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  • @truboss9470
    @truboss94703 жыл бұрын

    Cain, DC, Luke Rockhold, Khabib, Jon Fitch, Gray Maynard, Josh Thompson, Josh Koscheck. So many champions and contenders. Legendary Gym!

  • @jagirdarzaid2088

    @jagirdarzaid2088

    Жыл бұрын

    Add Islam now

  • @alihatem8794

    @alihatem8794

    5 ай бұрын

    shamrock

  • @y_magaming9798
    @y_magaming97986 жыл бұрын

    It's almost twelve at night and this makes me want to train.

  • @seyfunega2018

    @seyfunega2018

    2 жыл бұрын

    On g

  • @y_magaming9798

    @y_magaming9798

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@seyfunega2018 I remember writing this after having a totally shit day in a hopeless situation. This shit got me through. I hope you all the strength to get through.

  • @seyfunega2018

    @seyfunega2018

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@y_magaming9798 glad to see u push through ,i just have a fight coming up that's y i was here

  • @KS-fz7hh
    @KS-fz7hh8 жыл бұрын

    How can you not like Daniel Cormier?!

  • @Teen-Conor

    @Teen-Conor

    8 жыл бұрын

    Just listen to him. You are welcomed

  • @themarkusgaming

    @themarkusgaming

    8 жыл бұрын

    L

  • @DG-zp9xz

    @DG-zp9xz

    7 жыл бұрын

    People don't like him because he's goofy. It's like watching your dorky uncle fight.

  • @stoichiometrydudes4565

    @stoichiometrydudes4565

    6 жыл бұрын

    He's too good. Olympian, good father, good man, cheesy, practiced, clean, good fighter, good. He's not a fuck up. Jon is a fuck up, people relate to that, it's impossible to love someone who is perfect, who doesn't make mistakes, who doesn't look or sound human. It's not relatable.

  • @stoichiometrydudes4565

    @stoichiometrydudes4565

    6 жыл бұрын

    THUG ROSE, THUG ROSE, THUG ROSE

  • @Nos14B
    @Nos14B8 жыл бұрын

    Loved the Bruce Lee Intro segment!, "Ultimately martial art means honestly expressing yourself, not lying to ones self...", truest words ever spoken concerning the art of fighting in general if you ask me. Such a legend, peace!

  • @enriquecabrera2137

    @enriquecabrera2137

    7 жыл бұрын

    Nos14B but martial arts is a bad translation. it means war science. martial arts is a science, not self expression. you're a machine to kill, not express yourself. lethal and efficient not expressive. Lee knew this. he said one thing and did another

  • @user-mw4qi1kx3o
    @user-mw4qi1kx3o8 жыл бұрын

    intro was incredible

  • @K131399
    @K1313999 жыл бұрын

    mike swick' contribution to where the ufc is is impossible to measure. anyone who was watching when mike was at top form knows what im talking about. from about 2005 to 2009 he was in the top 5 for most exciting fighter every year. he was the only striker in those days with the laserbeam accuracy that we see much more of today. mike and chris lytle for that matter should seriously get a surprise 10 million dollar cheque in the mail for the services they provided that contributed to the ufc going mainstream. mike especially because of his appeal. the guy was a vicious beast that looked and talked like kind of a geek, and it added to his performances when he would savagely annihilate dudes. shit happens and he ran into some serious injuries or he could have possibly been champ. but in the end, he always put on amazing fights with spectacular finishes and i remember him as much as any one guy from those days.

  • @CamKev

    @CamKev

    6 жыл бұрын

    *K131399* He is a class act. One of the best.

  • @MatthewWillis3
    @MatthewWillis37 жыл бұрын

    I'm a guy but I find it both awesome and fucking adorable that the guys at aka teach little kids wrestling. Especially someone who's on the level as Daniel Cormier, he may have seemed tough on that kid but trust me if he's learning right now to start being tough it's going to benefit him way down the line in the future.

