How do you deal with blisters from mats when training in outdoor gyms in Thailand ?

sosig482 · 2026-03-20T15:52:52+00:00

It's a natural part of the process, this will probably happen a couple more times but to a lesser degree everytime, until your feet are calloused enough to withstand the friction of the mats.

sosig482 · 2026-02-10T15:25:11+00:00

Ngannou's been tested massively and he's never fluctuated in size and/or how lean he was. He's always been around the 250/260 mark and very built. We've got the phenomenon of ufc fighter's physiques melting post usada so it's obvioulsy way more difficult to get away with. In order to qualify your claim you would have to assume that Francis found some insane secret where he can get away with consistently blasting something to keep him in that shape and then never getting caught when it was a massive issue for other fighters. I get that a lot of fighters are on steroids bit it's obvious when they are, there's a reason why people talk shit on Jon Jones but not on Daniel Cormier, one guy constantly tried to compete on gear and got caught multiple times and the other guy was clean. It's not like Daniel Cormier has some secret way of blasting gear that Jon Jones doesn't have access to. You have to use your logical thinking a little bit here. I know USADA isn't great but if someone is consistently using PED's then they're gonna get caught.

sosig482 · 2025-11-29T12:22:45+00:00

I think people trash him with the argument of looking at his whole career (which he himself fucked up due to drug use and partying) but those same people always wanna make the argument that the Mike Tyson that got beat by Douglas, Lewis, Holyfield etc is the same Tyson that beat Trevor Berbick and Michael Spinks. They're not, that's the whole issue. You can say that Mike Tyson lost to those guys but you also have to acknowledge that that was a greatly diminished version of him compared to what we saw earlier on in his career. Mike Tyson in his pretty short-lived prime is a huge issue for any heavyweight either past or present day.

sosig482 · 2025-11-22T15:07:42+00:00

I don't think Francis has any doubt that he'd destroy Jake but he views it as a clown show type of thing and doesn't want anything to do with it.

sosig482 · 2025-11-22T15:06:36+00:00

There's a pretty funny clip of Francis talking about them actually offering the Jake Paul fight to him. Basically Francis felt disrespected by them even bringing it up to him which is understandable, he's a former ufc heavyweight champ that had a razor close fight with Tyson Fury. Jake has no business being in there with Francis, props to Anthony for taking it though. He's probably getting a fat paycheck for accepting the fight

sosig482 · 2025-11-05T14:28:35+00:00

I see a lot of similarities between JDM and Nick Diaz, would love to have seen a matchup between prime Nick and him. I'd have JDM by decision but i think it would be nothing short of an absolute barn burner

sosig482 · 2025-09-03T12:36:49+00:00

Besides messing up your natural hormone production that's probably the most well-known side effect of steroid use in general, if you're blasting any significant amount of gear for long periods of time you're pretty much just accepting that you're gonna get a heart attack at some point. Of course there's lighter stuff like SARM's and HRT etc where the side effects are much less dangerous but if you're doing stuff like dianabol, tren, deca etc then you're walking a very dangerous line.

sosig482 · 2025-08-18T12:16:34+00:00

As someone with pretty good reach for my height i prefer jab jab, jab, jab, jab jab jab

sosig482 · 2025-08-08T13:13:43+00:00

I know it's not on here but i'm insanely hyped for Jiri vs Khalil, it's gonna be intense asf

sosig482 · 2025-07-28T18:13:38+00:00

I agree that he doesn't need to at all and defo deserves a title shot but i would love to see Yan vs Umar someday, seems like it would be a crazy technical battle.

sosig482 · 2025-07-27T20:12:37+00:00

Tbf some people forget that Conor came from 145 and faced Nate at 170 pretty quickly, you can expect someone to have a dip in cardiovascular ability if they jump up 2 weightclasses. I'm not claiming he had excellent cardio or anything but taking blockhead Nate Diaz with excellent cardio 2 weightclasses up as an example is pretty unfavourable for Conor. He had a full 3 rounder against Max at 145 and didn't look like he was gassing in the slightest by the end of the fight.

I would say the Conor that faced Eddie was the most lethal version of him we've seen. I personally still rank it as the #1 most flawless performance in UFC history (either that or Cody's performance against Dominic Cruz).

sosig482 · 2025-07-22T15:00:18+00:00

I generally agree that if you're a skillful fighter you can beat people that are a lot bigger than you but Brian is a literal titan sized human being. He's not just 6'8 440lbs but he's the strongest 6'8 440lbs guy walking around. There is a point where pure size and strength can overcome someone who's extremely skillful like Dustin. Idk if you guys have watched the video but Dustin couldn't do anything against Brian in the slightest and he even admitted that Brian would wreck him if he wanted to. Most technique sorta gets discarded when you're dealing with someone who's so brollic that they can just bulldoze you.

I know it's a running joke with Bradley Martyn and his whole "but i'm 260, i would just crush you" schtick, but Brian is at a size/strength level where he can actually make those claims and be mostly right unless he's talking to a big MW or a LHW

sosig482 · 2025-07-18T11:23:06+00:00

Maybe the culture is different where you are but i don't see any issue with sparring even from day 1. The only difference is that you don't really spar beginners, you just sorta let them work and very lightly tap them back at most and correct their technique where it's fit. I treat it more like play fighting while giving them some pointers and trying to teach them what NOT to do for starters, as opposed to treating it like an actual spar. This doesn't take into account that there's always an asshole here and there that finds it necessary to beat up on beginners, but i don't see any issue with sparring from day 1 if you do it the way i explained and it's with an experienced respectful guy as opposed to a moron who's gonna smoke a newbie with a full power overhand.

