there is a pretty high number of females. But I never push people to compete. I was never the coach that would say: “Hey man, you’re good! You gotta go out and compete.” I’ve literally never said that. I never recruit and I never tell people they have to compete.

And so what happens is that the people who compete, always do so by their own volition. So, I do have many female students. Some of them do compete, but I don’t actively push them to compete.”

As John Danaher puts it, a Danaher-related female grappling champion is only a matter of time:

“I do believe that, inevitably in the future – as the number of female athletes increase – we will start seeing female champions. But I have never actively pushed for any one group of people to succeed in competition. So, it’s been a self-selecting process.

The females who train with me are already achieving a good level of competence and one day they’re going to be successful in competition”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hjk8ih7QqM&ab_channel=JiujiteiraMagazine

Was TJ Dillashaw Right To Fight Injured?

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TJ Dillashaw fighting injured
TJ Dillashaw decided to fight Aljamain Sterling at UFC 280 despite knowing that he had a serious injury, with his shoulder popping out repeatedly and very noticeably throughout the fight. TJ, understandably, lost the bout but stirred the MMA community’s pot raising the question of whether it is fair to fans and opponents for a fighter to fight with such a serious injury.

UFC 280 had lots of interesting and entertaining fights, unforgettable moments, and of course, its unavoidable share of UFC controversies. One such controversy was the bout between TJ Dillashaw and Aljamain Sterling for the bantamweight title.

TJ Dillashaw vs. Aljamain Sterling

TJ Dillashaw is a tough SOB, that much is clear to everyone. It seems, though that the 36-year-old fighter thought he had something to prove, entering the co-main event with a detached shoulder that he knew full well was going to stop him from performing to his best, if at all.

Commentators noticed that TJ’s shoulder was dislocated, and as the corner cam followed him during a break, it became apparent from the communication with his team that they all knew about it. He just asked them to put it back in so he could keep on fighting.

TJ lost the fight via a TKO, and the fact that he fought without the use of one of his arms, and most likely, in lots of pain, takes nothing away from young Aljamain’s victory.

In the post-fight interview, TJ Dillashaw shared that he dislocated is shoulder during camp and that it had popped out on 20 different occasions leading up to the fight.

When Is A Fighter Too Injured To Fight?

We’ve repeatedly seen fighters inside the octagon fight with ears torn off, broken fingers and toes, and fractured hands. Yet, all these were injuries sustained in the fight itself. Is it really smart for a fighter to engage in a professional MMA fight with a serious orthopedic injury though, and when is a fighter too injured to be effective in such a match?

In the aftermath of TJ Dillashaw’s performance, Cub Swanson, who worked with TJ in preparation for the event shared: “When I worked with TJ about 5-6 weeks before this fight he couldn’t even lift his left arm….it’s the truth”

He also tried to justify the actions of TJ Dillashaw, by tweeting “Why do fighters fight injured? Because we are crazy and always believe we can win. Also we are taught to push thru pain and to always seize an opportunity.”

Unfortunately, not everyone sees it from Swanson’s perspective. Anthony Smith, ranked #5 at light heavyweight, sees TJ is to blame for “selling wolf tickets”. During his appearance on Michael Bisping’s “Believe You Me” podcast, Smith said he was disappointed with TJ Dillashaw for his actions.

“I’ll be honest with you, I’m a little bit disappointed in TJ Dillashaw as a person,” Lionheart” said. “He sold us all wolf tickets and had everyone super excited for a fight that — I don’t care what anybody says, you can’t lie to yourself. In all your fight buildup and all the stuff you said to other people, you had to look at yourself in the face in the mirror and know what you’re capable of, and what the chances were that that was going to happen.

It sounded like a money grab, to be 100% honest with you. There’s no way if his shoulder went out that easy on that takedown and went out 20 times in training camp, there’s no way you were gonna beat Aljamain Sterling.”

While some praised TJ Dillashaw for his bravery, which is undoubted, others took Smith’s side in claiming it would’ve been better for TJ, the fans, whoever was in line to replace him against Sterling, and Aljamain himself if Dillashaw opted out of the fight.

What is your take on things?

Gordon Ryan Losing Money Over Website Dispute

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Gordon Ryan Losing Money OVer WEbsite
Gordon Ryan is about to start engaging in legal battles with a business partner whom he trusted to lead his website and all sales going through it, according to a post the “King” made on his Instagram account. Ryan claims that at the moment he has no control over more than $100.000 worth of merchandise.