  • @Blackjack19k

    @Blackjack19k

    Жыл бұрын

    You don't get to the top without training your ass off

  • @VR-gs9hd

    @VR-gs9hd

    9 ай бұрын

    Pressures make diamonds. That kid faced the deep end of the pool and was able to overcome fear. He's that much stronger now. The Middle Eastern kids his age often seen carrying around RPGs must be in survival mode out of the crib, Spartan-style.

  • @andrewdecker9031
    @andrewdecker90314 жыл бұрын

    AKA has made a name for themselves while having and helping some of the greatest fighters like Daniel Cormier, Cain Velazquez, Luke Rockhold, Khabib Nurmagomedov, BJ Penn, Lyoto Machida and many more. One of the top training facilities though they have faced criticism from fans,journalists and even Dana white for having what s perceived as an excessively high rate of training injuries leading to cancellations of fights.

  • @user-ru1re2zj1w
    @user-ru1re2zj1w8 жыл бұрын

    if ur a big guy (mw,lhw,hw) go to aka. if ur a small guy (flyw,bw,featherw) go to alphamale if ur a medium guy (ww,lw) go to tristar if ur the best go to jackson wilkeljohn

  • @rtocow

    @rtocow

    8 жыл бұрын

    +james acer well, if you ignore the fact that kings mma has 2 belts right now, yeah not only them, but AKA too

  • @user-ru1re2zj1w

    @user-ru1re2zj1w

    8 жыл бұрын

    Trevor Harris UR mum

  • @user-ru1re2zj1w

    @user-ru1re2zj1w

    8 жыл бұрын

    its called shorthand u dumb fuck. get the fuck outta here

  • @ironkhan3643

    @ironkhan3643

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Chris Fernandez who gives a fuck if he's uneducated you sound like a insecure bitch, he's probably smarter then you, fucking putting people down because their uneducated half the uff fighters are uneducated you gonna say that to their face bitch.

  • @ironkhan3643

    @ironkhan3643

    8 жыл бұрын

    +adam khan (iron khan) *ufc

  • @priestgancia3871
    @priestgancia38718 жыл бұрын

    Fuck man , Cormier is such a humble person!

  • @nmerey
    @nmerey3 жыл бұрын

    And now it is home to the most dominant champ MMA ever faced. Habib Nurmagamedov!

  • @adnanjano

    @adnanjano

    Жыл бұрын

    And today it’s home to the most dominant champ MMA ever faced. Islam Makhachev!

  • @loser300

    @loser300

    Жыл бұрын

    @@adnanjano definitely not the most dominant

  • @joshuajames6658

    @joshuajames6658

    Жыл бұрын

    Khabib *

  • @nmerey

    @nmerey

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joshuajames6658 dude cmon) never assume that u know better than someone! Because when u assume it makes ass u & me. Хабиб which comes from arabic word Habib(beloved) for some reason it was transcribed to English as Khabib where it has hard Kh instead of smooth H sound. In one of the interviews Habib himself corrected journalist on pronunciation of his name as Habib. I could find u a link for that but I am too lazy to do that therefore take my word for it.

  • @joshuajames6658

    @joshuajames6658

    Жыл бұрын

    I didn’t assume anything lmao. And by definition you saying all that is you assuming that I’m assuming that I know better than you. I didn’t assume anything tbh. Unless you consider me knowing how his name is actually spelled. All I was doing was simply correcting the spelling which I only did bc it was the number 1 comment. And what is sad is you were said you were to lazy to change the spelling but you aren’t to lazy to write a completely misguided response to me simply spelling his name correctly

  • @mrbig713
    @mrbig7139 жыл бұрын

    Loved it! Simply amazing. Artful. Thank you.

  • @fiftyfadesofgrey
    @fiftyfadesofgrey6 жыл бұрын

    Best intro ever out of all viceland. I watch this video just to see the beginnning.

