00:00 set up.

00:01 >> Can't be that tight, bro.

00:03 >> That's pretty tight. If he's

00:10 >> And it's not I'm not even squeezing.

00:12 Really?

00:12 >> That's going to hold.

00:13 >> I'm seeing stars, bro.

00:14 >> Yes, we trained with a UFC fighter for

00:17 the very first time. Now, I'm a huge fan

00:19 of Demetrius Johnson and the Mighty

00:22 Journey, as you've seen on YouTube. You

00:24 see Mighty Mouse train with GSP playing

00:26 video games. And I was like, you know

00:28 what? I'm down to do something like

00:30 that. You know, we're not going to be

00:31 any 11time world champion or anything

00:34 like that, but we do cover mixed martial

00:36 arts and why not understand a little bit

00:38 more when we watch it every weekend. So,

00:40 went to Las Vegas, the home of the Q

00:43 MMA, where tons of MMA fighters go

00:46 train. And we had the opportunity to

00:48 train with Alex Perez.

01:04 Hey,

01:19 >> he's been fighting since 2010 and he's

01:21 been in the UFC since 2017. Now, if you

01:24 guys have been up to date with the Dana

01:25 White Contender Series and stuff like

01:26 that, he was actually on the first

01:28 season of the Dana White Contender

01:30 Series and won via Andicon Choke and put

01:32 the dude out.

01:33 >> Give me that contract. Dana,

01:34 >> you did a fantastic job controlling the

01:36 the distance the entire fight, keeping

01:38 him on the outside. Was that something?

01:40 Is that the game plan coming in?

01:41 >> Uh, my game plan was to come in here and

01:42 punch him and knock him out or submit

01:44 them.

01:44 >> So, Alex is going to give us the

01:45 blueprint on what to work on. You know,

01:47 he picked apart my weaknesses right

01:49 away, saw my flaws, and he's like, "Hey,

01:51 bro, you got to work on this. got to

01:52 work on that and hopefully we could

01:54 learn a few things along the way.

01:57 >> So, right now we'll get into kind of

01:59 maybe like a warm-up. He's a coach in

02:01 this thing. So, I'm going to just be the

02:02 student. You know, this is Mr. Miyagi

02:04 and this is this uh this is not not

02:06 going to say his people, but we're just

02:07 going to from Alex for right now. All

02:09 right.

02:10 >> All right. So, one of the warm-ups I

02:11 like to do is I like to use a line that

02:14 splits me in between. So, shoulder width

02:16 apart. And I'm going to use this line.

02:18 When I'm punching, I like to move my

02:19 head outside, right? Like a lot of

02:21 people think like punching like this is

02:23 the perfect way. I like to turn my

02:25 shoulders. So I like to go thumbs down.

02:31 >> Okay.

02:32 >> That helps me bring my shoulders down.

02:33 >> I don't even know the correct way to

02:34 throw a punch.

02:35 >> So for me, I bend my knees. If I'm going

02:38 right hand, I'm going to pivot like I'm

02:39 squishing something and turn my knee

02:41 down. See how my shoulder comes up? If I

02:43 just punch like this, right, I can punch

02:45 like this and it doesn't block my face.

02:48 I'm here. All we're going to do is the

02:50 right hand going down. So, I'm going to

02:51 throw the right hand. Reset. Take two

02:54 steps.

02:54 >> Main thing I'm really trying to focus on

02:56 here in this moment is really just not

02:57 look dumb, right? There's UFC fighters

03:00 all around the gym and there's some dude

03:02 wearing a Kazakhstan rash guard trying

03:04 to throw a punch for the very first

03:05 time. Not the best look, but hey, we got

03:08 to do what we got to do.

03:09 >> And every time every time I go, I want

03:10 to put my thumb down. Yep. This helps

03:12 you bring your shoulder to your head and

03:14 keep this keep this hand glued to your

03:17 head. Uh my coach a firm fist or not?

03:20 >> Uh, you can. I like MMA gloves. I like

03:22 to keep my hands open.

03:23 >> I brought gloves, too. So,

03:24 >> like I like to keep my hands open just

03:26 because of uh like more surface boxing

03:28 area, bigger gloves, so a little bit

03:30 more padding. But with MMA,

03:32 >> I'll go here. You know, some protection

03:34 better than no protection.

03:36 >> And don't bring your feet together. Just

03:38 walk.

03:40 >> Hey, pivot on that back foot. So, right

03:42 now, you're leaning. There you go. Every

03:44 time. And don't lean forward. There you

03:46 go. Weight down. Don't do this. here. My

03:50 my chin shouldn't pass my nuts, right? I

03:52 shouldn't be like,

03:54 "Wow,

03:56 there you go. Better." People like to

03:58 step, so we're going to do the step jab

03:59 first, right? Everybody's here. Boom.

