This card looks a little stinky. Gimme your questions for the boicast

What do you think of the meta in no-gi becoming outside guards and Bolos? is inside position better? Thanks Slacky , Longtime fan ❤️

What are your thoughts, if any, on the Gaethje vs Topuria hand wrapping situation? I initially dismissed it as marketing, which it still may well be, but having watched the Brendan Dorman video I do think some valid points got raised. In particular, the seeming absence of commission and obvious conflicts of interest at the top. Is Gaethje getting excommunicated from his own church?

Is there any effective way one could punish someone who is sticking their fingers out looking for cheeky eye pokes, or is the only option to just go eye for an eye?

This weekend featured Josh Van capably defending takedowns and even going for an armlock, and Pantoja going toe to toe on the feet with the better striker. At HW we also saw Robelis Despaign win a fight with wrestling so porous he handed Tai Tuivasa the first take down of his career. What are some of the most one dimensional championship level fighters to succeed at lower weight classes?

We saw Van successfully get up after being under under Pantoja's full mount I think at least twice. Barring a completely gassed or incompetent opponent (which to be fair is many in MMA, lol), how does full mount get used effectively for ground and pound? It's hard to think of it as this position being the insta-win it used to be for the top player in older eras.

You've talked before about fighters that have benefited from a step back in competition such as, Charles Olivera. But I know you are also outspoken about your dislike of can crushing, such as the classic boxing build up, or Canderson Silva himself (MVP). Obviously there is a line between a step back in competition, and can crushing, but I'd be interested to hear your opinion on where that line is. -Thanks!

Can we get a slackies film room on Fedor’s career. Freak fights included?

Have you watched the Ultimate Self Defense Championship series on youtube? I think it'd be right up your alley.

Hi Jack, Can you talk about uses for the lead uppercut?

Why does it seem so hard for clinch striking as a primary offensive tool to catch on when we've seen successful fighters build there games on it and so much of modern mma takes place in the clinch.

What do you think about rodolfo vieira? I feel as if he had a lot of potential at the start of his career, his top game is phenomenal obviously and his arm triangle is beautiful, but he hasnt been able to even get on top of his opponents in his last 4 or 5 fights.

Favorite example of a fighter massively outperforming themselves for one spectacular performance? My zoomer memory only goes as far back as Cody Garbrandt

Between Adesanya, Pereira, the great rivalry they had, and now Yousri Belgaroui, is kick boxing single handily saving the UFC?

Gaethje said before his fight with Topuria that "champions move forward." Not only was this a prophetic pronouncement, since he drowned Topuria with willingness to stand in the fire, but this is indeed true of many of the greatest champions, such as Jones, Fedor, and Holloway (to whom Gaethje had of course just lost). What are some of the pithiest things you could say about what unites the greatest of all time? I think you mentioned in a recent pod that great fighters have great jabs, which is true even of grapplers like GSP and even Khabib. So what would you say is the simplest, most fundamental thing that'll elevate a good fighter to a great one? And bonus question: What would you say is the simplest, most fundamental thing that'll reduce a good fighter to a fucking shit one? ILY keep up the great work

What ritual and or sacrifice do I need to do to have Dan Hardy back commentating instead of DC and Rogan?

Maybe it's just me, but I've noticed a real uptick in the inside thigh kick being thrown in open stance match ups - are they effective enough to be worth using, or should southpaw fighters be focussing on using other weapons?

What do you think accounts for Australia having so many successful martial artists across multiple disciplines (boxing, bjj, mma) given its smaller population?

Karate book recs?

If you had to pair one fighter with a different coach to create a better/cooler fighter who would they be?

Everyone knows your ducking my question.... Who really won, Leonard or hagler?

Pick 5 literary works to read on a deserted, lush tropical island: For whom the bell tolls Lolita Dark materials trilogy 120 days of sodom LOTR 50 shades of gandalf the grey Shogun The Secret History To Kill a Mockingbird Vanity fair Sherlock Holmes anthology Moby Dickzilla Yates' collected poems KJV bible King's Dark Tower collection 100 years of Sloppitude by GGM Or just give us your top 5 literary works, idk Also there's plenty of food and drink and shelter and you're gonna get rescued in 12 months

Aye, Cap'n Jack! What champion from 2010 or earlier do you think has the strongest chance of dethroning any of the current Champs of whatever division you find most interesting? This being that champion in their championship form, simply displaced in time to wallop one of these modern fighters. (This is a layup to wax lyrical about pre-insanity B.J. Penn)

Go watch sumo, there is a basho going on until sunday. This is not a question, it's more a recommendation/a threat.