  • @bclr6843
    @bclr68435 жыл бұрын

    Even children knew to laugh when vice called themselves “the news”

  • @OldWorldNY
    @OldWorldNY2 жыл бұрын

    Huge inspiration and motivation to keep at it, and never give up 👏🔥✊

  • @AnyFactor
    @AnyFactor3 жыл бұрын

    The Dagestani took AKA to a whole another level

  • @joecorley8856
    @joecorley88568 жыл бұрын

    Very well done. Excellent Javier!

  • @fiftyfadesofgrey
    @fiftyfadesofgrey3 жыл бұрын

    BEST INTRO IVE EVER SEEEN PUT TOGETHER !!!

  • @klefusmcdonald2644
    @klefusmcdonald26449 жыл бұрын

    Sure hope the next gym war is between A.K.A. vs Jackson/Winklejohn.

  • @nelstar4676

    @nelstar4676

    3 жыл бұрын

    AKA is superior now tbh

  • @stephengeorge7994

    @stephengeorge7994

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well jacksons guys just decision everyone these days

  • @d4nkt04d2
    @d4nkt04d27 жыл бұрын

    I'm 15 and hope to join this team in the future for mma!

  • @TitusLivy777
    @TitusLivy7779 жыл бұрын

    Wow! You guys are producing great videos. Please keep it up!

  • @kimoliver051
    @kimoliver0519 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I live 50 minutes away from San Jose, would love to visit and train some time and feel like a little kid next to those beasts.

  • @snazdogdbfan251
    @snazdogdbfan2513 жыл бұрын

    When you fight a 5th grader but Daniel Cormier taught him how to wrestle

  • @athila.paixao
    @athila.paixao9 жыл бұрын

    Awesome Video.Love it !

  • @schritt123
    @schritt1237 жыл бұрын

    I like the intro form bruce lee so nice

  • @conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059
    @conspiraciesarejustgreatst20596 жыл бұрын

    @ 5:20 friggen love the song... especially for that part of the video. Classic yet modern and somehow fit perfectly

  • @jillmiller1705

    @jillmiller1705

    2 жыл бұрын

    1 John 2:22

  • @sejobotonjic9630
    @sejobotonjic96306 жыл бұрын

    Why is there no new fightland content. I love this miniseries

  • @Socks170
    @Socks1705 жыл бұрын

    DC is such a legendary man.

  • @GMSCHAARAWTAZA
    @GMSCHAARAWTAZA6 жыл бұрын

    salute to all these guys!

  • @hazard26j
    @hazard26j9 жыл бұрын

    very nicely done

  • @breww1982
    @breww19829 жыл бұрын

    You guys need to come down to San Diego and do a pice on Alliance MMA😎

  • @ragnarlodbrok1233
    @ragnarlodbrok12335 жыл бұрын

    Khabib, rockhold, DC, Cain- the horsemen

  • @raulmartinez3914
    @raulmartinez39142 жыл бұрын

    Hope to go back soon....

  • @quickstep2408
    @quickstep24087 жыл бұрын

    respect to all the fighters. that was inspirational, fuckit i'm going to join a boxing class next week

  • @reesetheredcain452

    @reesetheredcain452

    6 жыл бұрын

    quickstep did you join

  • @quickstep2408

    @quickstep2408

    6 жыл бұрын

    i ended up joining muay thai since it worked better with my schedule. it's a dutch muay thai/kickboxing style though so more emphasis on boxing attack/defense w/ alot of close range low kick punching combos. im loving it!

  • @Garbageman209

    @Garbageman209

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thats awesome to hear!

  • @bookabo4223
    @bookabo42239 жыл бұрын

    11.47 poetry in a kick.

  • @GetBennidover
    @GetBennidover6 жыл бұрын

    "Don't cry" - Daniel Cormier 2017

  • @SottoLwrence
    @SottoLwrence9 жыл бұрын

    If i remember correctly, Javier Mendez was the striking coach Josh Koscheck used for TUF 12 and Daniel was the wrestling coach, all from AKA. 2 wins out of 8 fights. Not bad.