04:03 Hand glued here. Act like you're talking

04:05 on the phone, right? Take two steps.

04:07 Boom.

04:09 Boom.

04:14 Go.

04:17 Time. Shake it out. What we're going to

04:19 do is uh one, twos now.

04:22 >> Here, one, two, reset. And the reason

04:25 why I like this line, too, cuz I want I

04:27 want my head when I throw my jab to be

04:29 offline.

04:31 >> See how my head's a little bit over to

04:32 the not crazy, but I'm turning my head.

04:36 Turn my head. The line just helps me

04:38 move my head. Not not big. Just turn

04:40 your shoulder. All you got to do is turn

04:41 your shoulder. So, just turn your

04:42 shoulder. See how your head moves? Now,

04:44 when you throw the right hand, you turn

04:45 your shoulder. Turn that shoulder all

04:46 the way down. Thumb down. See how your

04:48 head moves when you throw it down?

04:49 >> Yeah.

04:50 >> It just It's a natural movement. A lot

04:51 of people think like I have to like

04:52 force it. Like I'm here

04:55 like boom boom. My head naturally moves.

04:59 >> There you go.

05:01 There you go.

05:03 >> And when I'm when I'm punching where

05:05 like

05:06 >> so I always punch eye level. Okay.

05:08 >> Right. Like a lot of people like when

05:10 they shadow box or like like no punch

05:12 eye level. You got to think like you're

05:14 gonna fight someone your size, your

05:16 height, right? So, I always I always

05:18 tell people eye level is probably the

05:19 key. So, we're going to finish up with

05:21 our last uh offensive drill. The

05:23 footwork drill. I'm here. My hand I'm

05:26 going to bend my knees a little bit. I'm

05:27 going to go forward.

05:29 I'm going to stop. Circle, circle,

05:31 circle, forward, back. Basically, you're

05:35 going to make your own kind of platform.

05:37 You're going to go forward, back, side

05:38 to side. Don't matter. All right. Go.

05:41 You kind of get you got to be creative.

05:43 So you got to go forward back.

05:47 There you go. Now coming back right now.

05:50 Out of nowhere, start mixing that level

05:52 change like Yep. But move around. Stop.

05:55 Level change. Move around.

06:00 Don't get so tall. Right.

06:07 >> We're going to do Oh, let's go in the uh

06:10 cage in that back corner. We're going to

06:12 work on striking, right? Like you talked

06:13 about like you never really struck. That

06:15 was your first time.

06:16 >> So, we're going to just work on covering

06:18 the uh distance. So, I'm going to go

06:19 double jab right hand.

06:22 >> But when I get here, I should be at the

06:23 end of my range.

06:25 >> So, should be a bend when you connect or

06:26 no?

06:27 >> No, it should be I I like it should be

06:29 kind of almost locked out. Not crazy,

06:30 but it should be about here.

06:32 >> Okay.

06:32 >> So, you got to move you got to find your

06:33 distance. So, double jab.

06:36 >> Yep. And keep that left hand up.

06:39 There you go.

06:42 Nice. Now level change.

06:44 >> Now you're going to jab up. Two jabs up.

06:46 So, but stay from the level change

06:48 position. You did this.

06:49 >> I'm here.

06:52 >> Okay.

06:52 >> So, like if me or fighting, right? Like,

06:54 and I'm doing this to you. If I level,

06:56 like if I do this,

06:58 >> you're used to seeing that, right? But

06:59 now, imagine this.

07:01 >> I bring your head up and I'm going to

07:02 drop something right to the middle.

07:04 We're going to try to hide that shot,

07:06 that take down behind this. So, double

07:07 jab, right hand.

07:09 >> There you go. Don't lean though. See how

07:11 you kind of lean

07:11 >> forward?

07:12 >> Yeah.

07:12 >> Okay. Where are the eyes?

07:14 >> I I always go chest, eyes area. Like if

07:16 I'm here, I'm moving like sometimes I'm

07:17 underneath here.

07:19 >> So I can see enough. Okay.

07:20 >> Right. Got

07:21 >> punch up and then drop something to the

07:23 body. So punch. Two punches should be

07:25 going this way. One punch should be

07:27 landing there.

07:29 >> There you go. Right. Back

07:31 >> and shuffle your feet. See how you're

07:33 jumping out?

07:33 >> It takes longer for you to jump out. It

07:35 takes longer.

07:36 >> It does.

07:37 >> Yeah. Cuz you got to cuz because what

07:39 happens is if I'm doing this, I'm going

07:41 here,

07:42 >> right? I got to leave my feet to land.

