Gina vs Ronda?!!? Save me with those podcast questions fam

Would Ronda have beaten misha tate for the title in 2016?

When are we going to see BJJ pinning positions used for GNP? Giftwrap, leg drag, S-mount etc. Either I’m stupid, or everyone else is.

Have you seen any of AMO pankrations work? It’s cool to see academic research on the actual techniques of an ancient historical martial art

Repeat from last question post but I’ll try again anyway. What are the basic techniques that a beginner trainee in MMA should learn first? Do they change with fighter attributes? Cheers

I’m a 33 years old heavyweight fighter I’m on the shorter side at 5’11 and been doing boxing/kickboxing 13 years now . I’m getting into mma and idk if I should fight using my footwork or use a clinch heavy inside fighting style . What do you think is more beneficial for me

In the theme of the month, having been treated too some high level matchups, which were won with the knee in nearly all of its forms. Knees from behind fakes, knees mid combo and knees from clinch. Such a broad amount of ways to use the knee leaves me wondering what is a good strategy against an opponent who's using a knee heavy approach? I would love to you muse about it in your debonair British accent✌️

What's up with Hasbulla?

Is there a place for the chopper in modern MMA/gloved combat? It doesn’t seem like a strike which generates a lot of power. I know there are accounts from bareknuckle fights of it causing KOs, but it seems like its utility came from being able to open up cuts by landing with the knuckles.

As an older chap, you seem to have a very good understanding of how modern grappling developed. What are some of the most important/fundamental learning materials (books, dvd, instructionals, youtube videos, matches etc.) that shaped modern sports and MMA grappling? OR What events in modern grappling acted as turning points for how the sport developed? Think Sakuraba vs Royce in MMA, but for grappling

What made you fall in love with martial arts, and what advice in respect to training/conditioning do you have for the non athlete to make the most of and enjoy training a series of martial arts?

Can you think of any all time great front kickers who used it as a damaging or even finishing weapon rather than for just distance/disruption?

If you could build yourself a perfect 8 man tourney with fighters from any era (but still one weight class), who would they be, one night or several, and what would be the weight category?

get better at spinning back fist without having partner declare jihad

Hey Jack, did you get to catch Dubois Wardley? Idr it being covered in the weekly release. What’s someone who has an improbable background for combat sports like Wardley (white collar boxing to pro) who is worth watching if you know of anyone else?

Can we see break down of the changes with Mma with the rise of calf kicks and reduction in guard play why and how it happened?No jabs or front kicks for fighters strickland hording both bless.

Youve mentioned Ben Saunders as someone, maybe the only one, who made rubber guard not just effective but very dangerous. Are there any other fighters who stand head and shoulders above everyone else as exceptional examples of making weird positions work for them?

I loved your old history episodes on old timey boxers but they are almost impossible to find through the fight primer Send location of these please

Whats the craic Jack? Neil Melanson gave up a toe to continue training, Bisping gave up an eye to become a champion. Do you know of any other mad martial arts stories akin to this?? Cheers Brolly

What do you think of Kenny Cross ? 🤔

What do you do next with Haggerty / Yoza / Superlek / Nabil / Rambolek? That division is getting really interesting!

Favorite fight scene from a movie? Do you prefer fat Steven Seagal or skinny Steven Seagal?

Do you think Rico Verhoeven's father, Paul, has never mentioned him because he's just that disappointed in how boring and nonviolent lil' Rico is? Also, who's the most exciting WMMArtist right now? And, if it's Dakota Ditcheva, is she also the most exciting fighter in the entire PFL?

When you talked about Islam being the best fighter of this generation, I realized I credit his success largely to his team and preparation. I always thought that he has people that do very intense film study and create great, very detailed game plans for each of his opponents, and he excels at executing those blueprints thanks to his meticulously structured camps (also created by other people for him). I don’t know why I only have this thought in regards to Islam, because literally everyone at the top does this. This brings me to my question(s): How much of being the best fighter actually is being the best FIGHTER? What does it even mean to be the best fighter nowadays? What would the best fighter look like without film study and game planning? I think fight IQ becomes less critical if the 'puzzle' has already been solved for the fighter before the actual fight starts.

What's the best walkout music and why is it Samba de Janeiro?

Do you think the decline of asses the likes of which we have never seen is related to the stagnation of women's mma?

What is the ideal way to not get head kicked on the open side in open stance when I’m trying to get inside. I am usually shorter guy. Particularly on exit.

Since she's come up anyway, what are your thoughts on Justin "jflo" flores and his grappling philosophy? He's been training Ronda for a really long time and I think his tactics are really interesting

In a Strickland vs Khamzat rematch, what should each one change? Is either of them even able to do anything different?

Would Khamzat have won if they let him use Greg Hardy's inhaler between rounds?