  • @Keith_Mikell
    @Keith_Mikell6 жыл бұрын

    Its crazy the amount of people that MMA rotates through. This was only 4 years ago and i know very few of the names now.

  • @skullgaming5820
    @skullgaming58209 жыл бұрын

    Congrats! Cormier on winning your UFC light heavyweight champion!

  • @phillipjiminez2382
    @phillipjiminez23829 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @savageajgaonkar4164
    @savageajgaonkar41644 жыл бұрын

    Josh thompson... Koscheck... Velasquez.. DC... Rockhold.. And now Khabib... AKA the best team in the world💪

  • @laurisskraucis2247
    @laurisskraucis22479 жыл бұрын

    amazing !

  • @jash6397
    @jash63978 жыл бұрын

    Anyone know the name of the song at the very end? Starts from when the kids are wrestling and continues till the credits...

  • @InfamousAustinT0
    @InfamousAustinT09 жыл бұрын

    I need the soundtrack for this video

  • @oliverjuice10

    @oliverjuice10

    5 жыл бұрын

    suprise by the best band in aus - royal headache

  • @bnkslx
    @bnkslx8 жыл бұрын

    4:04 - 4:06 they show Holly Holm getting Knocked Out

  • @eon001
    @eon0019 жыл бұрын

    When was this filmed? I know Swick is in thailand now, DC rocking the Strikeforce gear so pre UFC. And I'm pretty sure Gray left AKA. Could be wrong though.

  • @atthewhiskey
    @atthewhiskey9 жыл бұрын

    This obviously an old video. Filmed circa mid 2013 I think. Was this re-released or is this a first? I've seen Cormier training those kids in a promo of some kind ( probably for the Jon Jones fight ), the rest of the video has not been seen by me. Was this the first time this video, as a whole, was released?

  • @ronki23
    @ronki236 жыл бұрын

    American Kickboxing Academy produces excellent fighters: Rockhold, Velasquez, Cormier and Khabib

  • @princealyaseen

    @princealyaseen

    6 жыл бұрын

    ronki23 where was khabib thus vid tho

  • @Thankstoallah351
    @Thankstoallah3519 жыл бұрын

    fighting relates to life

  • @alphatrusbensiii8381
    @alphatrusbensiii83816 жыл бұрын

    Moses gonna be a Beast when he grow up

  • @isaacalzate8262
    @isaacalzate82626 жыл бұрын

    The monk that beat bruce is the true man of wisdom

  • @jerryhernandez1895
    @jerryhernandez1895 Жыл бұрын

    A younger Daniel Cormier👏👏

  • @jacarejakare2741
    @jacarejakare27419 жыл бұрын

    6:03 music? pls

  • @johnnyinkstube
    @johnnyinkstube8 жыл бұрын

    That nike sweater though

  • @austincornelius3172
    @austincornelius31723 жыл бұрын

    DC is the man!!

  • @alabaa926
    @alabaa9269 жыл бұрын

    JEEEEEEEEFF

  • @hughjeavons1568
    @hughjeavons15686 жыл бұрын

    13:36 "if your not getting injured you're not training hard enough" wtf that's a bad mentality to have and can cause excess harm to fighters. Train smarter firas zahabi talks about the key importance of this

  • @nocarebutyes3436

    @nocarebutyes3436

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hugh Jeavons he also pays the people that spar with gsp to knock him out. Relax lol I’m sure the coaches know what they are doing

  • @ryguy1791

    @ryguy1791

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nocarebutyes3436 yeah but it’s a stupid thing to say and contradicts the message DC and Javier try to give. “We aren’t here to hurt people but to train and build off each other”.