Next time there's a team Lobo fight can you sneak in Julio Cesar Chavez and his amazing ring cutting?

Here's my fourth time posting this question. Do you have any further thoughts the work of 'Champ' Jay Thomas particularly his stonewall/ philly shell compilation book effectively the only book the the philly shell. He had unique and rather detailed instructions on footwork and solo training with emphasis on isometrics for power punching. What are your thoughts into on comparing historical and current philly shell fighters with Thomas's methods. A set of techniques I find in his book especially intriguing is the low lead hand 'curved jab' and 'curved hook' . They are in essence a fleshed examples of punching from underneath outside the field view of the opponent. It could be useful for philly shell, cross arm, and low hands/no guard positions. I imagine it would a be nightmare if a ko artist like Carlos Prates implemented it into an already lethal striking game. P.S. The backfist curved hook seems to cross over into Thomas's killer outlaw boxing aka dirty boxing material. I managed to snag a copy have had time to make bootleg digital copy. I let you when I finish it.

Do you have any thoughts on Laamb, Senegalese wrestling? Its basically bareknuckle combat sambo

How do you feel about striking from the wrist control while on the feet? (I'm thinking about turning over elbows from wrist control, or like what JDM did to Bassil Hafez.) Are there any good setups for wrist control while standing, and what other techniques do you think would work with that position?

Yo slacky. What are your favourite ways of imposing a high pace in a fight without neglecting defensive responsibility

You've talked a bunch on how the inside low kick is a point scorer/ table setter without real damage behind it. Could a fighter feasibly ignore this kick and always look to return with power on it? If so how has no one looked to do it vs. Valentina?

Best Glover Teixeira fights with his mounted ground and pound?

Hello mr slack You oftn talk about fighters use of the double collar tie(or plum if youre joe Rogan) what diffeentiates a good thai clinch from a bad one in your opinion Bonus question: what factors do you think are responsible for chito veras overnight improvement in his last fight

What are your thoughts on Caesar (The first one) visa vi judging him by modern standards of morality

What is the funniest thing a current fighter could do with the money in the bank?

Are you ever going to do an analysis in Guard game for mma? Stuff like how to use your guard to create submissions threats to use as a get up in the open, and how to stay active and maybe even strike from the effectively to create space. Basically watching and explaining a lot of charles oliveira grappling from bottom cheers.

Hey jack, i love hitting the body but I am quite tall and big for my weight class (181 cm) at 155 pounds. I have a very hard long left hook to the body but I want more tools to agit kabayel Maxx. Is the body jab as a taller fighter too risky to throw in your opinion? Because I can also get some pretty mean power on that as well. Thanks slacky jacky bless

Does Manel Kape have the toolset required (physical, technical and tactical) to have success against Van in ways other top flyweights (Royval, Taira, Pantoja) haven’t?

Hello Slackula, we have a new hire at my job who is from north london (the job is in the United States) and i couldnt help but notice his voice sounded eerily similar to yours. This led me to asking him if he was jack slack to which of course he said he was not, but this made me wonder, have you ever been recognized in public by your voice?

As a challenge, I would like you to please defend Dana and Andy Foster's position that straight line kicks to the knee, eg oblique kicks, should be banned instead of teaching fighters to simply not let their knees get kicked.

how do you think the legalization of upkicks would change mma and what styles/fighters would suffer/benefit the most?

who best utilizes knees to the body of a grounded opponent and why do you think no one uses them?

What role does the art of the K.O have in a fight for you? I sometimes see fights that end in a knockout that I wish would've gone the distance just because of the clash of styles was so interesting. I also appreciate when a K.O is set up beautifuly rather than someone just having bonk power in their hands. Thoughts?

Please can you give me 3 good combination strikers to watch based mainly on vibes and aesthetics, not too worried about efficacy.

