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Apex card is dead (Patreon)

Published:
2025-02-13 09:04:36
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2026-06

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Got any questions for the boicast?

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Ryan

What, if anything, is the UFC doing well in the Apex slop era?

Alessio

How to manage clinching position (collar tie, double collar tie., Over under...) in MMA vs other combat sports

Sam Dixon

Building off a question I asked a while ago about fencing- do you have any thoughts about the best non-combat sports activities that lend themselves well to a combat sports athlete (e.g the common allusions to boxing and dancing, GSP swearing by gymnastics as a method of strength and conditioning, etc). Thanks Jack! Love your work

Alessio

Entry strategy to strike and grapple and exit strategy

Jacob Gordon

Did you watch the K-1 World Max that happened last week? Couple of decent bouts on it if you ignore the fact they had a 15yo Thai girl fighting in the atom weight division

Chris

Jack! hope you and the wifey have a good Valentine’s Day weekend ! Love your boxing history episodes! Would you ever consider doing an episode or perhaps even a series on the 4 Kings at 115? Specifically “Chocolatito” Gonzales, Estrada, Cuadras, Rungvisai, and all of their epic fights against each other? Cheers, and keep up the great work🐶

Absolute Pest

Can we start up the Grant Dawson hype train again by calling his last performance "Khabib-esque"?

Alessio

How to incorporate feints and head movement before, during and after striking exchanges

ComradeFox

I love this card just for Zalal vs Kattar. Anyways, why do you think that other wmma fighters don't have such good camps and gameplans like Weili cause it's not only her athleticism but the incredible team behind her too. So why are so many other wmma fighters lack so much in terms of specific ganeplans for their individual opponents? is it because of their husband coaches like you said? Thank slacky

Jibbo

Hello Mr, In what (fight) sports have you competed yourself? What are your thoughts on it? Asked the same thing last time but maybe you can add another one because it’s just a good question: Favorite learning in striking? You gotta have a lot of favorite ones! Love work as always thank you for it! Oh and would you do a podcast with the ghost? If yes, do it, please!

Sean Church

Hello Sir, How do you beat someone who only fights with answers? Referencing your recent article on Strickland vs du plessis

Jakob RT

Do you ever get the feeling that you are overanalyzing a fight or fighter? Rather that a supposed pattern was really coincidence

Tom

Hi Jack, What are ways to train punching off the cross face/out of a clinch break (ie Badr Hari, Floyd Mayweather, Andy Ruiz)? I’ve read your work about how it is difficult to pull off due to having to coordinate a push-pull double action and not allowing the opponent to fall inside the path of the punch. Love your work.

Alex Gaimster

Islam frequently uses the kimura to advance position and offer a submission threat. How is he so successful, and why haven’t we seen many other fighters implement it?

Drakes Cakes

Copying from last time because I don't think it made it on "Do you feel like MMA is slowly leading to the eraser of specific curriculums of martial arts? I feel like MMA has gotten to a place where even if someone cross trains in something like JKD, Kung Fu, or Tae Kwon Do via their coaches no one makes it a point to say "I learned to do x from x curriculum of martial arts". I think a consequence of this is more casual martial artists saying if there was anything useful in this martial art why don't we see it in MMA. Similarly all ground grappling seems to just be BJJ to MMA fans now. Thoughts Slacky?"

Rory Price

What effect do you think height has on peoples best techniques for wrestling. As someone who is quite tall, I find shooting in on the legs really difficult with the height difference. Do you think a more clinch based wrestling game suits taller people better a la Shavkat

Giovanni Claudio Di Giorgio

Cheers Slack. I have two questions. Why has the UFCs PR move shifted from denigrating every single other combat sport in the world? I got into MMA around 2012 and seem to remember a constant marketing push towards “real fighting” with constant PPV sales updates, MMA people shitting on boxing and basketball and this overall attitude that skewed the appearance of the “sport” more towards a realistic WWE. Why has it changed? The second is, why is it that it is so hard to institute a successful MMA promotion? Is it only because the landscape is so top heavy? Is it because of a lack of athletes and of a more federation-like structured sport such as in boxing? Is it because MMA in an of itself is introduced late in a combat sport athletes career? Bless you Jack. Cheers from pastaland.

