Alex Pereira Spar’s without Headgear

[@johngallagher72]

1:17 ...Dont let those ads get close.

[@Mkayyyyyyy]

1:15 is better

[@johngallagher72]

@Mkayyyyyyy to close 😀

[@AARon-m6b]

❤😂😂😂

[@lacerator4418]

Back when chael was sponsored by ridgewallets he talked about using them daily or something in his ad. Then the drive through video came out and he was not using a ridge wallet 😂

[@SeanOMatic]

At this point, Im gonna assume Alex knows how to train.

[@AARon-m6b]

😂😂 let’s not get carried away

[@mikemosley2948]

@@AARon-m6bPoatan’s the only simultaneous Double Champ in Glory History, Fastest 2 Division Champ in UFC History, 1st fighter inducted in Glory Hall of Fame and will be in the UFC Hall of Fame. He’s also the Only fighter in History to win 2 Belts, in 2 Different weight classes, in 2 different Combat Sports (mma* kickboxing) in the 2 biggest promotions for their sport in the world (Glory/UFC) He’s got the training taken care of. 💩💯

[@tiberiow]

I think that is a fair assessment

[@kev30631]

I also think he's reached a status were his reputation and aura enters a room before he physically does. He hits harder, he is super accurate and is a emotionless destroyer. I fight to survive rounds not win . Goes through the thoughts.

[@jimmygundes6266]

Idk, but fighting isn't safe... Some prefer not running the risk of getting punched hard, others actually think it benefits them. I think that logically, the more you get punched, the more your resistance to receive those punches drops. Though I don't know if that is a thing that happens gradually, or if it actually has long term consequences while having short term benefits. Maybe it makes a fighter, generally, better at receiving and enduring, enduring is the better world, in a certain window of time... Which in Alex Poatan's case, I don't think he's gonna fight for much longer, maybe 2 or 3 more years, which may be within the time frame that these punches in sparring elevate his resilience... Though for a young fighter, if they are projecting many years, like 8 years in the sport as the best or trying to be the best, maybe it wouldn't be beneficial... Or maybe it would be in the beginning, but they'd know when it's time to slow down the intensity in sparring as passing that point passes the window frame. Who knows though, Alex Poatan has got 40 fights in kickboxing as well, since 2015 iirc, or 2014, so although newer into MMA than most, he's been fighting as tough battles as any UFC fighter who has been fighting since 2015 and is still active. In kickboxing, it may be even more dangerous as far as resistance goes because it's focused on striking, a more well versed and devastating striking than boxing, and fought against the best strikers in the world, so... It's just weird, because ofc he knows what benefits him. He wouldn't be doing things that drop his resistance, he also has a professional team, more than 2 coaches, who are specialists... And some fighters are unique. Maybe Alex is the type who defies logic in the sense of, his body is different, what holds most athletes down, for him it is beneficial... Maybe he's a special case in which although he has had more than 50 fierce fights in total, for 10 years, he is still getting better at 37 yo and is having his resistance added up just the more he goes. Idk, it's not logical. But idk really know, maybe Poatan is one of these types whose body is just special, whose body operates differently than what biologically would be a fact that the wear and tear is weakening them... Idk if that's possible, but maybe like there are anomalies to certain theories that are still valid, in spite of the anomalies, Alex is an anomaly that would not prove science wrong, just that his body has something that makes him an anomaly to the science law, rather than a contradiction to science...

[@TheRealSo_G]

Uncle Chael flexing he has Alex Pierre’s number lol

[@Eventual-Visitor]

Who's that, some French guy?

[@tiberiow]

"Piera"

[@stevielavietv8957]

That was masterful

[@vacilion]

as if he could communicate with poatan haha

[@lpandp90]

Lol

[@Vilão-JabCanhão]

Marco Ruas, UFC 7 champion, was the pioneer of MMA in Brazil, waging war against Gracie jiu jitsu in Rio de Janeiro, which was actually called "vale tudo", and which in English would be "no rules, everything allowed".

[@100LucasMB]

Btw this sparring Chael is talking about is from 4-5 years ago against the best Brazilian heavyweight boxer. Alex himself posted it in his KZbin channel last year and he said it was 4 years old.