07:45 But if I go

07:47 >> I I can always move back. Like when you

07:49 jump places, it might seem like it's

07:50 faster. I might be here,

07:52 >> right? It takes longer. Like if I'm

07:54 doing this step,

07:55 >> so if I just

07:57 >> I can plan off right away. So I don't

07:59 want to jump. I just slide back.

08:03 >> Better. All right. So now we're going to

08:04 go back to the regular one. Double jab

08:06 right hand. But at the end, I'm gonna

08:07 level change when I'm close, right? So,

08:08 I'm going be here.

08:12 >> Boom.

08:15 >> So, uh, you're gonna send all three

08:17 punches to the head. A rule of thumb for

08:19 me is like I'll hit you with a big right

08:21 hand. I don't care if you block it or

08:22 not, but I want you to feel my power.

08:24 Like, oh, [ __ ] This guy can actually

08:25 hit me somewhat hard. The reason why is

08:27 because then when I throw the second one

08:28 or if I'm low, I'm going to try to take

08:30 you down. I'm going to touch you. And

08:31 you should be like, you got to you got

08:33 to like

08:33 >> you have to respect the power. You have

08:34 to respect the power, right? So if you

08:37 don't, I'm going to try to kill you. And

08:38 if you do, I'm not. Right? I'm going to

08:40 touch and go underneath. So So the first

08:42 one, double jab, right hand, and reset.

08:44 Double jab, right hand, and level

08:45 change. So you're going to do both of

08:47 them. All three punches to the head. So

08:48 I want to be underneath this hook line.

08:50 So if you go double jab, right hand.

08:52 Right now, if I go to throw a hook, you

08:54 got to be underneath this or else this

08:55 is going to hit you. So just drop your

08:57 level.

08:58 >> Even when it comes down to just changing

09:00 up your levels,

09:04 Something simple that changes it up.

09:08 >> So change the level right there. You go.

09:13 >> There you go. Better. So that's the way

09:15 you got to make it look.

09:16 >> Okay.

09:17 >> You always got to you always got to be

09:18 >> the hook. That's the first time I ever

09:20 heard it.

09:21 >> Yeah. I always We always I call like a

09:23 hooking line, right? You want to be

09:24 underneath here.

09:25 >> Okay.

09:25 >> Like cuz especially in MMA, we're not

09:27 classically trained in one thing, right?

09:29 We like train kickboxing, boxing. It's

09:31 crazy how much stuff you guys have to

09:32 deal with.

09:32 >> So, we have to do all that. So, like you

09:34 got to anticipate the guy not throwing a

09:35 hook like properly. If you boxing,

09:37 someone's going to be

09:38 >> right. But [ __ ] I might be

09:41 >> like this and I might hit you on top of

09:42 the head like I uh who was it? I think

09:45 Chad Mendes versus uh Frankie Edgar. Uh

09:48 Frank uh Frankie knocked out Chad, but

09:51 like the first punch that happened like

09:52 he got hit with the forearm. So, yeah.

09:55 So, people get hit with forearms all the

09:56 time. So, you got to try to be

09:57 underneath as low as you can.

10:01 So, don't come up. See how you're kind

10:02 of like throwing down? You're like

10:03 throwing your body up.

10:04 >> Stay down.

10:05 >> Yeah, cuz I I want to run to your hips.

10:08 Like, you want to try to get my hips. If

10:09 you like hit me and then come up, you

10:11 actually give me a chance. If you beat

10:12 my hips and my hips are stuck right

10:14 here, I'm [ __ ] right? But if you do

10:17 that and you build up, you're actually

10:18 helping me cuz then your pressure is up.

10:20 Like, you might have a good body lock,

10:22 but you you don't know my defense. If

10:24 you know you have a better like body

10:25 lock and the guy's defense isn't much,

10:27 >> like it's okay. But if at the beginning

10:28 when you don't know it's hard. So if I'm

10:30 if I'm fighting you, your hands are up.

10:32 Like I'm not going to do that. Everybody

10:33 thinks I'll pivot. You're here and

10:35 you're like

10:36 that's not like realistically. Yes.

10:38 Textbook, right? You do a pivot, do

10:40 whatever. But look how far we are. Now I

10:41 got it's a game of inches and seconds.

10:43 So for me, when I'm doing this,

10:46 when this hand comes back, I'll I'll

10:48 I'll pivot. But it's a small step. Now

10:51 I'm just getting outside of this so I

10:53 can shoot on you or punch you, do

10:54 whatever I want to do. So I'm here. So

10:57 I'm here. Bang. Bang. See that? And I I

11:00 didn't move much.

11:01 >> All right. Took out the way.