Saw a video of an NFL player trying his best to push a Summo fighter backwards (he ran full force at him) and couldn't budge him. Is the Summo athlete's incredible stability all about weight or is their some technique involved that a smaller man could learn from?

When will you kiss me?

As someone suffering from Zuffa-derangement syndrome what are the best kickboxing and Muay Thai promotions to keep track of, and also how to watch them. I know trying to watch anything from Japan is almost impossible but there must be ways? I simply can no longer stand the UFC and seeing them start to infect boxing it feels like my days as a combat sports fan are limited, my only hope is lies with the kicky twinks in the east.

Hello Mr Slack, what are your thoughts on huge weight cuts vs fighting closer to your natural weight? Are the benefits of cutting less weight completely outweighed by the benefits of cutting more and being the bigger fighter on fight night?

Hey there jack, I was wondering why more guys don’t use The Sakuraba standing Kimura? besides sakuraba i've only seen it used in MMA by Josh Barnett and Diego Lopez. It seems like a good defense from back body locks while on the cage. Cheers from the Juan Espino of wearing a speedo

Good evening mr Slack. In honor of the past weekends main event what is the second most dominant split decision you remember?

Why don't we see many people using body kicks when they have cornered their opponents onto the cage? I see more fighters trying body punches in that situation lately, but rarely kicks. Is there some obvious down side I'm not seeing?

I just visited Japan recently and narrowly missed a large sumo tournament. I haven't watched much Japanese combat sports, but now I'm very interested. How could I get into watching sumo and rizen?

So... what actually is a bus driver uppercut? I asked my local bus driver, but she just told me to sit down if I wasn't getting off at this stop.

Could you speak a little on the legacy and career of Miguel Torres? Was he actually good for his time, was his record just padded by beating up nobodies, or is it a little bit of both?

Among lesser known prospects Chopurov, Habirora & Leshukov, who excites you most technically right now and why? - Mike Perry forfeiting his entire Netflix purse to the IRS bless

Favorite clinch grips that aren't used enough in mma? Been a big fan of using the russian 2on1 since I wrestled and I get sad everytime I see someone not use it to elbow pass and escape when they're pinned on the fence

Any examples of good back takers in mma who have short legs, or fighters who do well on the back but don't use the body triangle?

Jack - Lots has been made of Carlos Prates’ cigarette smoking, hard drinking lifestyle. Although an anomaly amongst today’s athletes, it was not unusual (and still isn’t in some places) for a professional fighter to live this way. To what extent do you think athleticism and conditioning put a hard ceiling on a fighter’s success? There is a balancing act between developing fighting skill and developing the necessary physical attributes , but at what point does skill overcome physicality and vice versa? For example, plenty of trainers, especially in boxing, love to point out that fighters of old did next to no traditional strength and conditioning training, and insist that they would still beat today’s fighters. Would Harry Greb beat a top 1% modern athlete who has limited boxing training? How much raw athleticism would that athlete have to have to overcome that disparity? TLDR: what is the largest gap in skill sufficient Blacksplosivity can overcome? What are notable examples of this or of the inverse? Ps: my friend and friend of the podcast Ryan Cafaro just won a fight in Rizin with a dragon sleeper. Please consider him for Boi Hall of Fame membership.

We need an IN DEPTH breakdown of Francis and the other guy

Hello jack, I was listening to your pod about vallejos vs emmet and you brought up offensive counterpunching and forcing your opponent to punch by crowding them then countering the punches. my question is about offensive kick countering, is there any way to force someone to kick more to offensively counter the kicks?

Repost from a previous questions thread. Why do we never see anyone use the Shoulder Crunch position from Jiu Jitsu in MMA? Its utilized quite effectively in No-Gi BJJ, and in MMA I would think it would control posture very well so the person on top can't posture up to strike, present good sweeping opportunities, and seems like entries would be available when the person on top is attempting to throw strikes.

Are you keeping up with the sumo Jack?

Slacky J, why do you think some strong dominant grapplers can’t seem to get power in their GnP? Sean Brady is built like a ninja turtle and has some of the best half guard/ mount work in mma yet he can only throw pillow punches from there

Repeat question that you liked in the last question thread. You've been covering mma for a long time. How has your content and skills evolved from when you first started to where you are now? I’m not familiar with anything you wrote before 2019 so I can’t make a comparison. Two examples of growth I have seen- are my friend from uncrowned drake riggs who started out as a sherdog writer of basic news, has since written big deep dives on obcsure mma stories like Megumi Fuiji and Rousimar Palhares for uncrowned, and my other friend Ghost (9h6st21) who actually started out using microsoft paint and the photos app to do his analytical videos to now where he is combining animation and analysis. Do you feel like your skills and talents for watching fights and writing about them have seen remarkable growth over the years when looking back at your old pieces? Why do you think most content creators and writers choose not to grow and stay stagnant? I'm not talking about people like Garrett Kerman that are lazy and use AI, im talking about content creators that just do the same interviews or write pieces with no visible growth in their style.

