Your Boxing Mitt Work Sucks--and it's probably making you worse.
A fighter and mitt work is like a dog and the garbage—yeah, he’s gonna find food and have a great time, but sometimes it can make one...
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santinodefranco
- Aug 30, 2021
- 15 min
Performance Training: All the winners cheat
This is part two of the "athletic training" portion of how to ensure optimal performance on competition day, whether it is for a fight or...
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santinodefranco
- Aug 30, 2021
- 7 min
Performance Training: A Guide To Competing At Your Best
Optimal performance takes much more than just training hard, day in and day out, expecting to experience peak performance on fight night....
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santinodefranco
- Aug 28, 2021
- 7 min
Strong Minds Win: Letting Go Of What You Can't Control
Strong Minds Win: We’ve heard over and over again that sports are 90% mental, and I agree with this statement wholeheartedly. I’ve said...
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santinodefranco
- May 27, 2020
- 1 min
Santino's World of MMA Podcast: Covid fights recap, is McGregor a GOAT?, and bet locks for Sat's UFC
Don't miss this episode with Kamuela and Santino--it may be the very best episode yet. The dynamic duo talk about the UFC fights in...
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santinodefranco
- Dec 11, 2019
- 1 min
SW Ep 12: UFC 245, Covington vs Usman, betting odds, Fighting Zombies in Korea, and deformed faces
World champion MMA trainer, Santino DeFranco, and rising MMA prospect, Kamuela Kirk, talk about the most stacked MMA card of the year!
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santinodefranco
- Nov 30, 2019
- 2 min
UFC's newest star, Tracy Cortez, comes on Santino's World of MMA Podcast!
The UFC's, Tracy Cortez, joins Santino and Kamuela in studio to talk MMA, her UFC debut, and how she grew her Instagram following.
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santinodefranco
- Aug 23, 2019
- 10 min
Your boxing mitt-work sucks--and it's probably making you worse.
Mitts are over-valued in fighting. And many coaches don't know what they're doing.
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santinodefranco
- Aug 5, 2019
- 15 min
Performance Training: All the winners cheat
This is part 2 of my series on how to improve your athletic performance by being able to predict your opponent's next move.
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santinodefranco
- Jul 24, 2019
- 7 min
Performance Training: A Guide To Competing At Your Best
Want to be competition ready when it matters? Well, read on! This is the first article in a series on preparing for a competition.
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santinodefranco
- Jul 21, 2019
- 1 min
Another Great Single Leg Defense
Another great single leg defense to a back take or top position.
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santinodefranco
- Jul 19, 2019
- 7 min
Strong Minds Win: Letting Go Of What You Can't Control
Winning, (or being good at anything) begins with refocusing our efforts (and minds) on what we can control, and not worrying about the rest.
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santinodefranco
- Jul 7, 2019
- 1 min
Best Single Leg Defense for BJJ and MMA to Beat Wrestlers
Here's a way to counter a wrestling single leg and end up on the back, ready to choke out your opponent.
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santinodefranco
- Jul 7, 2019
- 1 min
7 Great Counters to a Jab in MMA and Kick Boxing
Here are numerous ways to counter a jab for boxing, mma, and kickboxing.
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santinodefranco
- Jul 7, 2019
- 1 min
Guillotine choke sweep and finish
Here’s another guillotine choke sequence I’ve been using a lot lately. I show this from a failed arm-in guillotine from the guard, but...
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santinodefranco
- Jul 7, 2019
- 1 min
The BJJ Back Take Game Changer
This is THE Game changer! Master this, and you will never lose back control again never may be a bit of hyperbole, but you get the point)...
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santinodefranco
- Jul 7, 2019
- 1 min
BJJ Back Take from Top Side Control
Here’s another back take—this time from side control. Typically, we don’t take the back from side control because we don’t have access to...
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santinodefranco
- Jul 7, 2019
- 1 min
Rolling BJJ Back Take
Here is another back take from the far side head and arm. This is a great way to break your opponents posture down when he/she has a good...
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