Opinions on the old school Fa Jin concept but specifically for attacking the body with ground and pound from the top. By setting your hand on the opponent's solar plexus or possibly above the liver(I haven't had the heart try this on my training partners) you can unironically knock the breath out of people or possibly mimic strike impact with good accuracy by placing your hand flat on the target beforehand. Super goofy but by mixing it up with pressing up to gain posture I have done way more damage than I've expected. I only really use it on top since when the opponent is in guard they have no where for the impact to travel through. Are there any other old school unorthodox martial arts concepts that you think could be applied more in MMA or grappling? And if so how do you think they can be used in fight scenario? Thanks for the content and hopefully you can make me an even worse training partner

How dumb is Andy Foster's proposal to ban oblique kicks in California?

Hey Jack. I've heard you reference fencing (the sport) a bit in the past and was curious if you had any sort of history in the sport. I went from competing in fencing years ago to competing in Muay Thai currently and found your comparisons between feinting in the two sports to be very accurate so I was just curious if you've had a similar training pipeline.

Hello! I'm a white belt with just over a year of experience. Next week I'm getting a major knee operation that will force me to learn to walk again and leave me off the mat until at least January. My coach has invited me to watch all his classes for free while I recover but how else might you suggest I develop/slow regression without being able to really move? Thank you!

Do you think it’s necessary for fighters in the modern era to learn how to and actually fight from both stances or is it simply unecessary flashy nonsense that really only works for a few fighters?

Whats the craic Jack Loved your Chito Vera article and just wanted to ask as someone who finds it hard to get started in a more grappling jiu jitsu context when sparing begins. Do you have any advice on gaining the initiative and flowing into a more offensive cycle instead of falling into the defensive and relying on opportunistic submissions later on. From a no wrestling bitch long boy with sore knees and a stiff back Cheers

Were the UFC to increase the number of weight classes in between the current ones, do any notable fighters spring to mind who might dominate those divisions who are currently less successful? Also please can we have a ground n pound film room? Would be great to see past and present effective GnP, and your thoughts on why it's not used much any more.

Would really like to hear your thoughts on the Kazuki Osaki and Ryujin Nasakawa from the rise event last weekend if you've seen it? Also interested in anything about the k1 event if you got around to that.

Invent a new foul

Do people develop better focusing on what they enjoy/comes natural or on what is the 'meta'?

Knees for MMA - round, stabbing forwards, straight upwards because cup checks are basically legal the first two times a match? Your boy already knows the correct answer is "to the body as part of your ground and pound", but what about in the stand up phase?

Tips for effective switch hitting and who would you recommend watching?

Hoy hoy, Jackie!! What are some classic pro-wrestling moves that could be useful in MMA?

my papa was a lineman and talked about being up on the electric poll in the middle of a snowstorm and seeing marvelous marvin haggler running by no matter how bad the weather got. we ever going to get some real haggler love from the slackster?

What are some strategies to land cleaner kicks in Muay Thai. Opponents are always very ready to catch or check.

You got me into Neil Melanson. His K Guard style has become one of my staples. Stephanie Jarrell's Counter Throwing Manual, Malik King Scott's Odd Guy Dares You & Placido Santos' Guillotines have become some of my favorite instructionals lately. Would love a new list of your banger instructionals.

What are your thoughts on the upcoming Wangky Cong main event for UFC 332 and does this top the all time weak headliners for a numbered UFC card?

Why isn’t the headpost underhook + wrist control position more often used against the fence? Seems like free knees and no real opportunity for counter offence.

Thoughts on the Callum Conor DWCS fight that broke the lightweight striking record for ufc? Also any optimistic thoughts on rumors of k1 bringing back same fighter tourny events?

What's your biggest "should have happened" fight in combat sports history? Ferguson-Khabib, Jack Johnson-Sam Langford 2, etc

Whats the craic Jack? Years upon years ago you answered the question of which 3 MMA fighters you would have by your side to tackle an alien of the creepy twilight zone kind I remember you picked GSP for one as a true believer and yourself with a bat to "twat dem in the head", can't remember the 3rd. Is your answer still the same today? Cheers

What is the most important quality in an mma coach

Boxing coach question: Is Barry Robinson a good coach or is his system a question of marketing and carving out a valuable distinctive niche? Half the time I have no idea if he’s describing what he’s seeing and recognizing reality through a methodology or if he’s Dominic Cruzing it up and overwriting reality through his lense.

