Media Ngannou tried to purposely knockout UFC contender in sparring.

Poirierfan said:
The good ole days of constantly killing each other are gone. 🫣😊
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IronGolem007 said:
I don't believe in "light sparring," for the most part.

Unless you're working on drills, and specific combinations, sparring should be fairly intense.

No, you don't go for the KO if you wobble your sparring partner, you let him back in — but once in, then you continue to go pretty hard.

My trainer always said, "What you do repeatedly = habit-forming" ... meaning, if you want to BE for real, then you need to train for real.

For example, a professional drummer doesn't "go soft" on the drum set in practice — and then expect to go all-out in a rock concert.
(He may not go full throttle in a jam session, but he will be pretty close to it the whole time.)

Again, repetitive "softer" drills to master technique notwithstanding, you can't expect to go half-ass in sparring, and be "a fearsome killer" in the cage.

You have to practice pretty effin hard ... to be prepared to go absolutely effin hard, at your best, when it's for real.

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Ok sure Shamrock, nothing makes you better like wear and tear, injuries and brain damage.
 
IronGolem007 said:
You don't have to be trying to kill your opponent, but you should be sparring hard enough so that they will be stunned if you connect.

You're training to hurt, not to play.




I used to box at the 5th story of the old Lincoln Heights Jail (Los Angeles Youth Athletic Club, aka: LAYAC) in the early- mid 80s. Its proprietor, Johnny Flores died in the mid-90s, stepping into a non-functioning elevator in this old prison. Flores was a decorated war hero, and he helped establish Golden-Glove Boxing in the community, but after his death, the gym closed, but the jail still remains. They are thinking about demolishing the old prison, but many in the community consider the jail a monument to the city.

Anyway, the sparring there wasn't playing or messing around. You were sparring for real, not to play games, but it was controlled intensity.

I wasn't there to play, I was there to develop fighting skill, and I still remember the words of my trainer, Archie Grant, "Relax, it's only fighting."

Learning how to relax, in the middle of a fire-fight, is the hallmark of a truly-skilled fighter.

You don't get to that level, ever, by "going soft" ...

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Boxers have one of the worse sparring cultures in combat sports. Listing your boxing credentials from the 80s won't take away the CTE or the fact that most Boxers leave their chins in the gym.
 
haj02 said:
Boxers have one of the worse sparring cultures in combat sports. Listing your boxing credentials from the 80s won't take away the CTE or the fact that most Boxers leave their chins in the gym.
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But the most elite-level (and well-paid) competitors in all of combat sports ... don't forget that part 😉

You gotta pay your dues to get at that level ...
 
Why even spar with Ngannou? How is he similar to Pereira other than that he hits hard? Pereira is miles ahead of Ngannou in terms of skill.
 
He's ok landing full power shots on KO'd opponents, I wouldn't be surprised if he would try and take someone's head off in sparring.
 
markg171 said:
Don't forget that Ngannou also apparently did this before to Gane when he felt they were switching their attention to him over Ngannou so he randomly KO'd him in sparring.

It has never not been funny to see people absolutely beclown themselves trying to say Francis is a good dude, something that been known to be false for like over half a decade, simply because they hate the UFC.
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That's it. Ngannou is a piece of shit, it is clear as water.

Sean Chowdhury said:
getting 2 million dollar paychecks for all of your opponents does sound like the behavior of a good man
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lmao dude
 
m249viking said:
Ok I read all your posts and you sound like a loser who hangs around talking about how tough they were in the gym back in the 80s or whatever.
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You sound like a butt-hurt little man, who spoke too soon, and then tried to run his mouth "even more" to make himself feel better.

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spinup said:
I guess if you want to be a rockstar, some violence is necessary. Do drummers have teachers though? It's just randomly hitting stuff to make loud noises.
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We all have teachers, it’s called life.
 
IronGolem007 said:
You sound like a butt-hurt little man, who spoke too soon, and then tried to run his mouth "even more" to make himself feel better.

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It really depends on the sparring routine. You probably can't always be going hard, you make one hard session as part of the weekly schedule. All the other sessions need to be soft in order to avoid injuries etc and polish technique. The game and the way things are done changed a lot from back in the days, even the guys at chutebox probably have softer sessions as part of their weekly schedule.

One thing is for sure, Ngannou shouldn't be trying to decapitate Ankalaev. That's not hard sparring, that's being a cunt. If the point is to get hurt, at least make that shit known before starting sparring. "Tuesday, 10am, shadow realm with Ngannou".
 
No, your posts are literally “I like going hard”. “My trainer in the 80s said going hard is the way”. “Only going hard prepares you”
 
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