In 1775, Paul Revere let the colonials know that the British were coming. It marked the beginning of our fight for freedom. Now we have another fight ahead of us. The UK and USA face off once again in the realm of MMA. The new season of The Ultimate Fighter will begin April first.
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Here is a great video I found to explain how to do an underused choke.
Jesus Didn’t Tap, but many fighters who have been caught in one of these five submissions tapped. Submission victories happen all the time, but Jason, CEO of Jesus Didn’t Tap, unleashes the top five in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Going back through the past twenty UFC fight nights over 40 fights have ended with one fighter tapping. Jason says, “In Mixed Martial Arts to tap is to quit.” Since UFC 76 five have grown to make Jesus Didn’t Tap’s top five list. They are (in order of frequency): the rear naked choke, the guillotine choke, arm bar, the triangle choke and the heel hook.
Seventeen fighters have tasted defeat in the grips of the rear naked choke. This choke is very tough for another to set up but once they do it is even tougher to shake them. The difficult escape will secure its number one slot for quite some time.
In fact, chokes take three of the top five spots. Most people have very little pain tolerance in the neck area and those who do freak out when they experience the choke sensation. Arm bars and heel hooks attack the elbows and ankles. Many fighters exhibit the ability to fight through these attacks and can actually slip out to avoid the tap out submission.
To avoid the pain and anguish of a defeat on the record, be sure to train on avoiding these top five winning moves. Better yet, learn to use them to make the other guy tap. Don’t be the statistic; instead make another be the poor sap on the next poll.
Jesus Didn’t Tap is growing right along with the popularity of the MMA industry. To learn more about this company and brand go to http://www.jesusdidnttap.com/.
According to a question posted on Yahoo Answers…
Who will win UFC 94 – BJ Penn or Georges St. Pierre (GSP)? The fans tell all…
GSP gets 9 votes and BJ receives 7. Fans are pulling for GSP. Do you agree with their answers?
Answers are:
– I say it’s going to be a real close fight but I’m going with youth and not just a real flexible dude w/BJJ, GSP has dominated people from the last fight when he still won, victory is victory, but BJ Penn is real good and much credit to trying to capture 2 belts!
– BJ Penn
– GSP for sure as long as he can keep the fight standing up. On the ground is a tossup cause even though BJ’s BJJ is good GSP’s wrestling is good and he’s got more lbs. in muscle than BJ considering he has to cut to make welterweight and he’s way too lean to make lightweight. He just might be able to overpower ‘The Prodigy” on the ground as long as he does not allow for even the slightest mistakes for Penn will most definitely be looking to capitalize on even the smallest of things.
– I think that GSP will win because his wrestling is so good and, he will no doubt push the pace against BJ Penn, Penn is very good but if you look at his last 3 fights they’ve all been against guys who were at least 3 inches shorter than him (Pulver, Stevenson, & Sherk) and had a 3 inch reach disadvantage which resulted in him throwing a lot of jabs to set up other combos, but because GSP has a 3 inch reach advantage along with using kicks, I think he will be able to keep BJ at bay long enough to get some takedowns and punish him on the ground, plus 4 or 5 rounds w/ GSP is going to be tiring for anyone especially Penn. I see the fight resulting in GSP winning by decision again, because I don’t think that he will TKO or submit BJ. I think GSP’s wrestling will be the difference.
– This is an easy question. Penn is going to win this with ease. People may not agree…… here are some things you may want to consider, First thing is in the first GSP Penn fight Penn was very dominate with GSP being 100%. Reason Penn lost was due to gassing out. Stamina was not up to par. With Penn being as focused as he now he can’t lose. I heard a video of Penn stating that he was looking to kill G in the ring not kidding. Will he do that, of course not? But with that mentality it will be hard for him to lose. GSP and Penn are my two favorite fighters don’t get me wrong I’m not a hater. With being said GSP is training with Olympic wrestlers from Beijing so his wrestling is the best in the UFC. BJ is slacking on the ground with BJJ. stand just about equal BJJ may edge. Bottom line we are in for a great fight enjoy and Penn will stop GSP with no problem. mark my words.
