Excellent video. All you young guys who are sparring and consistently getting amped up and throwing harder and not smarter need to watch and learn.

Very good video 🙂 I've got a lot that works against me in sparring (generally working with people 20+ pounds heavier since I'm one of the smallest people at my gym, only been training intensively for about 15 months, on the old side at nearing 40), but I've had enough life experiences with real danger that I'm also generally quite calm and thoughtful, so I'm able to survive (and occasionally push/punish) against the more experienced competitive fighters and can be an incredible wall of frustration for the newer people 😅

@theprodigalson4003

7 ай бұрын

That’s awesome! Age is just a number, if your mind is sharp and your body works, that’s literally all you require to be dangerous

Fight IQ = Life IQ thank you for the vid

Staying calm makes the biggest difference

This one of the most interesting topics in contact sport (at least for me), but also there very small quantity information about it in internet at all. So, if will be more information regarding this topic - it will be always interesting and useful.

Fight IQ is the ability to moderate your reflexes and reaction time with mid fight adjusts and predictions. If you fight purely on instinct, reaction time and sink to your training, you will move faster, more efficiently but become exploitable. If you think too much and try to plan things, you end up not fighting well enough. You gotta do both, and softer technical sparring is where you develop both aspects. You drill the moves and then you spar to apply. You shadow box to write a sort of preprogrammed sequence and then you spar to apply and learn to make mid fight adjustments.

My fight IQ and defense have saved me too many times, iam a 125 pounder I do boxing sparring with 140s and 155s it's tough but I get the job done

Amazing video as always Gabriel, this was exactly what I needed, to think better in sparring, I do not get all angry and that, I just get confused, while comboing up sometimes, for no reason, after this video, I think, and I know, I will perform better, thank you so much Gabriel, I got sparring tomorrow, this was perfect for me!🎉

Focus and patients under pressure are vital in my opinion. Also adapt to how the fight is going.

Hey Gabriel, how can I work on staying calm in a fight and especially under pressure? I have a big problem with heavy punches, because I get easily overwhelmed by them. Also thank you very much for all the content you put out, I watch all of it and I really enjoy it too.

@johnacker4959

7 ай бұрын

Realize its inevitably part of the sport we love and that the thing that will make you the safest is to train the proper defense and have faith in your abilities. Face adversity head on and youll surprise yourself, especially when you walk away okay and a better fighter for it.

@whoknows8223

7 ай бұрын

Get into fights. Like ask your wife if she put on weight recently. You will get used to the stress and be more relaxed in those situations ...😂

@johnacker4959

7 ай бұрын

@@whoknows8223 arguably WAY more dangerous 😂

@kurmancipatron6782

7 ай бұрын

Yes very good question

@cyberpunkfalangist2899

7 ай бұрын

Drill action and reaction scenarios ie one person defends a three strike combo and other person retaliates immediately after the last hit

If I can offer any advice, you have to film study and you have to know what you’re looking at when film studying. Then you create situational drills and you drill drill drill drill drill.

@AdamWalker-ph1hs

7 ай бұрын

Definately good for expereince and improving technique. Practice makes perfect. 👍

Can you do a upper body push ups workout for fighter ?

Hey Gabriel, agree with speed but doesnt power last until you get really old?

Can you explain the highguard you and marat use? I feel like im doing it wrong

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I've mainly only got ramped up when someone suddenly just escalates and hits harder when in my mind maybe I've used multiple tools. Sometimes I think do I bother say something or just not bother with them again..

@eddard9442

7 ай бұрын

Does your coach tell everyone to go light to the head and occasionally supervise sparring? Try asking your partner this "let's go light and technical" if he continues going hard, get your coach to back you, if not, may be best to find a new gym. It may be difficult to say you won't spar certain people. I once told a new guy he was going to hard, he disagreed and i insisted, he also compained that i clinched him, he said "there no hugging" hahah, i didnt see him again after that. The trouble is i cant say this to a someone thats been at the gym longer than me.

@ayske1

7 ай бұрын

@@eddard9442 it's a good gym I enjoy it and won't leave as also doing bjj. Yeah I may mention it to them but I think I'm personally getting older and lacking patience. Coach did actually said we both went hard after I reacted

@ayske1

7 ай бұрын

@@eddard9442 I commonly just sit out if there's certain people I don't want to spar. Or choose someone else. That person I mention may be new, I'll see next time

Great vid Gabz.

I can't pay attention to what you're saying cuz you have shiny things in the background

Fighters with best fight IQ: 1. GSP, 2. Stipe Miočić, 3. John Jones.

Your word shoulda been habits. Learn opponent predictable habits you can get ass whipped being calm buddy

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I remember you saying Andrew Tate is not good at kickboxing. After checking him box some heavyweights in recent sparring video, i say you would get absolutely destroyed by hes retired ass stop clout chasing or prove your about it.

@jaydenjames5044

6 ай бұрын

"prove your about it" ? peep the belts in the back bro💀

@goofusthedoofus4542

4 ай бұрын

“stop clout chasing ermageeeerd!!” >proceeds to clout chase

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