Full podcast episode: kzread.info/dash/bejne/m46GxKZwoZTUXbg.html Lex Fridman podcast channel: kzread.info Guest bio: John Danaher is one of the greatest coaches and minds in martial arts history.

Yoel Romero is the best example of an elite wrestler with minimal takedown attempts in MMA

@DaggerSecurity

Жыл бұрын

agreed. It's like he is afraid to use his wrestling. He fell in love with striking and never looked back. Hector Lombard too. He never does any Judo in his fights. It's like he is a 100% kickboxer. They both could learn from Karo Parisian.

@fallenIights

Жыл бұрын

They're showmans. Gaethje is NCAA div 1 but theres an interview why he said he goes with striking

@alvarosalgado377

Жыл бұрын

@@fallenIights It isn't just that, as Danaher says the differences between the sports matter a lot. Wrestling is a very taxing sport with much less time involved. Gaethje has also said he gets too tired when he wrestles offensively. And I guess Romero has a similar problem.

@fallenIights

Жыл бұрын

@@alvarosalgado377 why

@johnnybear111

Жыл бұрын

too much energy expenditure for him i think and if you're not great at holding someone down then taking them down isn't of much value

I love how diverse your podcast episodes are in terms of topics. From programming to science to martial arts, beautiful.

@zxLoneWolf

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, I love the philosophers, chess, and comedians. So much diversity

Listening to these guys is like listening to a battle between who has the better voice to narrate audiobooks

@ivanhorvat4494

Жыл бұрын

😄

@timmathias3576

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 on point

4 fundamental skill areas of MMA, shoot boxing - integration of takedowns and striking clinch boxing - upper body clinch + striking fence boxing - locked up on fence, takedown, takedown defends, striking grapple boxing - merging of ground grappling with striking

@yolandasaenzcarrero1901

2 ай бұрын

its boxing ,muy thai and jiu jitsu

Most men have a selection of suits and button ups for interviews. Danaher has a selection of rash guards for different non-grappling events.

John wears that suit to sleep.

@ETAisNOW

Жыл бұрын

Don’t be silly, he has pajama suits.

@creamchunk

Жыл бұрын

So does Lex with his suit 😂

@flimflama9333

Жыл бұрын

Apparently that's just his skin He has no shirt on.

@hamhocks

Жыл бұрын

Ikr does he not wear anything else lmao

GSP had some serious wrestling experience. Wrestling with the Canadian Olympic team is not to be understated.

@Nesto38

Жыл бұрын

He practiced with the Canadian team, he wasnt on it. To be honest Canada is not a wrestling powerhouse in men's wrestling. They rarely make any noise on the international stage. George was just a natural at it.

@josephbreza-grappling9459

Жыл бұрын

@@Nesto38 I know he wasn’t on the Canadian Olympic team man, lol!! I said “wrestled with.” They still have legitimate wrestlers. It’s not like some bum could walk on to the team and represent their country. Gia Sissaouri was a legitimate Canadian wrestler in 2000. GSP was on the fighting scene in 2002. My point is that he had legitimate wrestling experience and that counts for a lot

@joonpak

Жыл бұрын

@@josephbreza-grappling9459 my understanding is that his experience wrestling with the Canadian Olympic team came in 2009 when he was considering trying out for the Olympics; this was 9 years after he entered the UFC

@josephbreza-grappling9459

Жыл бұрын

@@joonpak yeah, I was reading an article and it said, “St-Pierre said he was training to make the 2008 Olympic team but he was interrupted by a call to fight Matt Hughes at UFC 92 when Matt Serra withdrew due to injury.” I don’t know whether he was wrestling with them or not before then…all I am saying is that Canada has put up legitimate wrestlers-they aren’t scrubs, and if he was training with them, then that ought to count for something. He’s had a solid wrestling experience. Not everyone has access to that kind of level of wrestling and I think it played a role in how well he did in the ufc. Of course, he had all the tools. Great at everything.

@Nesto38

Жыл бұрын

@@josephbreza-grappling9459 Canadians get beat routinely on the world stage. They've had like two good wrestlers. Their women's wrestling program isn't bad though.