11:02 >> Yep. So when you're doing that on here

11:04 is I'm going to touch.

11:07 >> His hand comes back. That's when I'm

11:09 going to pivot. And see how I'm still

11:11 close.

11:11 >> Yeah.

11:12 >> I can attack. So get close. So one, two.

11:15 >> One, two.

11:16 >> There you go. And level change and

11:17 attack. Right.

11:20 >> Ah. Now you're trying to speed it up.

11:22 >> Yeah.

11:22 >> Go. One, two.

11:23 >> For for speed with learning, is it

11:25 always better to go slow first? always

11:26 slow like in anything. You always got to

11:28 go slow. You can't just go out there try

11:29 to do it right off the bat cuz then

11:30 you're going to miss a lot of little

11:32 fundamentals. Like for me like I'm not

11:34 the most athletic, right? Like you don't

11:36 see me doing anything crazy when I

11:37 fight. It's like, hey, I got pressure.

11:39 I'm forward. I got small angles. Doesn't

11:41 take a lot, right? So like what happens

11:43 is when people start doing things, they

11:45 start becoming more athletic than what

11:46 they think they like than what they

11:47 really are.

11:48 >> So you got to like slow it down, right?

11:50 All right. And then once you get to that

11:51 position, like if I'm here, I can

11:55 boom

11:55 >> and I can shoot,

11:57 >> right? I can

11:59 >> Yeah.

12:00 >> kick, knee, whatever it is. Right. But

12:01 those are all like those are like simple

12:03 ways to get into a taked down.

12:04 Especially someone like said you're

12:06 trying to learn and if you're trying to

12:07 fight like if I was coaching someone

12:10 like someone like you, like all right,

12:12 how do we keep you safe without taking

12:13 too much damage cuz you're going to get

12:15 hit

12:16 >> and how do we get you guys close? How

12:18 are you able like in a fight to stay

12:21 >> like say if you did get rocked, how are

12:22 you able to like just reset and just

12:24 kind of like

12:25 >> I think just happens with training.

12:26 There's different drills. Uh there's a

12:28 drill that we do at Team Oyama is that

12:30 if we find a heavy punch, right, we

12:33 literally I'll have you do it.

12:35 >> I'm going to have you do it.

12:37 >> So, hold on.

12:38 >> So, this is the drill we do like if you

12:40 have find a big punch or you having

12:42 trouble get rock, we literally have we

12:44 have like a like a bat or one of those

12:46 foam rollers. You put your head down,

12:48 you close your eyes, and you spin a

12:49 circle as fast as as fast as you can.

12:52 And and then and then you have guys, and

12:54 then we have guys trying to hit you, and

12:55 your your job is try to clinch up cuz

12:57 that's how that's how that's how it

12:58 feels in a fight, right? You getting

12:59 rocked, you're like, "Oh [ __ ] you're

13:00 dizzy." Like, what's what's the biggest

13:02 thing most people do is try to fight

13:04 back and that's usually when they get

13:06 caught. Like when I'm rocked, I'm like,

13:07 "Oh [ __ ] I'm just do this. I'm going to

13:09 throw crazy." But realistically, you're

13:11 you should probably be trying to get

13:12 body to body to try to keep your cobwebs

13:14 out, right? Depending who it is.

13:15 >> Insert clip. We didn't end up doing the

13:17 Oyama drill. So, guess what? I'mma spin

13:20 as fast as I can for 30 seconds. And my

13:23 brother back there is gonna try. He's

13:26 gonna try to hit me.

13:28 All right. The goal is for me to not get

13:30 hit and survive and to get up close to

13:33 clinch. Get body to body. Am I in frame?

13:36 >> Yeah, you're in frame. All right, guys.

13:37 Here we go.

13:43 >> All right.

14:11 Jesus. I say I'm good now.

14:14 Oh, my bad. You're bleeding. My bad,

14:16 bro.

14:18 >> Dude turns on the camera one time,

14:19 freaking cracks me. I hit it with the

14:22 foot sweep. Y'all saw that.

14:24 >> Hey, that was that was hard, bro.

14:28 >> Hey, you got to try it, bro.

14:30 >> You got to try it.

14:31 >> All right, I'll try it.

14:36 >> 16 15 14 13

14:57 Holy smokes.

14:59 Okay. I thought I freaking hit you hard,

15:02 but there's no way. That was drinking. I

15:05 just like I stood up and

15:09 13 14 15

15:16 Oh, I got cracked, bro. I changed. Holy

15:19 crap.

15:20 >> I spin three times and I'm like, "Whoa,

15:22 this is

15:22 >> Yeah, but you know, that's that that's

15:24 the that's the closest way you're going

15:25 to get to figuring out how to punch."

