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Questions for the pod (Patreon)

Published:
2025-03-16 12:18:27
Imported:
2026-06

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Boy that Vettori vs Dolidze 2 sure was something. Got any questions for the other 95% of the podcast?

Comments

kieran devine

If Jones doesn’t fight Aspinall who do you think should be next for Tom?

Jibbo

Whats a good instructional for striking? Heard you praise the skarbowski one but besides that one? Love you

Drakes Cakes

Any good examples of the cross forearms guard being used by kickboxers? I've been using it in sparring because I find I use it as a "Shell" better but I'm looking for interesting uses of it at a more kickboxing range.

Smash Like

how's the roberto duran article going? and are there other fighter studies you currently working on?

Louis Jones

Do u think that with specialists making a splash in the mma scene; If you want to have a career in mma, it may be better to become a specialist in another sport first (wrestling, kickboxing or boxing) and then transition?

Jamie

Any chance you can upload the audio for your YouTube videos to pateron as well please?

Dave

What is the best game plan for a pressure striker in mma fighting a pure grappler? Is lots of floaty footwork and being on the back foot the only answer or is pressuring forward still possible?

Padraic McDonagh

If you skipped Priscila Cachoeira, she did a Gaethje-style collar tie uppercut KO. and i say "if" but lets be real

Iestyn Wilkins

Hey Jack, is Dolidze the ultimate counter to fluffy Hernandez? Just can’t see him outgrapple that huge strong meathead and fluffy can’t help getting hit so clean on the feet.

Connor James

I’m taller than a few sparring partners but as soon as I’m with people my range or longer I struggle, what are the best ways of dealing with that

Absolute Pest

What's a period of history you find fascinating that most people don't know about? On my fourth go around of the British in China series that you did and looking forward to whatever you put out next

James McLarnin

Transitioning from straight bjj to MMA grappling what key skills do I need to make the transition smoother? Dogfight ect?

Jack Mckee

Hello mr Jack long time boi, occasionally you do a piece or talk about specific Muay Thai fighters interested to know who in that combat sport peaks your interest these days. Also is there any exclusive tactics techniques or strategies you see in Muay Thai that could be better utilised within top level MMA. Ps loved the piece on Wangchainoi.

Alessio

What do you think about Steve Morris? I think that many of his ideas are great but it seems not to be famous or recognized on the scene

James Dylan

I'm sick of the ongoing debate among fans and media about UFC's "lack of stars". Every week on ONE I watch a bunch of nak muay who I've never heard of (and some I have, of course) beat the absolute shit out of each other, and it's great. Star power is irrelevant to me. Do you, J Slackworth, think the issue with the UFC currently is a lack of star power? Or a lack of talent??

Cantthinkofaname

Why are people so quick to forgive sport athletes even if they have done terrible things? Tyson is a convicted rapist but people still want to act like he was a saint back in the day

Steven Frazier

Switch hitting tactics in MMA. Starting in southpaw, I'm getting solid outside foot position before switching to orthodox and landing a big right hand as the opponent retreats. Looking for more angles other than the one directly over the lead shoulder.

Alessio

Can you elaborate on a general strategy for MMA and specific tactics to enter using feints, set-ups etc. And also what to do in exchange range in terms of entering clinch or grappling and/or exit back to long range? I find the latter most difficult in my own practice and watching fights. Thanks

Mark

Has weight cutting gotten too good? It’s hard to believe in hindsight that Cro Crop was one of the best heavyweights ever, meanwhile Gregory Rodrigues, a middleweight, looks bigger then prime cro crop and dwarfed former heavyweight Cannonier

Callum Kirkpatrick

You mentioned on the boicast that you predicted Ankalaev becoming a champion way back in 2018. Are there any prelim/unknown fighters that you'd like to make the same bet for now?

Chris

Howdy Slackster! As much as I love Inoue, I still would love to see him get truly tested again as he was in the first Donaire bout. what vulnerabilities would future opponents of Inoue have to exploit in order to walk away the victor? Hope you and the wifey are doing well, and look forward to the next episode! Cheers

Niall Garvey

Hi Slacky, given that the Grand Sumo tournament will be taking place in London this year, will you A: be attending, and B: be open to previewing it/talking about the current state of Sumo in the lead up to it?

Matt Morgan playing da organ

How far back can boxing technique be traced? Im rewatching hajime no ippo and ancient people like Jack Dempsey and Piston Horiguchi come up. I know the sport is old but how far does it go back? Did someone invent the jab?

angus bhattacharya

Excited for Morgan Charrière vs Nathaniel Wood. Any thoughts? You'll probably put that on the preview anyway but just the one that jumps out to me on the London card

joe salkeld

Given the state of the UFC and amount of apex slop we are being served, what do you think is the remedy? Less cards so more concentrated quality or is there enough talent out there that just are not being signed?