GSP used his explosive movement from karate to enter into the takedown surprising his opponents with his timing

@krb0123

Жыл бұрын

Yup. His timing on takedowns was a thing of beauty

@burningknuckle26

Жыл бұрын

Karate x wrestling is a deadly combo. Henry cejudo learned karate and with his wrestling he dominated

@Deleted55br

Жыл бұрын

@@burningknuckle26 What does karate has to do with wrestling ?

@MynameisBrianZX

Жыл бұрын

@@Deleted55br oftentimes it’s not because the modern sport is a striking art. However, karate historically included grappling and there are grappling techniques in modern forms. In an MMA context, GSP has explained that his takedown entries come from karate.

GSP really is the 🐐. It’s so crazy to think there is people that overlook him

@jeff6133

Жыл бұрын

Jon Jones is

@benjaminrichard7741

Жыл бұрын

Are there any fighters who you feel are similar to GSP that fight currently?

@jonathanday5647

Жыл бұрын

@@benjaminrichard7741 Usman, both have amazing jabs, suffocating wrestling, amazing cardio. Usman has more power but GSP has more versatility. I know Usman just got knocked out, but it's hard to deny their similarities

@KG-ii2yx

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanday5647 Gsp got knocked out by Matt Serra in Gsp’s prime, doesn’t stop people from calling him the goat

@kylecross9827

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanday5647 definite similarities but I do feel the Georges would be considered the much more fluid striker. His karate background led to a lot more movement, whereas Usman is much more boxing orientated. Very apt comparison though.

Hes taking the rash guard to another level 👌

If it was GPS instead of GSP you could say: Why GPS is so good at wrestling - because he can always find the right position Damn it, just one letter swap...

@hossamshams4688

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@sowmithnethula3587

Жыл бұрын

Nice 😂

@dduhvoidis7701

Жыл бұрын

clever

What GSP did was really turn MMA into its own hybrid martial art

@thomasavona1

Жыл бұрын

Frank Shamrock was the first hybrid mma fighter

Great question from Lex asking John how he innovates🤙

I’ve never seen John without a rash guard on

I’m loving this episode 💪

Gsp credits his Karate training and the ability to blitz as his takedown success

I feel like I can listen to John Danaher forever

GSP is the north star of mma. Greatest ever to bless the cage.

This guy coached the greatest atheletes in their own organization

@snakeplay

Жыл бұрын

Sport

Sean Sherk was really good at entering with his hands and head movement into the takedown. Greg Nelson was starting to really develop it with him.

@mariost-jacques7490

Жыл бұрын

never really took the time to watch sean sherk fights...just remember how he got destroyed by gsp ...I hope youtube has a couple of fights in their archives that I can watch...have any suggestions

@dyoder16

Жыл бұрын

@@mariost-jacques7490 kzread.info/dash/bejne/i5-Jx8x8lti_fNo.html couple here but they are pretty short clips

@mariost-jacques7490

Жыл бұрын

tks

His timing

Congratulations Lex Fridman & John Danaher 👏👏👏

I wish john would be more specific. We know he knows, but I want the atoms of GSP's takedowns, hip-pressure etc. I want to know too, intellectually. Because I'll never get to that level, I can't be born again to start a life-long learning of grappling.

I sent out a jungle fightwear bjj rashguard to Canada over summer. I think it was the Anaconda one. I really hope it made it's way to GSP!

Boxing and striking skills

Please make a video on great gama wrestling

Danaher is my favorite personality in combat sports.

Fascinating!!!

Lex you should interview Cael Sanderson…

John Danaher controls the spin of the the earth just with his mind

There’s more than a whisper of Death Star about this dude.

Guy isn’t a coach, he’s a combat philosopher..

He went three times a week. I used to train there.

Yup and still everyone respects g s p G S P plus lets not forget and would to back flips and that break dance spin after 5 rounds ( that was pretty cool) a real class act. Great jab too , heck of strong damn made me decide to do something else I was like nah this guy pretty damn good ( plus I think my soul would not allow me to strike him even if we agreed on it I be like nah George I'm not going to even think about striking a legend ; he's a too nice Maybe he a real good actor that would surprise me if he wasn't a nice person. sure we all have bad days but sheeesh some of us shine bright( we all do really but hey we know some of us are lights out

I am Magine his wrestling genius came like everything from him, and F zahabi his coach

Timing + athleticism

@syedahmed8650

Жыл бұрын

His opponents were also very athletic though

@mrcrackdonald_1

Жыл бұрын

@@syedahmed8650 Not as athletic as him

@syedahmed8650

Жыл бұрын

@@mrcrackdonald_1 That’s not likely. Traditional wrestlers are usually more athletic than non wrestlers. Especially since his opponents were All Americans and he never wrestled in hs nor college.