15:26 >> Yeah. Yeah. Whatever you have planned,

15:29 you know, whatever you

15:30 >> We'll go for a headlock. We'll go for a

15:31 headlock. First one just uh sprawl spin

15:33 behind. Biggest thing is I want to put

15:35 pressure right here on the back of his

15:36 neck. And I want to I like to pull the

15:39 elbow and I like to pull him this way.

15:40 So stay right here. I like to pull the

15:42 elbow when I pull. And my hand too is

15:44 cupped and I'm cupping around his uh

15:46 chin. I I'll I'll pull here. I'm on my

15:49 knees right now just to show you guys,

15:51 but I'm using here and I'm going to pull

15:53 this. I'm going to pull this out and

15:55 across his his head. All right. So, I'm

15:58 here

15:59 >> and I keep this nice and tight. My

16:01 shoulders in tight. I'm blocking the

16:02 back feet. Let's get behind. Once I get

16:05 behind here, I kind of get control of

16:08 what what I want. Get to those those

16:10 positions. Okay.

16:11 >> Right. And then you like you have your

16:13 game. You've been training, right?

16:14 >> Yeah. For a few years now.

16:16 >> Yeah. You've been training, but you have

16:17 your own game. It's all it's all, you

16:19 know, relative or not. Like whether it

16:21 works,

16:22 >> it might not work for me, but it works

16:23 for you. So, I'm always going to get you

16:24 to A to B. Your job is to figure out the

16:27 rest. I'm going to give you my input.

16:28 Even when I'm coaching guys, even when

16:29 I'm even when I'm coaching guys, like

16:31 when I'm coaching guys, I I would never

16:32 be like, "Hey, you got to go 1 2 3 4."

16:34 Like, you know, it's like,

16:35 >> "No, I'm going to, hey, right hand, the

16:38 right hand's there. You got to figure

16:39 out how to do I can't tell you. Hey,

16:41 jab, hook, right hand.

16:42 >> It's not like real steel.

16:43 >> Yeah. Like I can't I can't I can't I

16:44 can't really I can't really like I said

16:46 too when people like oh like are so used

16:48 to telling people certain things like

16:50 step by step directions when you're

16:51 fighting you really can't be step by

16:52 step. Things change so quick. Elbow and

16:55 you're going to pull his elbow across.

16:56 There you go. Now this knee is going to

16:58 step behind my knee. Block it.

17:00 >> Still holding the chin.

17:01 >> Yep. And then once you get behind that's

17:02 when you let go. Boom. Now you go to

17:04 your whatever you want.

17:07 >> Yep.

17:10 There you go. Now I can't move that.

17:13 There you go. Yep. One more time. And

17:15 we're going to go straight into like

17:17 this series. I go here and I pull this

17:19 up.

17:21 >> Once I block here, my hands lock.

17:24 >> And from here, I can just fall. Boom.

17:27 Right into all my chokes.

17:29 >> Can I feel what the choke feels like?

17:31 Like a fully locked on one. Like I'll

17:32 tap. Yeah,

17:33 >> we we saw your uh your fights in the in

17:35 the hotel room and I'm like

17:37 >> I've never really I mean the dar is or

17:39 anaconda is

17:40 >> Yeah. So I'll be here,

17:45 >> right? Like even if if you go if you

17:47 roll all the way through, I still got

17:49 this. I can just squeeze whenever I

17:51 want. Roll back this way. Right. I'm

17:54 here.

17:56 There's that. I go here.

18:00 >> That was tight.

18:01 >> Go there. And it's not I'm not even

18:03 squeezing. Really? Really?

18:04 >> That's kind of hold.

18:05 >> I'm seeing stars, bro.

18:07 >> Yeah, I wasn't squeezing there. I was

18:08 talking, having a conversation there,

18:10 you know. I got a short arm. So that

18:12 that's why it helps.

18:13 >> Yeah.

18:13 >> But this is all based off of that setup.

18:15 This is how I learned it. Like from

18:16 there, you got uh the Marcelotine, the

18:19 arm and guillotine, you got all that cuz

18:21 if I go here, say, and I I lock this and

18:24 you bring your hand out like to catch

18:26 me, that's fine cuz I can go straight

18:27 into my guillotine, right?