Gee

How do you see a prime Anderson Silva doing against a middleweight Alex Pereira? Do you view this match up differently after Alex’s loss to Ankalaev?

Basednoface

What are your favorite striking to takedown set ups? You mentioned the Frankie Edgar body jab to pick up a single a while ago and now it's one of my most reliable moves

Mctalkypants

How much does the lack of crowd affect the viewing experience? I find watching fights at the apex to always have a practice feel regardless of the intensity of the fights. It makes the whole thing feel less engaging.

Scott Gilbertson

What is the best way to watch and process instructionals?

A Name

Are there strikes you wish were used more in MMA? I need to see more rolling left hooks to the body, right hands to the left side in closed stance matchups, and question mark kicks that start low like a leg kick would

George Quinn

Oi oi Jack, when's the next history episode coming out?

mrozushi

What is cool new stuff to do in grappling right now? (Gi and nogi)

Lou

What do both Belal and JDM need to do in order to give themselves the best chance at winning in their upcoming fight? Also is there anyone you could describe as being the MMA version of Artur Beterviev, or who best replicates his style into MMA? i.e. a heavy handed, technical, pressure brawler with a granite chin and unlimited tank

Rian

Best instructionals for mma. Either mma specific ones or BJJ Instrctuonals that are most applicable to mma.

Rian

Best way to train striking. Feel like pad work and partner drills can sometimes be fairly useless

Callum Battersby

If you were a fighter, would your walkout song be something to hype you up or something silly to relieve the tension?

AlolanBebop

Could you fix powerslap?

Sam Holzemer

Any judo throws you think are underutilized in MMA?

Dan Kenis

Hey Jack, love the pod. My question is about the weird Cejudo vs Song Yadong stoppage which people have seemed to already stopped talking about. I don't understand how it's legal for a fight to end early and go to the cards AFTER a fighter has already chosen to continue after a foul and fought a portion of a round? Is Herzog even allowed to make that decision? it just seems like a crazy precedent to set. If you continue a fight and then call the fight over for the same foul, what's the acceptable amount of time to allow to pass? What if a whole round passes and a fighter says they can't continue cause of an old foul? I feel like the options have to be either ending the fight during the break or calling it a forfeiture by throwing in the towel. I understand it’s a rare situation but I would have thought it’d be a bigger deal and require immediate clarification. What are your thoughts?

S-H

Where do you see the 155 division in a few years once all the aging stars retire/slip? Seems most of the 2020ish prospects were flops. Anyone of note in that division you think could contend in the future?

Rory Donnelly

What are the most important boxing principles lacking in MMA currently. Does slipping and rolling invoke too much risk of knees and kicks?

Dylan Knostman

I’m watching some Yuki yoza fights, as he is the ultimate boi. I notice he finds himself on one leg a a lot, and I’m sure that is partially due to his yoza kick and dexterous legs, but how is he able to stay so defensively safe while constantly on one leg? Thanks jack, love the pod, you’ve advanced my knowledge as an athlete and fighter more than anyone in the space. -DSK

Dylan Knostman

What will OKTAGON have to do for you to start paying attention to them? They already sell out massive stadiums, have interesting fighters, and tremendous tournaments with great payouts. Please, for the sake of the mma space, talk about OKTAGON🙏🏼

Lee Mackay

What’s your pros and cons for each fighting organisation? Big love from a Scottish Thai boxer ✌🏾

Geoooooooo

Why do some conventional kickboxers / nak muay (e.g. ren hiramoto, rodtang) fight southpaw in mma? Is it purely for wrestling purposes / takedown defense?

Patrick

Just gonna keep asking. Trampoline MMA, Jack, who thrives, who dives?

Will

What do you make of bracing? Fighters like Hooker and Oliveira, I've noticed, will take shots to the head whilst tensing their shiulders, their neck, their whole body. It makes for a wild fighting style. But what makes a human being more able to take a shot by tensing their whole body? What's the physiological explanation of bracing?

Jared Kirschman

What's your MMA nightmare blunt rotation?

Onno

Thoughts on sapateiro invitational and corbe beating patio while having a full time job?

James Manning

I'd like to hear your thoughts on styles for aging MMA fighters. What do you think it would it take to have a resurgence like George Foreman or the longevity of someone like Bernard Hopkins in MMA?

Peter Smallridge

What makes you look at a regional prospect and go "this guy's going to go far"? Other than using the double jab, obviously

Luis Leon

Outside of heavyweight, what is the weakest men’s division in the UFC now.

