Atlantic Mixed Martial Arts Media

On Today’s MMA Podcast:

• Our guest is Ed Gallo. Ed is the Event Director for the first ever UFC Fan Expo commemorating UFC 100 on July 10th and 11th and we’re going to ask him a few questions so he can familiarize us with this exciting event.

• We talk a bit about the initial planning with Dana and Lorenzo for the event, the UFC hosting it’s firs… (Read more)

On Today’s MMA Podcast:

• Our guest is the 1976 Lightweight Olympic Boxing Gold Medalist, President of Fight Time Promotions
  , and Florida American Top Team’s Boxing Coach, Howard Davis Jr.

• We talk a bit about his work with Thiago Alves for his upcoming fight with GSP, and how _”GSP’s got nothing… (Read more)

On Today’s MMA Podcast:

• Our guest is Josh Henkin. Josh is the owner of a premier strength and conditioning company in Scottsdale, Arizona called Innovative Fitness Solutions, he is a noted author and speaker, and the creator of the wildly popular Sandbag Fitness Systems

• We talk about a bit about what exactly functional strengt… (Read more)

On Today’s MMA Podcast:

• Our guest is Serra Jitsu Manager/Instructor and TrainingForMMAFitness.com owner Billy Hofacker

• We talk about a bit about why Gi-work is important for MMA fighters, what parts of BJJ are of the most importance to the mixed martial artist, and why UFC middleweight Demian Maia has made a su… (Read more)

We shot two different ways to secure the muay thai clinch. If you didn’t know how to properly obtain a dominant clinch on your opponent this video should help with that.

Please feel free to suggest what MMA training videos you’d like to see next in the comments below!

If you are viewing this from the archives just go to MMA TV and scroll through til you see the ”Two Ways to Secure the Muay Thai Clinch” video.

We shot how to defend the guillotine choke. If you know how it feels to be caught in one of these bad boys you’ll quickly want to learn how to escape it.

Please feel free to suggest what MMA training videos you’d like to see next in the comments below!

If you are viewing this from the archives just go to MMA TV and scroll through til you see the ”How to Defend the Guillotine Choke ” video.

On Today’s MMA Podcast:

• Our guest is Clay Burwell…Clay is a certified USA Boxing Coach, founder of the High Performance personal training facility in New York City where he trains several celebrity clients and world class athletes, and has been recognized as “One of the top 100 trainers in America” by Men’s Journal magazine.

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I probably use the hip sweep or hip bump sweep more than any other because even if I don’t complete the sweep it sets me up for the kimura or guillotine when they attempt to block it by posting an arm or by pushing their weight back into me.

Brandon’s in my closed guard

I put my forearm into Brandon’s neck, come up on my right elbow, and unhook my guard posting my left foot on the mat.

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Brandon is postured up in my guard. To begin the set up I secure double wrist control.

I cross Brandon’s left arm over his right arm to break his posture.

To try to regain his posture Brandon pulls his arms back in, as he does this I push his right arm between my legs and reposition my right hand around the back of his neck to keep his posture broken down.

Maintaining control… (Read more)

On Today’s MMA Podcast:

• Our guest is Dr. David Mayeda, co-author of the first ever socio-political book examining the sport of Mixed Martial Arts entitled Fighting for Acceptance: Mixed Martial Artists and Violence in American Society.

• We talk about a bit about the book, the documentary film spawned from it, and the fighters… (Read more)