One of those rare and beautiful fighters built up from the principles of striking, not chiseled down to match the appearances in the textbooks.

In the first of our studies on ADCC 2022 we talk about the surprisingly technical performances of the bigger competitors and say absolutely nothing about Orlando Sanchez.

A study on the greatest left hook in kickboxing history and the art of placing it on a well sheltered chin.

An all time great UFC title fight full of grit, swings in momentum, and tricky technique.

Combat Jiu Jitsu gives us a window into how the ever changing no-gi grappling “meta game” holds up to a swift smack in the face.

The story of Blachowicz vs Rakic is not going to set your pulse racing, but the footwork of Davey Grant and the Oliveira-ryu Jiu Jitsu of Allan Nascimento might.

Slacky returns to the medium that made him: post fight breakdowns.

Alexander Volkanovski is a good hitter and strong in the clinch, which are the traditional must-haves for a shorter fighter, however the majority of Volkanovski’s bouts are won by his work on the outside in a slick game of footsie.

Triumphs of smaller men over larger ones are exciting anomalies in boxing on their own, but victories of smaller fighters over larger ones that do not comfortably conform to the “taller man boxes, smaller man infights” template are as rare as rooster teeth and well worth studying.

We examine MMA's greatest featherweight and three key applications of the pivot.

Igor straddled the final days of No Holds Barred competition and the coming of Mixed Martial Arts, and offered a glimmer of hope for "The Striker" when it seemed the sport would be dominated by grapplers forever. We examine the knockout artistry of MMA's most prolific tournament fighter.

Decades after it was thought all the main martial arts styles had been ticked off the list, fighting games are still finding ways to reinvent the classics. We examine Tekken's new Shotokan karateka, Lidia Sobieska and how Japanese karate became so far removed from the Okinawan tradition.

Shogun Rua had elevated grounded kicks and knees to an art form that worked time and time again against the best fighters in the world and now, in the modern age of MMA, that art form is essentially lost.

We examine the beautiful footwork and galloping jab of the Cuban great, Jose Napoles.

A ramble about when a move is just a gimmick, and how it can become something more. Ultimately, like all my work, a thinly veiled excuse to talk about Sakuraba.

A love letter to the hillbilly shoulder roll

Tommy Loughran was a pretend heavyweight. Yet at 5'11 and with a 73 inch reach, Loughran was able to out-jab just about every heavyweight he met.

There isn't much happening to write about, so I'm unlocking Advanced Striking 2.0: Anderson Silva, for the children.

After a while in copyright strike limbo on Youtube, The Hunger of Jack Dempsey is back.

With Rose Namajunas getting another crack at the UFC straw-weight crown this weekend, now seems as good a time as any to explore one of fighting’s more abstract concepts.