18:30 and say if you don't if you if you stay

18:32 right there I can roll out got my hand

18:34 anaconda and say say you roll all the

18:37 way through

18:38 >> this

18:38 >> uh you know you come back then I do got

18:41 my doors and all that other other great

18:43 stuff from there so

18:44 >> awesome

18:44 >> so it kind of just like kind of flows

18:46 together

18:47 >> and and in wrestling I've always had a

18:48 good front headlock so that's kind of

18:50 why I used

18:50 >> Do you have like over a thousand

18:52 wrestling matches you

18:53 >> pretty close I started wrestling in like

18:56 towards the end of my fifth grade year

18:58 and then sixth seventh a and a high

19:00 school and a little bit of college and

19:02 we get like 40 matches during the season

19:04 probably get another 40 to 50 matches in

19:06 the summertime just wrestling wrestling

19:09 camps all that college I probably had

19:12 >> like 60 some matches plus you know like

19:15 in junior college so pretty close to

19:17 1,000 matches dude so I did I didn't

19:20 want to be home so

19:21 >> you know

19:22 >> all right so you can

19:24 >> can we see that like uh like full speed

19:27 or just like a transition

19:28 >> just so people See how fast it really

19:31 >> Yeah. So I go here

19:51 >> kind of just flow through

19:53 >> just it's just basically what you give

19:54 me,

19:55 >> right?

19:55 >> You know, it's whatever I'm going to

19:57 >> what I'm going to take. I try not to

19:58 force too many positions.

20:00 >> Uh I found myself if I force the

20:02 positions then I get screwed.

20:04 >> Yeah.

20:07 >> All right. Ready?

20:08 >> Yeah.

20:09 >> So for this one, like I'll do the

20:11 offense, you do the defense. I'm not

20:12 going to throw hard or crazy quick. I'm

20:14 going to throw one punch at a time. So

20:16 biggest thing too, what people try to do

20:18 is everybody try to show how athletic

20:20 you are, right? Like I was like, I'm I'm

20:22 not the most athletic. So everybody try

20:24 to say, "Oh, don't move your head." You

20:25 should always be moving your head. Small

20:27 movements, nothing crazy. Movement,

20:28 blocking in and out, right? Don't reach

20:30 for punches as much as you want to like

20:33 you throw a jab at me and I'm like

20:35 reaching. That's going to set some other

20:37 stuff up like cuz you can fake that and

20:38 come over the over with a hook or

20:40 something, you know? Biggest thing is

20:41 try to stay calm and composed. I'm going

20:43 to throw one punch at you. I'm going to

20:44 throw it like at about 50%. I'm not even

20:47 crazy. I'm not trying to hurt you, but

20:48 I'm trying to make you see. So, hands

20:50 up, move around, and just move around. I

20:52 can make me come to you, make move

20:53 around. I'll throw the punch.

20:57 See how you're leaning back? See, the

20:58 first thing you did is start leaning

21:00 back. Well, if you start leaning back,

21:02 >> that's just like,

21:02 >> well, I know your glue. So, go back.

21:04 Lean back. Right.

21:06 >> So, what like one punch, but what

21:08 happens when the second punch comes,

21:10 right? You're stuck. So, move your feet.

21:12 Don't lean back. If you're going to sh

21:13 shuffle back both feet.

21:27 Right? See how you're leaning? Yeah. So,

21:28 you kind of just want to do something

21:29 like that. Now, I'm going to throw two

21:30 punches at you. Okay.

21:48 >> Right. You see how you're moving and

21:49 your hands are coming down?

21:50 >> Yeah.

21:51 >> Right. So, and and you're moving like

21:54 kind of move without a purpose. Like

21:55 what are you trying to do to me? Like

21:56 move around. Like if like if you're

21:58 doing this drill on me, if you're

21:59 throwing a punch, right, you can throw.

22:02 Go.

22:17 >> I'm always I'm always trying to come

22:18 forward and find pressure. I'm not

22:20 looking down. My hands are up. I'm like

22:22 I'm hunched over. Like the biggest thing

22:23 about fighting is you don't want to have

22:25 perfect posture.

22:26 >> Everybody thinks like you want to be

22:27 like that's the one time like you want

22:29 to have like bad if you're at perfect

22:30 posture like this. I have bad posture

22:33 >> here. Hands are up.

22:34 >> One thing I noticed right now is just

22:35 like it's it the flow is a lot. I mean

22:38 of course it's more intense but it's

22:39 like you're you can't really think about

22:41 anything else.

22:42 >> You got to lead the dance in fighting.

22:44 Like hardly anybody. There's a handful

22:45 guys. Little Mashita, um, Anderson

22:48 Silva, you know, those are two guys, the

22:51 best that I've seen be Counter Strikers

22:52 and be very successful in MMA.

22:54 >> Yeah.

22:54 >> Most of the time you got to come

22:55 forward.

22:56 >> I'm not saying all the time, but most of

22:58 the time you got to come forward. It's

22:59 hard to win a fight going backwards. I

23:00 mean, that these are simple things. Like

23:02 I said, you can do this with a partner.