Good morning Jack! After having watched Rizin this past weekend, and listened to your old history episode on the Pride 2005 MW GP, I was struck by the frequency of use of the same ruleset about 20 years apart. Despite being the only major org touting these rules, Rizin fighters rarely take advantage of them. How would teams like chute boxe and btt specifically train for the Pride ruleset? And are there any key techniques that those fighting in Japan today should try and rediscover?

Do you think that at some point the UFC will become an entirely manufactured slop show for political leaders to use in order to raise morale for certain countries or is MMA immune to such corruption

Hey Jack, I was wondering how one can reliably land the rear knee in sparring? It’s probably one of my favorite strikes and I can land sometimes, others I get clobbered with a hook like tawanchai against Noiri. Also sometimes I go to throw the knee and some people tend to raise their lead leg up to check in response and their knee goes right into my nuts lol. Thanks!

If you got to coach one fighter, with the promise they would act on your advice to the best of their abilities, which fighter would you want to fix the most and what one or two things would you make them fix?

Should the UFC mandate EPO for Khamzat Chimaev?

What does Alan Gelogaev and Azat Malian have in common ?

Do you think D-rod being in prison will make him better or worse in his next fight? Nutrition and cardio couldn't have been great but he may have become tougher mentally.

Other than Volk's floating teep (I read that Striking 2.0 article nearly every month) what are some more tools shorter fighters can use to out jab and kick taller opponents. PS I'm currently in Chiang Mai Thailand. If you're ever here you have to train at Manop gym. It's incredible here.

Can you think of a worse match up ?

Question for Jack. Apparently Taira has been training with Inoue but clearly it didn’t have a particularly great effect, when he was jabbing he was often landing well but he still has zero head movement and awareness of the shots coming, it’s as if every punch magically teleports at about an inch from his face, he can’t see shots coming, it’s not just that he doesn’t evade shots, but he doesn’t flinch or instinctively pull either and it has always been like that for him. What do you think he could do? Is it an eyesight issue? Maybe he is slow and too drained and he should move up? What do you think because he clearly has lenght and power and really good mechanics on his jab

Thanks for all the great content! I'm the world's best 0-2 fighter that's more focused on coaching and building up my MMA program. What thoughts do you have about how much a coach should still train and how to improve? I do a lot of film study and pick up techers but feel iffy on showing stuff I personally don't do. My guys are starting to compete and win but when we get to the bigger stages I want to make sure I'm doing right by them. Thank you!

What are your thoughts on the rise of conservative politics being injected into MMA and do you think there is any connection with the sudden spike in fans who seem to be in homosexual parasitic relationships with their favorite fighters?

Someone (I think Danaher) argued that there are four components to MMA: - shoot boxing - Clinch - Wall - Ground Do you think that this is a useful taxonomy? I feel like the clinch is usually extremely brief and transitional compared to the others. If you had to break MMA into useful components for training and analysis, how would you do so?

In honour of this stupid Netflix card full of uncs - what's the best unc fight you ever saw? Any combat sport, featuring at least one guy who should be washed but surprised you

Why can nobody in the ufc play half guard anymore? These days it seems like half guard wrestle ups, coyote half, gigglers and deepy half should be core curriculum given that staying in half on top has been the meta for a while.

Do you have plans to do more RWS or kickboxing breakdowns in the ever more common event that the UFC is serving absolute slop?

How good is Petr Yan’s rear body uppercut to stop Merab wrestling in the rematch ??

Hey jack, two questions. What are the most effective ways to work the body with long arms for my height? And what are the different options or styles on closing the distance on people and what kind of fighters do they benefit? Ie: making them check kicks then coming in, wait to crash in on counters etc. Thanks!

Hello Mr. Slack! Long time listener first time questioner. what do you think is a potential solution to reducing the amount of slop that we have to watch from the UFC every year. Is it less events? Have the matchmakers just gotten worse since the 2000s era? I can't really think of anything else because if we have an event almost every single weekend, by definition there almost has to be bad fights and poor match-ups. Is there a way for them to have as many events as they do and for not a high percentage of it to be garbage?

What do you think it would take to have a star on the level of Rousey/McGregor again? Is it just impossible under the current UFC ideological régime?

Any thoughts on setting traps with movement?

Recently I’ve been thinking about mental vs physical fatigue and the roles they play in fights. Have you thought much about mental fatigue and do you have any ruminations on this topic?

Have you read the professional by wc Heinz and what do you think of it?

Can you do a 1 hour breakdown of Gina vs Ronda

Any tips about landing the outside calf kick in an open stance? Should I be moving outside or inside, how high up on the leg, etc

Fat man in a shit division or fit man in a good division?

But what about Salahdine Parnasse