Rob Reid

Does PFL moving away from the points based format (RIP quick six) and to a grand prix and reportedly more standard titles in their Champions Series give you any level of increased hope/interest in them this year?

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?

Treeman153

Thoughts on Pimblett Vs Chandler? Interesting because Chandler is yet to get an elite win in the UFC but Paddy still tries to look up and over his jab almost every exchange. BJ Pennoit bless

Savage Gentlemen

What are some new bjj meta innovations that will hit MMA. Octopus Guard, High Ground etc... like leg kicks did a few years back.

James Kendrick

What is your opinion on Brad Riddell as Zhang Weili's mma striking coach? In her last fight with Tatiana Suarez she looked organized and had a plan with her striking. However, when she was working with John Wood from syndicate in her fight with Yan Xiaonan she struggled in the striking. Also do you think she plays too much on the outside instead of pushing her advantages in the clinch? Do you think she could get more finishes if she operated a Matt Brown style gameplan or even Josh Barnett's dirty boxing plan?

Harry Lewis

Within sport as varied as MMA we have seen certain “innovative practices” become considered as best practice techniques or approaches (calf kicks, cage wrestling etc) with solutions being engineered to solve these problems. Do you think if you went back in time enough that the style clash from one meta would lead in the latest one always winning as an evolution. Or do you think an older style could disrupt the meta of a modern fighter who would be unprepared at dealing with some of those problems posed in previous generations. Things like high level full mount (glover) seem to break the games of high level fighters that aren’t prepared to deal with it. Are there examples you would see of older fighters who would have techniques or styles that might ruin a modern fighters day? Cheers for the pod

Tait Winston

Do you think we’ll ever see a Thai Stadium Champ crossover and win a UFC belt? (not One FC because obviously that doesn’t count-they’d be fighting a blind Rickshaw driver). Does the narrow stance and open hips make this unlikely? Haggerty’s style may translate well as he’s more bouncy & bladed/has developed KO power in his hands. I mean a legit Thai though-started smoking cigarettes & fighting professionally at 9, & has 2 or more lady boys in their immediate family. The PK Saenchai, of be gay & high.

Johnathan Garcia

Any interesting prospects, outside of the UFC and within? Content gleaning aside, is being a dog the best base for MMA? We've seen a rise in guys who just, do things, but passionately. For example, Chepe Mariscal, Fluffy Hernandez, and the king of intense flailing himself, Biggus Dricus. This seems to work in part due to the absence of defense in MMA, as the man who goes forward tends to win, but do you think that this style of overwhelming pressure will become increasingly commonplace, or will there be a rise in more defensively oriented fighters to meet them? Of course, there will always be neutral space, nullifying fighters (if you can call them that) but I mean those who can reliably turn moments of defense into offense. The Nurmagomedov of caucasian fetishists sucking me off, bless.

Benjamin J.

What is your favourite national wrestling style (e.g. Senegalese)?

Malcolm La Prairie

Recently started training after getting over a 10y disability. 175cm and very skinny. Gotten quite good at the keylock from side control but I never see it in fights apart from that one time Kayla Harrison did it and I hear it's a "big man" submission while I'm quite small. Is it a bad sub? Should I focus on more popular submissions?

Johnathan Garcia

Non-mma related pod soon? Love the work, Slack.

Brolly

Whats the craic Jack, would love to hear you wax lyrical on martial art in movies e.g John Wick and The Raid

J Damsel

What is the relationship between kicks and cage cutting? Obviously the low kick to slow the opponents evasive footwork, but how do kicks help herd people to the ropes? You mentioned teeping as a bad option for a pressure fighter, curious as to why.

Chad Okada

Is there anything in MMA skill-wise that you feel was done better in the past?

Shrimpy

Is there anyway for side control to make a comeback in the MMA meta? If so how?

Rauno Lipsanen

Why don’t we see more rubber guard in MMA? Is it because everyone already has knee injuries, or because Eddie Bravo hasn’t found the right strain of weed to make it work yet?

Joseph Miller

What fights from the Golden Age of K1 would you recommend watching? Would you consider doing a Slacky Video Room for any?

Thomas Belanger

Can a boi just dream to have Yuki yoza vs haggerty super fight 😫😫😫??? (Ps listening to your advice and technical knowledge for me as an amateur fighter in Montreal is so useful thx,getting an amateur title off double jabs,yoza kicks and pivots next year ,bless.) Thomas

Your Metsiah

What fighter had your favorite walk out song for an event?