23:03 >> Have them throw one punch at you, then

23:05 two, then three, then four. It kind of

23:06 build up.

23:07 >> You can also do it in the corner. Like

23:08 if you're in the corner. So this shows

23:10 you not to lean back, right? Like your

23:12 biggest problem, you're lean back. So

23:13 now if say if I go like this and you

23:15 lean back

23:16 >> right where you going is right into the

23:18 cage. So you're a foot off the cage. So

23:19 it kind of shows you okay I got to slip

23:21 and just stay in that little area.

23:26 >> Right.

23:26 >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

23:27 >> So So right the biggest things you want

23:28 to avoid is getting pinned. Like if I do

23:31 this and and say you pull back right

23:34 well I know I know the only way only way

23:36 you can come is back this way. So, I'm

23:38 going to that's when most guys get

23:39 knocked out cuz they they're like, "Oh,

23:40 the guy was seeing or you see flying

23:42 knees off here." Like, if I keep doing

23:44 this [ __ ] keep doing this [ __ ] run a

23:46 fake something, run a flying knee cuz I

23:47 know that eventually you have to come

23:48 this way or I hit you in the face or the

23:50 belly don't really matter. Like, they

23:52 both hurt. They both suck, but I'm going

23:54 to hit you regardless just cuz I know

23:55 you can't really do much.

23:57 >> I feel like that's the thing the fans

23:58 don't really understand is like the the

24:01 chess game being done inside the kick.

24:03 You know, everybody sees like the the

24:04 knockout. It should take you, it should

24:06 take you, you like in boxing, you got 12

24:07 rounds, what, 2 minutes, 3 minutes,

24:09 whatever it is. So, you got a little bit

24:10 longer. You get like actually time's

24:12 pretty similar, but you get more rounds,

24:14 right, to figure the guy out. In MMA,

24:16 you got three, five minute rounds. So,

24:17 within the first 90 seconds to 2

24:19 minutes, I got to figure out what you're

24:20 doing and what you're trying to do, what

24:22 I'm trying to do,

24:23 >> right? And your corners got to figure

24:24 out like when I'm coaching, I'm trying

24:25 to figure out what is this guy's plan.

24:26 >> Yeah.

24:27 >> And sometimes you're training for one

24:28 thing and they throw the toe opposite.

24:29 So, then you have to adjust on the fly.

24:31 So, there's a lot of little things,

24:32 nuances to it, you know? So, for sure.

24:36 >> Is there anything that you want to

24:39 if you want to try that oyama drill fall

24:41 down?

24:42 >> So, yeah. So, the Yamama is just a block

24:45 and roll. It's just uh Rampage. Uh the

24:48 biggest name that I can think of,

24:50 Rampage Jackson versus Vander Silva when

24:53 he hit in the UFC, but he just blocked

24:55 and roll. So, if I throw a right hand,

24:57 >> Yep. We're going to do we're going to do

24:58 that Rampage roll.

25:00 >> So, hands here and you're going to make

25:02 contact. So glue this and I and roll

25:04 with it. Now we come back. Right hand,

25:06 left hook, right hand,

25:08 >> right,

25:09 >> right, left, right. Yep. So again,

25:12 >> boom. And bang, bang. Straight right

25:14 hand.

25:14 >> Straight right hand.

25:15 >> Yep.

25:17 >> Go.

25:18 >> Yep. So right, left, right. Cuz I'm

25:20 turning this way.

25:20 >> Right, left, right.

25:21 >> See, I'm turning this way, right? It

25:23 loads up the right hand. Yep. Again.

25:28 There you go. Oh, and if you go the

25:29 opposite way, the left hook, right?

25:31 It'll be left hook. So, if I throw a

25:32 left hook, boom, left hook,

25:35 >> left hook, right hand, left hook again,

25:40 >> right? You see how my hands are closed?

25:41 >> Yeah.

25:42 >> Like, I don't want to go a straight

25:43 punch. Rather, I go here like roll your

25:45 body like I'm I'm here.

25:49 >> Boom. I'm here.

25:50 >> Boom.

25:52 >> So, small roll. You still got to be able

25:53 to look at me though.

25:54 >> Me, I'm just trying to get the

25:55 combination right,

25:56 >> bro. The one two combination is the

25:59 hardest [ __ ] ever.

26:02 >> Left, right, left, left hook, left hook,

26:05 right hand, left hook. Again,

26:08 >> the reason why it'll be left hook, I'm

26:10 most of the time cuz when I throw a

26:11 hook, I got to be close to you, right? I

26:13 can't I'm not going to throw a hook from

26:14 out here. So that means if I go like

26:16 this, I'm pretty close. That's left,

26:18 right, left. Right? If I go this way, a

26:21 little further out, you go straight,

26:23 hook, straight, right? So kind of all

26:25 preference. So if again if I roll, boom,

26:27 right, left, right. Now if I go this

26:29 way, left hook, right hand, left hook.