The undisputed best grappler in the world, Gordon Ryan is having some serious financial and logistical trouble off the mats. His brand, built around the Gordon “King” Ryan persona, is taking a massive hit as one of Ryan’s “friends”, who was responsible for his website and all of his merchandise is refusing to allow the ADCC star access to his site or his products.

In an Instagram video, Ryan stated that the person in charge of taking orders and fulfilling them through his website has stopped all activities, and refuses to allow Ryan or anyone else access to the site. The merchandise in question, in the form of Ryan’s book, supplements, and the like, stored in a Texas storage unit is also inaccessible to anyone.

In the video, Gordon states: “I have to address something unfortunate, I’m not going to go into too much detail right now. I had a ‘friend of mine‘ who asked me to help build a website for me to get the books out, sell the supplements, and stuff like that.

Long story short, there’s been an internal dispute and it now turns out that I have no access to my website, merchandise, supplements, books, or anything related to my website. He has yet to hand over the keys to the website or anything. I literally have no control over this.”

In the caption of the post, Gordon went on to apologize to fans who have ordered and asked all other fans not to order anything, until he gets things sorted out in court and makes a new website. He also promised to make it up to his fans once everything is sorted out:

“I am sorry to everyone that may have ordered something from my website. I have no control over my website or my merch/supps/books. The guy who was supposed to run it all for me has declined to give me the website info and access to the merchandise so this is all out of my control for the moment. A deep apology to the fans and I promise I’ll make this up to you guys♥️. For now stop buying stuff from my website because you’re order won’t come. I’m sorry guys.”

Khabib Nurmagomedov: Do This To Recover For Combat Sports

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Khabib Nurmagomedov conditioniing secrets
Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of the most dominant MMA fighters to ever step inside the octagon. The notorious Dagestani star now shares his recipe for efficient recovery for fighters: stability and routine.

After Islam Makhachev’s, Khabib Nurmagomedov, who was in his corner after preparing him for his UFC performances, is back in the spotlight. “The Eagle” is a fighter who we have never seen tired inside the octagon. In fact, he easily tired out every other fighter who stood against him in the octagon.

And his secret is not wrestling bears in Dagestan. The UFC Hall Of Famer (29-0), who retired undefeated recently shared his take on how to become a good grappler on the Wahed Podcast:

“Guys ask me, like, how you become a good grappler, good top control, wrestling, conditioning…

I was wrestling every day, like one hour. Non-stop, one hour – can you imagine it? With new  opponents, for one hour. And then, when you finish, you go do some exercise; lifting, running, bikes, work with coach…”

Khabib Nurmagomedov also added that stability and routine were the cornerstones of his success:

“You know, I was doing the same thing all my life. Stability, stability… If you don’t have stability, if you don’t recover between the trainings – you’re never going to become a success.

You have to train hard. Every day, you have to do the same thing. You have to do same thing every single day. And so many years, you have to sacrifice everything that you have.”

Khabib Nurmagomedov also credited recovery as being the main piece of the puzzle for his extremely efficient conditioning inside the octagon:

“Between trainings, you have to recover. A lot of people don’t understand what recovery is. A lot of people call it, like: massage, supplements… [But] for me, recovery is sleep.

Most important thing; between trainings, like, at least 2-3 hours. All my life, I was like daytime – I was sleeping. Like, from maybe 11 to 1, maybe 12 to 2, maybe 2 to 4…
You know, between trainings you have to sleep because you train so hard; morning for 2 hour and night for 2 and a half… You need rest.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGV70oPsTs

“We Have To Cancel Many BJJ Black Belts” Says Makhachev

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Islam Makhachev Cancel BJJ Black Belts
Islam Makhachev is the man of the moment after his recent impressive submission victory over Charles Oliveira for the UFC lightweight title. Just before the fight, Islam called out many BJJ black belts as incompetent at grappling and wondering who gave them their black belts.

When Islam Makhachev faced Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and expert submission artist Charles Oliveira at UFC 280, many were wondering how his Dagestani wrestling would fare against the cutting-edge guard game of Oliveira. The answer was blatantly obvious, to the detriment of Oliveira.

When Makhachev spoke to Daniel Cormier prior to his title-winning performance, he shared little to no concern about Oliveira’s grappling skills.

“He’s finished 10 out of 11 guys,” said Makhachev. “Only guy he didn’t finish was Tony Ferguson, because Tony Ferguson didn’t tap to the armbar – which most people would’ve tapped to.