  • @bimaandilahaba2420
    @bimaandilahaba2420 Жыл бұрын

    You should make this kind of video again and visit AKA 😁😆

  • @alphatrusbensiii8381
    @alphatrusbensiii83816 жыл бұрын

    I wish Gray would have won a world championship but I love AKA tho if I was a MMA fighter I would live there

  • @towelietowel4513
    @towelietowel45132 жыл бұрын

    Some guy: “This is art. I’m an artist, painting a picture” DC: “This ain’t art, it’s a fight.”

  • @shadowblack10
    @shadowblack109 жыл бұрын

    Anybody know what the very last song is?

  • @claytonbigbsy3880
    @claytonbigbsy38809 жыл бұрын

    Grey went 0-3 while at AKA but he has no chin anymore nothing to do with AKA! Great fight team!!

  • @scottbryan9461
    @scottbryan94617 жыл бұрын

    tht was good

  • @nbert35
    @nbert356 жыл бұрын

    Daniel "Don't cry you're fine" Cormier

  • @para_bellum_1984
    @para_bellum_19846 жыл бұрын

    3:59 DAT kick tho... o_0

  • @Gothenburg1
    @Gothenburg19 жыл бұрын

    what's the movie in 12:15 please?

  • @metalxhorse
    @metalxhorse7 жыл бұрын

    408 represent

  • @stevennewell5842
    @stevennewell58423 жыл бұрын

    Lol the guy said that if your not getting injured 🤕 your not training hard enough lol 😂... lol I get it tho!

  • @hivewax
    @hivewax9 жыл бұрын

    Fightland Very first song please?!

  • @73Wes

    @73Wes

    9 жыл бұрын

    Loren Pittack Stepdad - Squares

  • @dobby7647
    @dobby76474 жыл бұрын

    Kick boks ♥️♥️🔥

  • @dennison9839
    @dennison98396 жыл бұрын

    Jesus wtf is with that song choice in the beginning.

  • @akburst510
    @akburst5106 жыл бұрын

    Is that Don Rickles wrestling with Khabib and DC?

  • @elharbingero
    @elharbingero9 жыл бұрын

    -Fitch wearing UFC shirt -Heavyweight Cormier with nothing but Strikeforce footage -Cain as a heavyweight rather than heavyweight champ My guess is late 2012.

  • @MrBitviper

    @MrBitviper

    9 жыл бұрын

    yeah my thoughts exactly :) I mean DC as a heavyweight? its been a while!! :)

  • @Meow-ee9zo

    @Meow-ee9zo

    7 жыл бұрын

    What about rockhold not even being there?

  • @lwe3625
    @lwe36258 жыл бұрын

    Is that holly Holm getting knocked out @ 4:05?

  • @superkawhiileonard6904
    @superkawhiileonard69049 жыл бұрын

    Why no Luke rockhold

  • @ironkhan3643

    @ironkhan3643

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Skyler Porter he was their he was sparring in the beginning

  • @ge5021

    @ge5021

    6 жыл бұрын

    because Rockhold is Cringeworthy!

  • @queefcookies2791

    @queefcookies2791

    5 жыл бұрын

    RELIK MOON how

  • @masymhayat272
    @masymhayat2727 жыл бұрын

    Who's the other guy talking with mike swick?? Is he fighter too?

  • @ernestovicencio6103

    @ernestovicencio6103

    7 жыл бұрын

    john finch

  • @Minowalock
    @Minowalock9 жыл бұрын

    Goiaba

  • @Fabiand1
    @Fabiand15 жыл бұрын

    Javier Mendez is an absolute legend. Same with DC, both all time greats. Mike Swick however is a loudmouth bum who never cut it on the roster.

  • @CervC
    @CervC9 жыл бұрын

    anyone know the song @ 5:08 ?

  • @73Wes

    @73Wes

    9 жыл бұрын

    Cerv Ghosthouse - 9.2.5.

