George "Rush" St Pierre HL Clip

Next week GSP will fight Josh Koscheck for a chance to regain his UFC Welterwieght title from Matt Serra after a shock loss earlier this year. This clip highlights some of his best moments in the octagon. Can he bring his A game against Koshcheck? I cant wait to find out.

Jean Jacque Machado Half Guard Sweep

David V Goliath

Whilst we are on the subject of big guys here is one of my favourite examples of technique conquering power. Bob Sapp is an ex NFL line-backer who moved to Japan to fight and is 6'5" and 159kg! The Japanese love a freak show and this monster of a man fits the bill and fills a stadium with punters. Here he fights Rodrigo "Minotauro" Noguera (6'3" 105kg) from the Brasilian Top Team in a Pride MMA fight back in August 2002. The fight is highlight clip but is a brilliant example of making the big guy gas and then taking your chance to submit him. Whilst Sapp never made major waves in MMA due to a lack of real skill he has still proven a handful just due to his sheer size and power. Must say though I thought he killed Minotauro with a pile driver early in the bout when I first saw this years ago.

You cant beat cubic inches!

Bloody hell, that's one big mo fo! Thanks for the picture Paul.

Wrestling Takedowns: 2 on 1 setups

Here is two clips of a Russian coach teaching techniques from a standing 2 on 1, a position where you control one of your opponents arms with two of your arms. He teaches how to achieve this position when you are collar tied and then precedes to perform a firemans carry, sacrifice throws, head lock throws, single legs, go-behinds etc. as follow-ups or recounters depending on your opponents reaction. I group emailed the links sometime ago but wanted to post them on the blog as the have recently popped up on the Underground Forum again. The translator is not the best but watching the coach you get a pretty good idea of what he means. As someone said on the forum take your pick and practice, practice, practice.

Fedor Emelianeko

On the other end of the scale to Gomi is the great Russian MMA heavyweight of the moment. He is a picture of calm in the ring and destroys opponents with his hard hitting, solid takedowns and ground game. He is current PRIDE heavyweight champ but now that this organisation has been purchased by the UFC he is currently looking for another home and hasnt fought for some time. I hope we see him in the ring sooner rather than later. He is a member of the Red Devil team and a practitioner of Sambo. Many consider Fedor one of the best MMA fighters of all time.

Takanori Gomi HL Clip

Gomi is one of my favourite Japanese fighters. His aggressive style and heavy hands are great to watch, he has had some epic battles in his career. Although MMA is huge in the states, Japan has had a long history of great fighters. So enjoy this clip of the pocket rocket, its definitely the size of the fight in the dog with this guy.......