Are you familiar with the term "dead spaces" of a fight? Term coined by Kick of Movement Martials, who you follow on instagram, dead spaces is the part of the fight where there is no action between the two fighters. Its also called "ambient movement" by Silvie von Douglas Itto. In your opinion, what are important things should a fighter be focused on during these "dead spaces"? getting better cage position, setups, etc

My beautiful boy Jackster Slackster. For an early Christmas present, would you consider doing a set of articles (or even better, a book!) on the 4 kings of 115lb boxing? Chocolatito, Estrada, SSR, and Cuadras? I remember the last time I asked, you expressed interest, so here I am hoping to kindle that flame. Much love to you and yours, from Texas 💙

What if the pay was better? If the pay was higher on par with other professional sports thus able to get more athletes involved, would the top guys in the UFC still be the top guys or are they only the best because they’re the only ones doing it

The same people who cheered when Gable lost are the same people that can't get on their knees fast enough when Mike Tyson walks into the room. And Ali(under the nation of Islam) Married a 16 year old when he was 33. Why are combat sports fans in particular so insanely hypocritical

Do you plan on doing more history episodes? Really thoroughly enjoyed the british in China episodes. I listen to/ read lots of people who are history focused writers and its very rare to have that right mixture between getting into the fun details/ going off on interesting tangents but keeping a coherent narrative and being able to extract governing principles. Honestly Im not into chinese or british history at all normally, since i cannot remember a single name (of either culture funnily enough), but you had me reading tons of stuff afterwards, really made it accessible. What periods would you be interested in writing about in the future?

Hey Jack, I’m a white belt in my 4th year of university, and have been training since my freshman year of college at my school’s BJJ club. This semester I’ve fallen into the position of leading my school’s BJJ club. Essentially you need a semester of experience on the club’s board and the current board is all new people. Do you have any tips for being a better instructor? When I show technique I tend to dissolve into a lot of “put this arm here” or “ ums”. As well as living up to that leadership position? A lot of the club members are my friends but I find myself in a “Michael Scott”-esque position where I want everyone to like me and that causes me to be afraid of being firm; I.E. personal conversations while I’m demonstrating technique.

How does one enter into a double collar tie well or set it up? I am usually the taller man in my Muy Thai classes, but I keep getting my shit thoroughly mixed when trying to get into one and when trying to keep one.

Can you take the time to think about some unique situations in combat sports that present good opportunities for techniques that are normally ill-advised? I like to use the Rabona kick sometimes (I think it can be a perfectly valid technique) and I was thinking it could be a really effective counter against the Team Eagle head-on-the-outside single. Can you think of any other cool uses for seemingly “bad” techniques?

Please consider and share your thoughts on the invention of a combat sport with a rule stucture and culture that encourages eye pokes and groin strikes to replace Sanda, or possibly to exist alongside sanda as a separate league, similar to the combat sambo/sport sambo dynamic. What would that sport look like? Would we see animal styles and moves from old martial arts manuals? Imagine a competent MMA competitor who is also a champion of this hypothetical sport goes to vale tudo. How dangerous would that guy be?

If your main training partner is a southpaw. Will thay develop any bad habits or opening when fighting in the close stance and are there any positives to mainly training with a southpaw . (I would get a diffrent training partner but hes my twin brother :(

Attempt 6 of asking, what are you Favourite Footwork traps? Trying my luck with a second question, do you think overall strategy in fighting can come down what you're trying to take away from an opponent and what you're trying to draw out?

In the cornercam of Greg Jackson and Jon Jones witnessing Gable Steveson's fall, Greg Jackson seems to tell Jon: go check on Gable, get some fans. Thoughts?

What’s your history bug looking at now?

Did you get around to watching the K-1 and Super Rizin cards from the other week? If so, it’d be cool to hear your thoughts.

Elbows from bottom: Wrestler Nuke or Woke nonsense? Bonus question: favourite cum town bit.