Padraic McDonagh

Do you have examples of competitiors in jiu-jitsu, wrestling, kickboxing etc that "answer questions" particularly well, and is there any sport specific differences in why "asking" or "answering" might work better. Your boi, pa mc (no relation)

Mark

Is this the worst the ufc heavyweights have ever been? The division is at 30 people, no one outside the 15 is an interesting prospect and at least half of the top 15 are not much better. Apart from giving the fighters more money to attract better athletes, is there any way to fix the state of HW right now

Kieran

I love a front headlock cycle with Darce-Anaconda-high elbow transitions. And I’m pretty good with my arm bars and triangles when “falling” from top to bottom. What else can I add to my BJJ game to supplement the two things? (I’m more of a judoka than wrestler on the feet if that helps)

Caleb

Will the on-paper podcast be the resurgence Anthony Smith needs in his career?

Raymond

Do you feel as if 2024 was a bad or boring year for the sport

Backpack Boom Bap (Tom)

Belal made an appearance at the Royal Rumble (I remembered his name!) The broadcast even showed him on TV and mentioned he was a UFC champion! But, oh boy, did the folks in attendance boo him hard. I'm trying to be positive and be because the crowd don't like him as the champ or don't like the sport but it's hard not to believe it wasn't because of his ethnicity. Seems the TKO cross promotional bullshit isn't really working...

Luke Goodge

What are the best strategies to enter range as a pressure fighter ?

Brolly

What's the craic Jack? Whats some of your biggest BJJ fan moments? Also what has been your biggest takeaways from Neil Melanson with his grappling for MMA style of practice. Thank you for the content good sir. Couple random ass book recommendations too please

ctn

should they rename the suloev stretch to the booty slicer

Sam

Hi Jack, If you could take any two boxers or MMA fighters from seperate era's and make them fight who would they be? Usyk and Fury has highlighted to me that there is a bit more wiggle room when it comes to the "heavyweights of the golden age were just too small to be competitive in the modern era" argument. Cheers

Dylan penkert

Do you plan on doing any history series again like the British in china?

Judo Supreme

how many fights do i have to win until my dad's proud of me

Namlohn

Would be curious to hear a timeline on your life as a martial artist (what got you into it, the arts you’ve practiced, etc)

James McLarnin

What instructionals you watching ATM?

Austing

With more and more fighters using the shoulder roll. Could it become a staple of the next generation of fighters, rather than just a unique technique a few fighters use in MMA

Angus Bhattacharya

Hi Jack, the dispute between Sean Strickland and Eric Nicksick is interesting. I see Nicksick's points, but also Strickland's limits. Sean didnt look in good a shape, and did have visible staph. While I still think DDP would have won the fight, I'm surprised Nicksick seems shocked at Strickland's performance. With the physical condition Sean was in, I'm not surprised he couldn't pull off better results, especially paired with his more defensively conscious, infuriatingly Conservative style. Does it remind you of Din Thomas asking for Tyron Woodley's mythical combinations? Or is it something else? Thanks!

Rory Donnelly

Do you use technical books such as Jiu Jitsu University as a reference when looking for something specific or do you read it all together like a narrative book?

Lucas Forde

Hello from the Land of Million Lakes Jack. I don't mean to be invasive but I've always been curious about your own style; your grappling and striking, how and if they play off eachother, it's been something I've wondered about since I heard you knocked out Anthony Joshua in sparring before his fight with Ruiz.

Matthias Lim

Hey Slack. Long time listener here (since the Poirier-Holloway 2 fight). I wanted to ask 2 questions. The first is how do you prepare for a fight on short notice? The second is how do you analyse fights and by extension, a fighter? I have decided to do tape studies on people from my country's regional scene and I have found it difficult to go beyond general habits such as, "This person leaves their left hand down whenever they throw the right hook". I want to go further, akin to what you, Phantom Breakdowns, and the boys from the Fight Site do. If you could proffer some advice on how to go forward, it would be much appreciated. Thanks, Slack. Also, when you gonna re-release the old Filthy Casual's guides or the follow-up to the Sakuraba one?

Callum Kirkpatrick

I don't have a question please just talk in your "Moana's dad" voice more

Cosmo Reverb

Hi Slacky J. Been rewatching some of Khabib's old fights to see the evolution of his wrestling game and how it differs from the rest of the Dagestani wrestling stable. What would you pick out as key things to look at?