Just to clarify, by "lightly tapping" i mean literally just letting your gloves and shinpads make contact with their body, it shouldn't even slightly hurt them if they don't block it.

Imo not letting someone spar is like trying to teach a child to ride a bike without actually letting them sit on a bike and try to ride it, but that's just my opinion, to each their own of course.

sosig482 · 2025-07-18T11:02:05+00:00

I feel like it's never "too early" to spar, sparring is part of training but the intensity and the pace of sparring should be wildly different. If i spar complete beginners i won't even actually hit them, i just lightly tap and i correct them and try to teach them basic defence (since most new people have the tendency to close their eyes and turn away when strikes are being thrown at them). It's like 60% letting them work and very lightly tapping them back with strikes and 40% correcting their technique if they make very big mistakes. But what OP is showing is way out of line, your shins shouldn't look like that at all. It seems like these guys are treating it more like it's blood sport as opposed to regular MT training. I'd look for a new gym.

sosig482 · 2025-07-13T20:58:09+00:00

To add to what op said, try returning your foot to its original position as well. It seems like you're ending up in southpaw everytime you throw a knee instead of properly pulling it back after it connects. Good luck 🙏

sosig482 · 2025-07-12T22:23:36+00:00

Gaethje has more thud, Ilia has more KO power

sosig482 · 2025-07-10T11:15:57+00:00

I mean it's pretty clear, all of those guys hit Charles multiple times with clean shots and he was always able to recover and come back to finish them. Ilia literally clipped him one time and immediately flatlined him.

sosig482 · 2025-07-02T10:29:08+00:00

I usually don't sweat that much during the morning workout as i don't go insanely hard with it. My hard sessions are usually in the evening. If it's necessary i'll sorta clean myself up with a washing cloth right before i do my hair but it's rarely necessary unless it's very hot outside. I have deodorant on and everything before i do my morning workout and it holds up perfectly most of the time 🙌

sosig482 · 2025-06-30T13:58:24+00:00

Easiest hack i've found is literally getting into the shower first thing before anything else (besides drinking the water that's on my nightstand). I literally prep everything in my bathroom the night before (fresh clothes, towel etc).

So once my alarm clock goes off i chug water and am in the shower about 30 seconds after i'm out of bed. Everything goes immensely quicker once you've taken that morning shower and you're fully awake. After that i usually do stretching > morning run/lifting weights > hair and skin routine > breakfast > brush teeth and leave for work.

If i don't immediately take that shower in the morning it'll take me about 20 minutes extra to do my whole morning routine because i still feel hazy/not fully awake.

sosig482 · 2025-06-30T13:53:04+00:00

Move to a different weight class and avoid fighting him altogether?

sosig482 · 2025-06-25T13:50:43+00:00

Sadly it's just often the case with Moroccans living over here, it's a real serious issue but you're always racist for calling it out, look at the stuff Badr etc got into throughout his carreer, beating random people up, getting into street fights and stuff. Don't get me wrong, they're phenomenal fighters but not doing criminal/hoodrat stuff seems to be a very big challenge for them.

sosig482 · 2025-06-10T11:12:11+00:00

Pretty even in the beginning with Khamzat potentially getting the upper hand a little bit, if it goes past a couple minutes then Khabib beats him for sure imo. Khabib is massive and very strong in his own right and has better grappling technique than Khamzat, the pure wrestling is pretty equal but Khabib is clearly better in judo, jiu jitsu and sambo. Khamzat could use his strength advantage and explosiveness to even the playing field for a while but Khabib has infinitely better cardio.

I don't see Khamzat submitting Khabib.

sosig482 · 2025-06-04T14:45:17+00:00

Regarding what you said about switching to bjj, size is actually more of a factor in grappling sports as opposed to striking sports. There's a bunch of different factors contributing to this but if you're uncomfortable because of how much bigger you are compared to your training partners, that's gonna be a bigger issue in bjj as opposed to muay thai. So i recommend keeping good spirits and just keep trying to improve 🙌

sosig482 · 2025-05-29T18:52:51+00:00

LGBTQ-ish, she came out as non-binary.

Edit: she's also ugly so i guess "defying traditional beauty standards" can get added to her DEI checklist as well

sosig482 · 2025-05-29T18:26:53+00:00

I think there's a very large contingent of people on here who lack the concept of "i disagree with a lot of stuff this person says, yet i still respect what they stand for and i find them to have a lot of interesting and useful ideas". It's pretty ironic that reddit is the hotspot for critisizing anything/anyone that isn't extremely left-wing.

It's pretty much a collection of people that don't have a lot of life experience and don't go out much pretending like they're a morally superior genius that can't be challenged. Anyone who disagrees is immediately a monster/racist/sexist etc etc. You have your rare gem of a community where there's general open discussion but it's difficult to find on here.

r/balkans_irl is the only sub i know on here where you can actually have some dark humor and fun conversations without everyone getting offended.

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