Rawp

What’s up Slacky J! I’ve notice that Fighters coming from tough regional scenes tend to have a better skill set across the board. I.e. Amateur and regional fighters in Colorado are much more skilled the than their counterparts in Lousiana. Why is that? How can you ensure that fighters have a high level skillset despite the region they’re competing in? How do you grow a regional scene in order to grow the talent base?

Phillip Galicia

If they ever changed the rules to a closed fist at all times, what would that mean for the lead hand fight from the open stance? A lot of guys palm incoming punches, or place their hand over top their opponents to parry and shoot the jab over top. What alternatives would available with the fist closed?

Nathanael Suzuki

Any interesting books/instructionals you've been into lately?

The Grizzler

I liked the Alex and Ank hand fighting piece✅. Is there more to the lateral movement angles like outside foot positioning or circling away from the power hand? Recommend any books or online material?

Jacob Prout

Hi Jack. In Edwin Hasel book 'boxing' he gives strategies to beat each type of fighter like the 'slugger'. Any strategies for beating general types in kickboxing/muai thai? Like crowding the kicker etc Cheers

Jacob Prout

Hi Jack more of a request. Can you make all the casual guides available on Patreon for the Bois?

School work

What are your thoughts on the various camps and general state of training/teams in MMA? Why are we seeing some MMA gyms that simply aren't adequately preparing their fighters in all facets of MMA? And how are certain coaches like Wittman or Longo so good? Longo somehow has taken a variety of guys to the top while drastically improving their striking arsenal....his work as a coach honestly makes me take Jeet Kune Do a bit more seriously. You were speaking about WMMA and the embarrassing coaching situation for so many fighters (especially compared to a more professional, scientific approach from Zhang and Nunes) but I'm seeing the oddities everywhere now. We just saw 2 major Japanese prospects lose while looking like complete novices on the feet (Tsuruya more than Taira) while coming from what is essentially the Mecca of Boxing in the Eastern hemisphere. Guys near quality Boxing training who somehow don't have hands. We see guys showing up to the UFC who don't know how to grapple at all. Is it just financial limits on access to quality training?

Indigo Moss

Can you do a Roberto Duran history episode?

Tré Vermeulen

I'm always damn late to these. I've started coming to the conclusion that grappling as a whole in MMA has somewhat stagnated or declined in general. It feels like most of the top 10 in each division would have a D1 wrestler and a world champion BJJ black belt. Is it from the UFC trying to avoid wrestlers who hold people down, or are strikers just getting that much better at stopping initial grappling sequences?

Paul Folson
>>167949243

I don’t see it happening unless the Smart Cage becomes sentient. Although, smart cage is still probably smarter than Donn Davis.

ASAP Rocky

why has no one tried spamming body shots against merab

Vash El Diablo

Jacky, these next 4 cards looked all jammed up with not much meaningful matchups, I feel the divisions are all gridlocked rn. wtf is gonna happen to the ufc

David Lechuga

long time reader from the fightland days, first time commenting or writing to you! could you maybe touch on the striking of mark hunt and how he bested legends in kickboxing with his pocket boxing and then became an elite outside counterstriker in mma while giving up reach and height to most everyone? i feel like people act like he was a crude brawler that relied on toughness but watching back i see a lot of technical prowess and good striking process

McCringleBerry4

Watched any weird or interesting strikers lately?

Head and Arm Black Belt

Any thoughts on the ongoing sumo tournament featuring the newest Yokozuna?

Abdiel

If Islam and Ilia fight do you see the hand fighting being an issue for Ilia? You mentioned that Bryce Mitchell had some success with that, thank you Jack!

TipTopTom

Hi Jack, with the (somewhat) recent merger of WWE and UFC into TKO, do you see more pro wrestling themes becoming more commonplace? People such as Colby and Chael have attempted to add heelish characteristics to their personas to mixed success and I'm curious to hear your thoughts on it. Much love, Tommy.

Jake Daniel

Hey Jack, can you release the old history videos that have been blocked?

Alberto

Hey Slacky, greetings from Italy. Do you think it's possible to distribute weight towards the back leg more than the front leg ("thai" style) in MMA, or is that just gonna get you inevitably taken down? I'm asking for a completely selfish reason, as I just find myself more comfortable when doing that, especially since I like working with my lead leg.

Eddie Washbrook

Hey Slacky, how do you see clinch striking in MMA being punished by the additional grappling elements not present in Muay Thai. Are people not using it extensively because they don’t practice it/don’t think to or is it because it opens them up? Are we going to see a clinch striking meta one day?

Paul Folson

Does anyone remember when Dom Cruz was trying to bait DC into talking about the women’s head and arm throw? FOUND IT Maycee Barber vs Andrea Lee