– I would say GSP he is conditioned more, just look at his figure. BJ Penn is not so much even at 155. BJ Penn does not use kicks. GSP has a karate background so he has no problem sending a few kicks to the head. BJ BJJ is good but GSP stand up is good. So GSP has a advantage from the start, so BJ would have to take him down.
But any fighter can win anytime, because they make mistakes, but I’m rooting for GSP
– St. Pierre will win. Although Penn’s skills have improved, St. Pierre is all around the more conditioned athlete. He out-wrestled two decorated wrestlers, and he will not get caught in a stupid submission. He’s learned by his mistakes in the past, and he’ll be able to out-last Penn.
– GSP IS GONNA WHOOP THAT ***!! It’s going to be like GSP/Serra 2
– Georges St. Pierre is going to win
– GSP Will win no doubt
– I think Penn is going to take the belt at UFC 94.
– I’m going for Penn on this one even though GSP is on his game, I just don’t think he will beat Penn again
– Toss up both good fighters I will go with Penn he is so relaxed when fighting and GSP is great but a lil’ stiffer
– GSP via 5 round decision. I’m going to go 49-46 on the score cards.
– BJ Penn all day he’s going to knockout GSP ugly *** out
– I love BJ Penn!!! He will win by a submission!!!
MMA is growing into a very popular sport. UFC president Dana White predicts that someday a MMA will be the most popular sport in the world. He could very well be right, the sport has grown insanely big in the past few years. It all started with the finale of The Ultimate Fighter Season 1. Forrest Griffin VS Stephan Bonnar is one of the best fights in MMA history.
After that fight the sport started to steadily grow faster. How has this affected the rest of the world? For one, more and more Army soldiers are starting to take a great interest in the Modern Army Combatives Program. The Modern Army Combatives Program is the Army’s self defense training program. It all begins with a one week course often called Combatives Level 1. 
Being a huge MMA fan myself I wanted to get an opportunity to take this course to see how it worked. From previous knowledge of Army Combatives I knew it was based on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Having had a little Jiu-Jitsu I thought I would be at the top of the class. Little did I know, it’s a little different than straight Jiu-Jistu. Let me clear something up, first I had only began to work on learning Jiu-Jitsu before this class. So I really didn’t have much of a jump on anyone else.
The first day of class was learning what is called Drill 1 and 2. Drill 1 starts with you being mounted by your opponent. Your objective is to trap their arm and roll them over so you end up in their guard. This is called the arm trap and roll. From there you will escape your opponents guard and come to a side control, this is simply called pass the guard. From side control you will achieve the mount. This is Drill 1, they basically have you do this over and over until you can do it without even thinking. Drill 2 is you having mounted your opponent you will execute the arm push and roll to the rear mount, then work on escaping the rear mount. Both of these drills are pretty easy, but the Army has a certain way they want you to do them, and everything has to be perfect.
The second day of class was spent learning submissions, straight arm bar from the mount and from the guard, bent arm bar from the mount or side control, rear-naked choke, and the cross collar choke. All are pretty simple moves, with lots of rolling during the class. The third day of class…my favorite, on the third day you will roll….ALL DAY. You will spend the day rolling, at first rolling for dominant position, then rolling for submissions.
The fourth day is the clinch drill, we started out by learning a few clinches, after learning the clinches we had 1 minute to achieve a clinch against someone in which we couldn’t swing back. Thank God they wore boxing gloves is all I have to say, because no matter how fast we got the clinch we all ate some punches. The final day of class we were tested on teaching the moves we learned back to our instructors. We had to teach 8 out of 10 random moves and not miss a step. Easy day of class, we did roll at the end with slaps and punches.
