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Anderson Silva visits Freddie Roach’s Wild Card gym to train boxing.

This video clip is from Anderson Silva’s Instructional dvd: Boxing For MMA. Get it while it’s hot!

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Anderson Silva shows his Evasive Movements

UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva examines the sweet science as it relates to the sport of mixed martial arts. Starting at the ground floor, he teaches you how to utilize footwork to not only acquire dominant angles of attack, but also evade your opponent s strikes. He covers dozens of punches, dissecting the dynamics of each one to teach you how to deliver them with the utmost efficiency. To further your education, he then demonstrates how to blend these punches with evasive maneuvers such as slips and parries to limit the damage you receive in a fight, as well as make your opponent pay for his attacks. Leaving no stone unturned, he also breaks down the dirty boxing clinch by demonstrating numerous ways to off balance your opponent while punishing him with strikes at the same time. And once he has filled your arsenal with weapons, he shows you how to put them all together in drills, shadow boxing, and sparring. Whether you are new to the martial arts or an experienced MMA fighter, BOXING FOR MMA will elevate your game to the next level.

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Freddie Roach’s Advanced Punching Techniques

Freddie Roach is a boxing trainer and a former boxer. He is particularly famous in the Philippines for being the trainer of 6-division Champion Manny Pacquiao. He is currently training the mixed martial artist, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski.

In this video, Roach demonstrates a counterpunch off a right cross:

Learn more advanced punching techniques from Freddie Roach:

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The Essence of an Underdog Fighter

The economics of fighting is peculiar that a fighter can actually make more money by losing instead of winning. There is a special name for them — tomato cans, opponents, bums, silent offerings, punching bags, out of towners, and stiffs. They don’t throw fights. They don’t lose intentionally. They are just match with stronger fighters with the idea that they’ll be beaten easily, fair and square.

“This American Life” features the life of 2 underdog fighters trying to survive in the life of boxing.

Part 1

Part 2

Being an underdog is sometimes harder than being a champion. Sometimes they are called upon on short-notice, with no time to train. Sometimes they have to face fighters who are heavier, or younger, or who hit harder.

To survive on the road, underdogs develop a cautious fighting style. Always defensive. That way, they keep themselves from getting hurt, so they are always ready for the next fight.

Even in MMA, there are some notable underdogs. Here are some of them:

1. James Thompson
2. Eddie Sanchez
3. Elvis Sinosec
4. Phil Baroni
5. Tony Fryklund

For these guys, winning is just not as important as earning the money.

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WBA Welterweight 2008 - Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito Video Clip

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Who are the Top 5 Knock-out Artist in the World of Martial Arts?

Knock-out artists, they hit fast and they hit hard. Their fists come out of nowhere and put you to sleep. Here are the top five:

5. Kelly Pavlik
Known as “The Ghost,” Kelly Pavlik is an American professional boxer and the reigning WBC & WBO unified middleweight champion. His record currently stands at 33-0-0, with 29 of those victories coming via knockout.

4. Manny Pacquiao
Known as “Pacman,” Manny Pacquiao is a Filipino professional boxer. He is a former world champion at IBF Super Bantamweight, and WBC Flyweight divisions.

3. Wanderlei Silva
Silva earned the nickname “The Axe Murderer” for his extremely aggressive fighting style; the majority of his fights have either ended in a knockout or referee stoppage due to his strikes. In the ring, he is known for engaging opponents with punches and utilizing knees in the Muay Thai clinch. He is also known for kicking and stomping downed opponents as well as his looping punches.

2. Mike Tyson
He was trained by Cus D’Amato in the early part of his career, Tyson unified the belts in the splintered heavyweight division in the late 1980s and won many of his fights by knockout. He knocked out his first 19 professional opponents no later than the sixth round, and 13 of them in the first. He was the undisputed heavyweight champion for over two years before losing to Buster Douglas in 1990.

1. Benny Hinn
People around the world know Pastor Benny Hinn as a noted Christian healing evangelist, bible teacher, and the author of a number of best-selling inspirational Christian books. To some, he is the king of knock-outs.

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