26:33 Yeah. So that Rampage is really, really

26:35 famous for that. He blocked and rolled.

26:37 He did that against Chuck when he won

26:39 the UFC title. He did against Vanderly.

26:40 He knocked him out. That's his number

26:41 one defense. You just block, block, come

26:43 back with three or four punches. And you

26:44 can always mix it up. I can go left,

26:47 right, left. I can go left, left, right.

26:50 Kind of more preference. Left, right,

26:51 left, or right, left, right. It's

26:52 usually like when you're first starting

26:54 out,

26:55 >> right? Once you get more creative, you

26:56 can go left hook, left hook, right hand,

26:57 you go left hook, right hand, right

26:59 hand, you know, stuff like that. So, it

27:01 all varies on on on the person you're

27:03 training.

27:03 >> Now, do you recommend people to start

27:05 training mixed martial arts? You feel

27:06 like that's a good thing or even for

27:08 your like your son.

27:09 >> Like my son, he wrestles.

27:10 >> Uh wrestling like wrestling for sure say

27:12 in my life. Uh but wrestling in general

27:14 teach you good uh life skills, right?

27:17 Every martial arts is going to teach you

27:19 great great life skills. I start out

27:20 wrestling. My son's wrestling right now.

27:22 He's doing other sports, but he's

27:23 wrestling. I think it's very important

27:25 just for one to learn how to defend

27:28 yourself, especially younger kids that

27:30 are getting bullied. It's like it's good

27:31 good confidence boost, right? It's good

27:33 confidence. You get a belt, you get

27:34 promoted, you tap someone out, it makes

27:36 you feel good. You win a fight, you win

27:37 a match, you win, you're good. All the

27:39 hard work it shows you put into it. So,

27:40 I recommend whether you're older,

27:43 younger, guy or girl to do to to train.

27:47 I don't care what it is, train

27:48 something,

27:49 >> right? Like I always tell people like

27:51 average people just want to defend

27:52 themselves. Hey, do jiu-jitsu because

27:53 you're going to be on your back. Most

27:55 street fights end up on your back. Now,

27:57 if you're trying to do it as a as a

27:59 career, trying to go this path.

28:01 >> I I'm still a believer like you should

28:03 master one thing. Like I wrestled I

28:04 didn't throw a a punch like with a coach

28:07 until I was 18.

28:09 >> In 2010, that's when I that's when I

28:11 threw a punch uh with a coach, right? I

28:14 was been a street fight and stuff, but

28:15 where I got coached and sparred real

28:16 guys was in 2010. And uh I wrestled my

28:20 whole life. Like I can't say I'm a

28:21 master I can't say I'm a master at

28:23 wrestling but I it helped me out a lot.

28:25 >> I was saying you got tons of hours.

28:27 >> Yeah, I got a lot of hours. You know

28:28 what I mean? But like you know so

28:29 whatever it is just I think is it's the

28:31 best thing to do.

28:33 >> Thanks man. Appreciate it for the tips.

28:35 This is honestly like my first legit uh

28:37 lesson and I definitely learned a lot

28:39 here. So

28:40 >> it's not bad. Not bad.

28:41 >> Big shout out to Alex Perez, man. Um

28:43 yeah, he's going to be flying in China.

28:45 Um

28:46 >> August August 29th in China. So,

28:48 >> how you feeling about it, man?

28:49 >> Good. Feel good. Weight's good.

28:50 Everything's good. A little tired today.

28:52 Um, didn't get the best sleep. You know,

28:54 sleep recovery is most important.

28:56 >> Didn't get the best sleep last night,

28:57 but

28:59 >> uh, you know what I mean? Got to go

29:00 home, eat, hang out, and got sparring

29:03 tonight with Bruno. So,

29:04 >> so was I.

29:05 >> Yeah, man. Speaking of Macha,

29:08 >> I know that's his boy.

29:10 >> So, thanks, man. Big shout out to Alex

29:12 Perez. Big shout out to the Q MMA for

29:14 allowing us to film there. Uh, your boy

29:16 got shinned in this episode, not going

29:18 to lie, but it was for my brother, so

29:19 it's all right. That concludes today's

29:21 episode. Had tons of fun recording and

29:23 editing this video. So, if you guys want

29:25 more videos like this, please let me

29:27 know and we'll continue to do so.

29:28 Appreciate every single one of you guys.

29:30 We out. Peace.