I was honoured to talk MMA with Denis Kang, an MMA pioneer with 55 fights in organisations ranging from Pride FC to the UFC.
In this conversation, we covered how fighting off the wall, sparring with small gloves, and doing more sparring and less conditioning before a fight has changed MMA training.
How Has MMA Training Changed Since the First UFCs? – Audio Only
This conversation was also published as episode 405 of The Strenuous Life Podcast.
You can listen to the audio-only format of the episode on all major podcast platforms, but here are some of the links to get you started…
- Apple Podcasts
- Spotify Podcasts
- And most other podcast players
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Click here to check out this episode with Oz Austwick.
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