Camden Panitz

Hey Jack, not sure if someone’s already asked this specifically but I recall you mentioning before how you prefer to do the podcast solo, but youve also mentioned some fighters or at least their coaching teams are listeners. Hypothetically if someone like a TJ Dillashaw or de Ridder wanted to be a guest on your podcast would you make an exception? Since Joe Rogan and Rampage seem to have the podcast with fighters market cornered it would be interesting for someone to interview one of these fighters and ask them about the mma nerd stuff

Jack Mckee

What’s the craic sir, every now and again I hear you talk about an interest in different Thai fighters from the 80s/90s. I was wondering what techniques or strategic nuances; that are somewhat exclusive to styles within Muay Thai that are missing or could be applied to MMA today.

Bobby Lobster

Would you like to see a UFC-esque organization for kickboxing? With ONE about to sink, glory cutting divisions, and K1 failing to get international broadcasting, surely the market is open. One of the large issues facing kickboxing is the separation of talent. 71kg is probably the most stacked divisions, with Allazov, Feng, Superbon, kaito, Koprivlenski, noiri blah blah blah. But they're all separated by promotion, with only rise and glory co-promoting. Surely if they were all under one banner, kickboxing would become a much bigger sport.

The Fight Library

Talk about Weili Zhang’s clinch game against Tatiana! Get nerdy with it.

Nicholas Chryssafis

What about some conversation around the biomechanics of striking technique? Just a question from a boi looking for the most biomechanically efficient way to deliver an Ong-Bak to an opponent

Nicholas Chryssafis

What is going on with KSW and Oktagon? Are they legit? How to watch?

Daniel Barton

As much as we all dislike sports washing, we can all agree that the Saudis have improved Boxing seemingly overnight. With the biggest evidence of that coming later in this Month with Beterbiev vs Bivol 2 Do you think a similar effect or change could happen to MMA ? Either through the UFC itself or the saudis providing an alternative that would actually be able to pay fighters a living wage.

Gildas Rigo

Hi Jack, do you have any good book/ressources about the behind the scene and or history of Pride and early MMA in Japan ? The yakuza stuff and all ?

Daniel Barton

Young Belfast boxer John Cooney tragically past after a fight in recent weeks Watching the fight live, he never looked badly hurt or anything out of the ordinary outside of looking tired. Are there any signs or warnings that people should be more aware of to keep fighters safe in combat sports

James Dylan

Re the Saudis in boxing, it seems like the sport is about to start reaping what it sawed (sorry, had to get a bonesaw reference in there). In securing the Canelo fights, Turki has made it quite obvious that he will use Ring magazine as his personal propaganda/misinformation arm. It also sounds like he and Dana have plans to call Dana's buddy Trump to repeal the Ali act, so they can get monopolizin'. In your opinion, just how cooked is boxing in the next few years?

Harry Lewis

Went to the Adam Azim boxing match in the OVO Wembley arena. The tickets were £150 on the floor where I was (got them for free through a raffle). Most people there were either seemingly family, friends or low level influencers. Who goes to live sport when it’s not at the peak of competition (as most there seemed to be there for reasons other than just being simply a fan of the sport) and do you have a preference of where to sit? I’m of the opinion either you go ringside or nosebleeds, as Kevin Nash once said you can’t be half pregnant.

Patrick Lange

Where do you think Sean O'Malley's head is at lately? He doesn't seem to have the same online presence lately, and is content to sit and wait rather than be active and call someone out. Do you think he realizes he won't be champion again?

Shawn

Lyoto Machida is probably my favorite fighter of all time. Aside from his wonderful attitude and respect for his opponents in the cage, he also had a unique style that other fighters struggle to emulate to this day. His rise to the top on the UFC was so fast and overall quite uncomplicated until the Shogun fights. It seemed like his opponents really struggled to figure out his movement and his patterns. What was it about his style that made him so difficult to figure out, and why do other fighters struggle to emulate this style to this day?

Sam Holzemer

How can I build a deeper wrestling game that isnt just "get under or overhook - do takedown"

Alex Aldridge
>>164567448

Did you see Ari Emnuel (CEO of Endeavor and TKO) recently alluded to repealing the Ali act? The UFC monopoly has refused to enter the boxing space due to the protections afforded to boxers under the Ali act, but the political landscape in the US is now such that they might be able to convince a judge to axe it. So it may be more likely that boxing turns into MMA, than the other way around. Truly depressing. The US government is now run by some of the most exploitative people of the last century, we're going to see that same exploitative attitude trickle down into the rest of society.

Patrick

I'll keep asking this til you answer it. If the mats in the cage were replaced with tramopolines, which fighters do you think would do really well and which do you think would suffer the most? Assume safeguards so that no one's getting ankles caught under the fence or between the springs.