I was very glad to have the opportunity to go to this class because of my love for MMA, this class was very focused on MMA and we did go over some striking but not a lot. The instructor was a big UFC fan so everyday in class we watched a UFC fight that ended in something similar to that day’s lessons. It was a great experience and I’m hoping to get Level 2 very soon.
By Jimmy Mullins who is the host of http://twitter.com/drtapout
Would Jesus Christ be able to make it in the mixed martial arts (MMA) world? Can cage fighters be followers of Christ? MMA clothing company, Jesus Didn’t Tap, has faith. What started as a conversation during a workout between friends has turned into a company who sponsors fighters worldwide.
Jesus Didn’t Tap is one of the first Christian-based MMA companies. Fans have been witnessing their logo on fighters’ shorts and ring wear for over a year now. They sponsor breakout fighters like Patrick “Paddy Mike” Curran (brother of MMA veteran Jeff Curran) who just won by unanimous decision in his national debut.
This fledgling company even sponsors fighters like Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone who had his first title fight against Jamie Varner. Cerrone embodied the idea of Jesus Didn’t Tap as he withstood a great deal of punishment and yet never quit, in fact, he never backed down one inch. He could hardly see and still barely lost by a split-decision to the very experienced Varner.
Jason the CEO of NoSubmit.com (the parent company of Jesus Didn’t Tap) explains, “In Mixed Martial Arts to tap is to quit.” Jason goes on to say where the company’s name was forged, “Jesus Didn’t Tap means Jesus didn’t quit after going though the worse beating and pain that anyone could go through when He was crucified on the cross. His face was unrecognizable and His body was covered with lacerations but He still didn’t tap so that we could live a joyful life.”
Recently, Tom “Kong” Watson wore this faith-filled brand in his middleweight title win in London, England giving worldwide exposure to a Christian based company. Jesus Didn’t Tap is continuing to grow every day and shows no sign of tapping any time soon.
To learn more about this company and brand go to www.nosubmit.com.
UFC 94 is right around the corner and we are ready to have another contest!
Simply, email me (joeylaw34@gmail.com) who you think will win each fight and in what round. Whoever has the most correct fighters wins. The round numbers are only for tie breakers.
I am still securing a prize for the winner. Last time: Ed H. won a T-Shirt from NoSubmit.com. The more people we get, the better the prizes…so tell everyone!
The top five fights and fighters:
George St-Pierre vs. B.J. Penn
Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva
Stephan Bonnar vs. Jon Jones
Karo Parisyan vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Nate Diaz vs. Clay Guida
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By the way trash talk is highly encouraged 🙂
And the winner is….Ed H. He had four of the five fights. Great picks!
Ed’s Picks were: Franklin, Rua, Palhares, Belcher, and Davis
He is going to get a Shirt compliments of NoSubmit.com.
Thank you to everyone who entered. Please, keep submitting your picks for future contests.
Anthony Johnson! He has been insanely good lately with his last three victories being knockouts. He has an exciting future ahead and many KOs to go.
Who is your fave fighter?
We all pick who we think will win the fight, at least mentally. Some of us blog about it or attempt to persuade our friends. I want to do something different…I want to have a contest to see who has the best fight-calling skills.
I am currently working on getting prizes for the winners and already have a t-shirt from NoSubmit.com for the winner. The more people that participate the better prizes I can score, so tell your friends.
Here is how it works, email me the fighter who is going to win from the list below and the round they will win. The person with the most correct fighters wins. If there is a tie, we will go to the person with the most correct fighters and round numbers.
I will post your name and fighters picked in the comments below but your email and contact info will NOT be shared.
OK…here are the top five fights on the fight card for UFC 93:
Rich Franklin Vs. Dan Henderson
Mark Coleman Vs. Mauricio Rua
Alan Belcher Vs. Denis Kang
Jeremy Horn Vs. Rousimar Palhares
Marcus Davis Vs. Chris Lytle
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Good Luck…
**Why Email? I want to be able to get ahold of the winner. I promise not to send you emails all the time or give out your email address to anyone.**
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