Wow, maybe George didn’t mostly himself I didn’t know that

Ive never seen this guy wearing any regular shirt it always is a rashguard

Who is this kid and why does he know so much?

Why does this guy show up in a bjj suit wherever he goes?

Gsp is the only one i saw that would finish his takedowns with simple chest pressure/crackdowns instead of running the corner or lifting, it would always confuse me why high level wrestlers didn’t chest pressure more often

@syedahmed8650

Жыл бұрын

It may be because in traditional wrestling chest crackdowns are not used often because you will end up in a 50/50 position on the ground. In MMA it is more effective because fighters are standing up taller and because on the ground jiu jitsu usually rules.

@chrislaverick6413

Жыл бұрын

@@syedahmed8650 you are right, but you have high level wrestlers in mma that dont do this and sometimes they loose the takedowns, it would confuse me

Am I shadow banned? Can anyone see this comment?

@polop3338

Жыл бұрын

No we can’t see this comment

Lex, John doesn’t innovate so much as he systematizes innovations that already exist.

probably shouldn't wear polyester/nylon rash guards every second of your life

@eddiehoney7166

Ай бұрын

He’s ready to roll brother 😂

Is it just me or does lex not look well in this clip?

You can tell this guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about…..jk jk he’s te Attenborough of MMA.

Because he was on steroids? I find it ironic that he retired when USADA started cracking down on the use of TRT and other steroids

@AcousticJamesSGP

Жыл бұрын

then you don't understand what ironic means

@trevormarcray

Жыл бұрын

You're absolutely wrong. He retired about a year before. Not only that, he was the most vocal advocate for steroid testing even going so far as to offer independent testing for this fights.. which his opponents turned down. He was one of the greatest voices for getting proper testing in the game. Then you forget... he came back when USADA was well entrenched and moved up a weight class and won the title. Just that alone invalidates what you said. Literally everyone knows GSP is one of the cleanest most highly skilled martial artists ever.

@eazyb7974

Жыл бұрын

He came back and beat Bisping for the belt @ 185. Passed all testing in a higher weight class.

Gay

@ETAisNOW

Жыл бұрын

This comment has the most likes but it’s at the bottom, I guess KZread is homophobic?

@hhandle

Жыл бұрын

@@ETAisNOW homophilic*

@awreckingball

Жыл бұрын

@@dano1307 is gay.

@billcipher3946

Жыл бұрын

Is that it honestly? lol.

@awreckingball

Жыл бұрын

@@billcipher3946 yep

Take your pick between Jon Jones 🇺🇸 or Khabib Nurmagomedov 🇷🇺. GSP is definitely in the top 5 but not the greatest imo. Fedor Emelianenko would’ve been the g.o.a.t. but he stayed a bit too long and took more losses than he should have.

@billcipher3946

Жыл бұрын

GSP ranks higher than khabib in my opinion

@mistersonnen848

Жыл бұрын

Khabib is great but he needed to stay in UFC to prove it. His record before UFC is very shady with unknown and unskilled opponents. People think he fought 29 times in UFC

That's it 8 years of school wrestling many fights won't I'm not 38 and out of shape joining jujitsu

nice gimp suit

@jaycuthbert245

Жыл бұрын

Tell that to his face he'd tie you up like a f##king pretzel, mate.

It makes me sick when people talk again khabib as the 🐐 when Gsp as three time two weight champion when khabib was probably bigger guy khabib got out way way too early to even be in top 10 goats

if you’re not a jon jones fan, I’d understand why you’d have GSP as the goat

@williamdavies1192

Жыл бұрын

The whole PED thing puts a huge asterisk next to Jones name.

chuck lidell was the first successful guy to use wrestling background as anti-jiujitsu and allow striking a place back in to MMA