I got a chance to speak with Muhammed ”King Mo” Lawal before his fight next Saturday, Dec. 19th against Mike Whitehead at StrikeForce: Evolution live on Showtime.

Mo gives a great interview. Here’s some of what we covered:

• How he see’s his fight going with Mike Whitehead
• Why he got started in MMA
• His thoughts on Mayweather vs Pacquiao
• And we chatted about … (Read more)

A facebook friend posed this question to me. Below is his full question and my response. Forgive my grammer and punctuation I just wanted to post it as is. Feel free to chime in with your thoughts in the comments or twitter or facebook or wherever you’re reading this…I’d like to know your opinions!

_Hello Jonathan, this is Anwar, I read your info that you post here on Facebook quite often and was wondering if you woul… (Read more)

Whether it be after a takedown or by guard pass, sometimes you’ll end up in what’s called the half guard.

It’s when you’re only able to capture one of your opponent’s legs. Control over one leg is better than control over, well, NO legs.

There are a couple different ways to maintain the position and prevent him from passing both legs, but I think below is the most common.

Half Guard Principles

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Without a doubt the hook is the most difficult punch to learn how to throw. Reason being that a hook thrown correctly involves a bunch a moving parts. The more parts you have to move in a coordinated fashion the easier it is to screw it up.

Maybe it’s difficult to learn, but taking the time to add it to your repertoire will make your fights so much easier.

The Perfect Left Hook

The hook is a punch m… (Read more)

A while back I had an opportunity to get Stephan Kesting of BeginningBJJ.com on the phone so he could highlight the 6 main grappling positions for us MMA beginners.

I think before you even step foot on a mat you should at least have a decent idea of what you’re trying to accomplish.

There’s no better place to begin than with a basic understanding of … (Read more)