  • @conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059
    @conspiraciesarejustgreatst20596 жыл бұрын

    Odd that Gray Maynard decided to head to AKA on the same day they began filming... especially since he's been invited to go there for years

  • @rosesforthenoddinggo

    @rosesforthenoddinggo

    5 жыл бұрын

    conspiracies are just great stories should have stayed there

  • @tags841
    @tags8413 жыл бұрын

    Where's khabib

  • @jg5875
    @jg58752 жыл бұрын

    Legacy of AKA continues with Islam and all the Dagestani warriors.

  • @iansmith4924
    @iansmith49242 жыл бұрын

    0:13

  • @esakhan4295
    @esakhan42958 жыл бұрын

    where the fuck is khabib

  • @kalash47money95

    @kalash47money95

    8 жыл бұрын

    hahahah i was looking for him all the video lol

  • @henrybrightberg2164

    @henrybrightberg2164

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Esa Khan Khabib nurmagomedov?...

  • @scalpingheads

    @scalpingheads

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Esa Khan i think he lives in dagestan and comes to aka for his training camps before fights

  • @AceofDlamonds

    @AceofDlamonds

    7 жыл бұрын

    He doesnt live there you know.

  • @b.f.skinner4383

    @b.f.skinner4383

    7 жыл бұрын

    lol this was shot years before Khabib was even in the UFC let alone AKA

  • @HussainAli-xl1vk
    @HussainAli-xl1vk5 жыл бұрын

    Fetus DC

  • @maresalex7397
    @maresalex73978 жыл бұрын

    What song is at 3:20

  • @Teen-Conor

    @Teen-Conor

    8 жыл бұрын

    Darude - sandstorm

  • @Teen-Conor

    @Teen-Conor

    8 жыл бұрын

    Darude - sandstorm

  • @biofan234
    @biofan2346 жыл бұрын

    need more of these right now. plz dont ever do this for team alpha male.... plz

  • @MakiVerem12345
    @MakiVerem123459 жыл бұрын

    10 am till 9:30 pm? what the actual fuck

  • @yungcashregister519

    @yungcashregister519

    6 жыл бұрын

    Every fighters dream 😍

  • @GrowingPains808
    @GrowingPains8083 жыл бұрын

    Violence man :)

  • @griffo110
    @griffo1109 жыл бұрын

    is it really necessary to waste time training gray maynard how to throw a spinning back kick?

  • @younessouder
    @younessouder4 жыл бұрын

    This is so Awesome I guess it was before Khabib’s era

  • @musikkluvelectrobanger
    @musikkluvelectrobanger8 жыл бұрын

    8:40 Gray maynard's awesome

  • @GutturalReef
    @GutturalReef9 жыл бұрын

    Where's Joshua Koscheck?!

  • @220cole

    @220cole

    9 жыл бұрын

    he has his own gym, thats why he sucks now , lack of quality training partners

  • @medicinebear8839
    @medicinebear88395 жыл бұрын

    AMA is the walmart of MMA schools

  • @antran1860
    @antran18607 жыл бұрын

    Shit.... I'll fight politicians too.

  • @tapeshooter333
    @tapeshooter3337 жыл бұрын

    6:35 his shadow boxing is pretty bad

  • @marcuslee9229
    @marcuslee92298 жыл бұрын

    where is luke rockhold?

  • @dudeman4321

    @dudeman4321

    8 жыл бұрын

    sleeping his concusion off

  • @erikbondarenko5304

    @erikbondarenko5304

    7 жыл бұрын

    good one buddeh ;)

  • @takashi03221105
    @takashi032211057 жыл бұрын

    They should go to K-1 in Japan to see if they could compete in kick-boxing. I am sure they will get their ass kicked

  • @zedek_
    @zedek_9 жыл бұрын

    Didn't Cung Le leave this place because some heavy favoritism or something? Not really sure.

  • @thomascollier2864

    @thomascollier2864

    8 жыл бұрын

    cung le could not get off the dope

  • @jg5875
    @jg58752 жыл бұрын

    Legacy of AKA continues with Islam and all the Dagestani warriors….

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