Alex Aldridge

How optimistic am I allowed to be that Zhang can beat Valentina if they end up fighting? Is she another undersized opponent for Val to out-wrestle, or is she scrambly enough to give Val a serious problem? How do Zhang's combinations stack up against Schevchenko's calf-kick baiting? Will the crowd chant "U-S-A" when they fight, in support of Valentina? Or is Zhang popular enough to quell the racism?

Alex Aldridge
>>164574973

Does this question reveal that my opinions aren't even my own, but rather an amalgamation of Slacky's takes held together with peanut butter and duct tape?

Rey C

Re-reading Notorious(been reading since Bloody Elbow) the whole book is a pleasure but you were in your bag writing the Jose Aldo part! Love the mix of history, story, written visuals and timeline of both fighters, awesome stuff, thank you for your work 👍🏽

A Name

Not exactly MMA-related: can you reflect on your career path over the last 15 years? You've built up a vocational space for yourself in an industry that you don't participate in as a professional competitor. I've found it very inspirational--and i think a lot of us listeners appreciate that you have an organic background too.

Abdiel

Is Ilia Topurias boxing a little bit flawed? I see people say he’s close to a perfect fighter, thank you <3

Arnaud

I often see a lot of elite striker round-kicking without setup (especialy thais), how do you manage to frequently kick like without getting countered/blocked or fall too short ?

Arnaud

How do you fix full guard in MMA while having approximatively the same level as your opponent at grappling ? Oliveira is one of the few fighters that can have success from full guard but he can effortlessly chain submission and sweep attempts

Shane
>>164567602

Interested to hear what Jack says, but "Before A Fall" by Lee Daly wasn't bad.

Shane
>>164563614

Would love to see someone ask a fighter actual technical and gameplan questions.

Joe Neal

Thoughts and opinions on Bas Rutten? He's my favorite of all time but he has some interesting striking ideas that range from cool to weird.

Charley

What fighters do you think could end up being the next Charles Oliveira? He came into the UFC as a hot prospect but then his carreer stagnated for a while, and he fell into the middle of the pack as a journeyman, before turning around and becoming the best of his division. Are there other fighters that are currently holding journeyman/gatekeeper status that you think could turn it around and become champions, or even greats?

Rey C
>>164575803

Ok I take it back, the whole damn CHAPTER of “The greatest featherweight of them all” is brilliant.

Rob W

No question, just talk about Archie Moore a lot!

Oscar Gunnarsson

Who should I watch if I wanna see footsweeps in mma?

Thomas Belanger

Hey Jack what do you think of the potential matchup of Yuki Yoza moving up to one fc and how do you think he matches up with the top guys there.Bless

Sam Turpin

Thoughts on karate combat would be great. The president is saying that he wants to be the place for the world’s best strikers but is currently placing meatballs in front of Robelis Despaigne. What are the odds these guys become a legit promotion? It seems like the gimmick of karate fighting is too much to overcome.

Karann

I've been enjoying the history episodes during my workouts, got up through liston on the boxing episodes ; are there any subsequent episodes hitting Ali, foreman, Tyson, etc?

Neil Peart, Lord of Drums

Have you considered doing a video analysis of catch wrestling techniques and their value to/integration into MMA? And also just talking about it since I made this wonderful post here? Could show early practicitioners like Sakuraba and Barnett; ask why it's taken so long for more of it to be adopted in MMA; look at the current state of affairs; etc. Would be just as interesting to see a video solely about the grappling world. Gracies got merked by Saku, Lister by Barnett...

Mike

Related to the last DDP vs Strickland article... are there any good instructionals on hand fighting?

Daniel Lim

On lead leg attacks: are the benefits of an additional weapon on the lead side worth the telegraph of the step up? If so, which fighters do this effectively?

Eric

Hey Jack, you've mentioned you book collection a few times. Do you have any recommendations for martial arts/combat sports books?

Cam

Hey jack, as someone who has naturally good cardio and recovery with not a lot of pop in my shots, what are ways I can use that to my advantage to push a pace. When I spar I feel like I just push hard at people and get clobbered a whole bunch until they get tired. How can I be less like vettori and more like holloway.

Acythrial Graey

To dricus style work with someone with a shot O'Malley-like build

Tré Vermeulen

Have a habit of sitting in range and getting hit after throwing punches. How do you get out range after an exchange, or any other strategies after an exchange?

Ed Andrews

Do you think you could do some work on Junto Nakatani, recently I've been enjoying watching him a lot and I'd be interested in your thoughts .