Boxing for MMA

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Svedberg’s Strength Endurance Circuit by

This circuit has been pretty popular in Finland among wrestlers (especially Greco-Roman) and MMA fighters. It’s very easy to scale. Start with 10-20 kilos and add weight if you can. If you do this all the way up, you’ll get 240 reps in total. If you come back down also, it’s 420 reps. Finnish Greco-Roman Wrestling Legend Marko “Myhi” Yli-Hannuksela (2xOly medalist) has done this with 50 kilos.

I’m not 100% sure, but I think the circuit is named after this gentleman:
Per Vilhelm Rudolf “Preven” Svedberg (19 August 1910 – 24 June 1992) was a welterweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden. He won gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics and 1935 European Championships, finishing second in 1938. Between 1934 and 1944 he won ten national titles.

is a retired pro MMA fighter (4-2-1, 1). Some of his results: Cooper’s test 3430m, bench press 130kg, squat 170kg, deadlift 220kg, weighted chin-up 70kg @ 77kg body weight.

Felix “Tito” Trinidad 38-0 beat Fernando “El Feroz” Vargas 20-0 via KO in 2000. This is the second knockdown in the 12th round, the third one ended the fight. Excellent battle, worth watching. 💪

“Tito’s” left hook technique is near perfect. Heavy stance, wide and powerful palm-in hook, no pivot. 🔥

made a post about a recent UFC fight that ended via knockout after threw a beautiful lead hook + rear straight combo. Here’s an old tutorial of mine of a similar technique. 🤌

vol. 3
Hook with a step, feint the hook and surprise with a rear cross down the pipe.
👊 Keep the hooks easy
👊 Heavy stance, no pivot
👊 Be unpredictable
👊 Push with the rear foot
👊 Start easy; don’t try too hard
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This is a good way to set up the rear straight. Best way to hit with it is to wait for your opponent to either open their guard because of the hook feint or start coming at you. Boom!

Works well against an opponent in the same stance, but is even better against the opposite stance. 🔥

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James “Lights Out” Toney is one of the very best Philly Shell boxers of all time.

He used it both in defence and offense. Attacking and staying in the pocket while not having the hands up requires a lot of focus, confidence and the ability to see when the opponent is attacking. Skills pay the bills.

In this clip Toney stops Tim Littles in 1994. Flat feet and bending at the waist work like a charm. Such a beautiful display of effortless boxing skill. Take notes and understand that there’s so much more than just the regular high guard in boxing/fighting. 🔥