He went on to explain the reason for Ferguson’s defiant performance: “But this guy has the grappling skill, that’s why. All these [other guys who Oliveira has faced] Chandler, Gaethje, Poirier… All these guys have nothing [no grappling skills]. On the ground, I don’t think so…”

When Daniel Cormier tried to make that case for Dustin Poirier, who is a black belt, Makhachev easily dismissed him saying: “Please, brother… So what he did when he [Ferguson] catch his arm, he goes to do, what is this brother? [Granby roll]… Black belt. Who gives him that? We have to check that brother.”

Islam then piled on, claiming that there are way too many people carrying a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt which they do not deserve: “And we have to cancel many black belts [because] they make Jiu-Jitsu look bad. Because a lot of guys have a black belt but I don’t know [if they have the skills].”

While many expected a Sambo vs. BJJ showdown in the grappling exchanges of UFC 280’s main event, Makhachev simply outshined Oliveira in striking, clinching, takedowns and wrestling, avoiding the guard with ease and submitting him with an arm triangle choke.

Too Big For a Buggy Choke!? (VIDEO)

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Too Big For A Buggy Choke
There is always fun on the mats at B-team, as jay Rodriguez (Nicky Rod’s brother) grapplers mate Vince and is unable to buggy choke him as a result of his size.

The buggy choke is quite the popular counter move from side control, taking away the need to escape through a direct submission option vs. the opponent on top. While it seems to work mostly for purple belts, there have been instances of the choke working at the highest levels, most notably at the hands (and legs) of the Ruotolo brothers.

The buggy choke works when you are on the bottom in side control. Turning towards your opponent, you lock up your arm behind the same side knee/calf and then lock up a triangle with your legs. It is basically a triangle choke, just done with an arm and a leg combination.

Well, as it appears from this video, it is not that easy to use the buggy on everyone, and there is such a thing as someone being too big to buggy choke.

Jay Rodriguez found this out the hard way when his repeated buggy choke attempts failed to work on a much larger opponent which was his rolling partner Vince.

Throughout the roll, as Jay ends in bottom side control, he tells Vince: “I can’t buggy you” to which he gets the reply: “I know.”

As Vince keeps Rodriguez under pressure, Jay comments again, voicing his frustrations saying: “You f***ing bast*rd“, and moments later, when he seems to have the initial grip: “I may have something here“. However, it is not even close, and he lets go accepting his fate by proclaiming “What the f**k?” and ending up in bottom mount for the rest of the round.

The roll looks like a scene from “Game of Thrones” for a while, with the huge Vince easily pinning down Jay Rodriguez despite all the buggy choke shenanigans.

This arises the question of whether buggy choke experts, the Ruotol brothers could finish Vince or any other large human for that matter.

USADA Blocks Conor McGregor UFC Return

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Conor McGregor UFC return blcoked by USADA
If you were hoping to see everyone’s favorite/most hated Irish MMA star Conor McGregor  UFC octagon return any time soon, you should manage your expectations. USADA is not allowing “the Notorious” to return for at least another six months due to lack of PED testing.

In July of 2021, Conor McGregor suffered a leg break in his trilogy fight against Dustin Porier and hasn’t fought since. Even though there have been rumors lately about a new fight for the once champ-champ, the Conor McGregor UFC return is far from materializing any time soon, as far as USADA is concerned.

Every UFC fighter has to be enrolled in the USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) year-round random testing pool in order to be eligible to perform. Fighters looking to come back, either from retirement or long lay-offs have to be in the USADA program for six months before getting the green light to compete.

Unlike most other UFC fighters, McGregor has been out of the testing pool since his loss to Porier. His last testing came right after that fight.

On the subject of a potential Conor McGregor UFC return, the USADA stated that: “the athlete must provide at least two negative samples before returning to competition.”

Reporter Farah Hannoun asked Dane White about the speculated Conor McGregor UFC return during the UFC 280 post-fight press conference.

“Speaking of USADA, it appears on the database that Conor McGregor hasn’t been tested this year,” said Hannoun. “Would he have to complete six months before he could compete?”

“Yeah,” replied White shortly.

The earliest realistic expected date for McGregor’s return is April 2023, but it will most likely take him longer than that. The 34-year-old fighter, who has never failed a drug test before, seems to have recovered from the leg break. It took Beneil Dariush just six months to recover from the same injury, so if Conor agrees to enter the USADA pool, we can expect to have a very healthy version of the Notorious back in the octagon in the first half of 2023.

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