MMA is different from a lot of other sports because of its great need for anaerobic capacity. If you notice, most of the fighters with good strength and conditioning are wrestlers. This is because they train for anaerobic endurance. The problem with a lot of MMA fighters is two-fold: they think that skill always trumps [...]
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Is Mixed Martial Arts Effective For the Streets Or is it Purely a Combat Sport?
May 2nd, 2011 
Now before you go on and rave about how amazing and fantastic this idea actually is, the truth is that hybrid martial arts have been around for centuries already! In early civilizations, the Greeks had pankration as part of the Olympic games. These were hard, rough and brutal no holds barred contests which involved elements [...]
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No Comments »Fight Medicine: Diagnosis and Treatment of Combat Sports Injuries for Boxing, Wrestling, and Mixed Martial Arts
July 27th, 2010 Product DescriptionFight Medicine is the first book that explains in detail what medical professionals, fighters, trainers and managers need to know about diagnosing and treating combat sports injuries. Injured boxers, wrestlers and mixed martial artists who ignore injuries or fail to seek optimal health care often pay for it with pain, frustration and lost training [...]