[@jakehmckernan1]

Title: “Alex Periera sparring without head gear” Chael sonnen: So I was at a camp in Quebec with Firas Zahabi and GSP walked in the room unannounced… year was roughly around 2000, 2001 ish. Edit: I have now watched the video and I can’t help but to chuckle that 2001 was actually referenced. I almost referenced Marco Ruas as well lol

[@SAM-ru4vx]

Chael: so I was at this gym where the classes was interrupted by raid. Some guys from another city came in to challenge the coaches. Okay great So some guys with eastern European names were kickboxing against some Brazilians. It was like a K-1 one day tournament in front of my very eyes. 🤯My imaginary dream match was Volk Han vs Ernesto Hoist. And the ref was wait for it guys‼️ was none other than Bad Rutten.

[@romeoawaseb4555]

Got creative on this one ddnt you 🤣

[@jakehmckernan1]

@@SAM-ru4vx 😂 I love uncle chael but this guy can’t stay on topic to save his life

[@SAM-ru4vx]

@@jakehmckernan1 practice with head gear should include *headmovement* drills. A lot of moving parts here. So I was watching some movies on VHS starring Benny the Jet and thought to myself is he better than Don "the dragon" Wilson.

[@sertorious3]

3:30 "I won't pretend to get CTE" is an interesting sentence.

[@milothompson9809]

CTE got him

[@Mghol1968]

I can't say anything at 5:32 I wasn't looking at the TV and I thought he said the more you do girls the stronger your bi-ceps will get !! 🤔 Had to rewind 😂

[@NJdeplorable]

The leg cross at 5:46 goes so hard almost broke it in half

[@bretoncristobal]

Broke my orbital

[@tylersorg4586]

Fuck that made me lol.

[@WillieFungo]

Even this mans nuts have cte 🙏

[@davephillips-h2d]

Tito tapped

[@Ndw1995]

The vodka?

[@The_Humble_Hurricane]

Allegedly

[@bloodybobbygamecatx2532]

Fedor quit

[@pedrodutra4088]

5:55 we called it VALE-TUDO. That’s the proper term

[@dominicveltri403]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Thai sparring, that's the best pace to spar at it's like a playful game of tag. you can feel through the gloves when someone is going too hard, and while its not easy to be fast and accurate while not throwing too hard, its not impossible. that type of pace lends itself well to getting better at movements and learning experience so I'd imagine Alex is past that and knows how to train hard with limits.

[@belalbelal4614]

I’m a firm believer in headgear

[@camdonmaydew876]

Whether or not headgear protects the brain, it’s worth it because it protects my face, skin, and jaw bone (with a face bar). The guys pereira is sparring aren’t trying to knock him out, and pereira slips punches so close that headgear would annoy him. Head gear is great when you’re sparring someone who might try and knock you out if the get the chance (sadly too common at boxing gyms) and i believe when you use head gear and 16 oz gloves, it reduces the impact, whether from padding or 16s having people’s arms get tired. The studies saying headgear doesn’t help are likely skewed by several things. 1. It might not help as much in 10 oz gloves compared to 16s 2. Gyms that don’t use headgear likely spar more light and controlled, meaning there’s no good control group for studies (the national library of medicine seems to corroborate this) 3. Gyms that use head gear have sparring sessions where the athletes are trying to hurt each other even if one gets wobbled If you preach against headgear, you’ve never boxed in a boxing gym with someone trying to take your head off. When i had only trained mma and Muay Thai i thought headgear was stupid, after my first time sparring boxing i knew I’d never spar at the boxing gym without it. If i had to pick between a mouth price and headgear I’d pick headgear. I also check my partners gloves before sparring now. I got rocked my a guy with totally worn out 12 oz gloves and he might as well have hit me bare knuckle. Also, if you don’t spar hard at least once a month, and your 0-0, you aren’t ready for a fight.

[@PietSneeuw]

You are stubborn. The headgear gives you a false sense of security while it actually increases your chances of being ko-ed. Basic science. Heavier item= Heavier impact on the brain.

[@d0ublestr0ker0ll]

Chael. Golden Gloves, USA Boxing. My boys club I grew up next to had a pristine professional ring, heavy bags, speed bags, all the gear, trainers. Just because you wrestled in friggin Oregon doesn't mean there isn't amateur boxing in inner cities and their suburbs.

[@seebarry4068]

5:37 this stuff obviously isn't the case as we know now. As does Francis Ngannou. He could've sparred forever, but he most likely never got hit as hard in training as Joshua hit him in the fight, and you would assume up until that moment he thought nobody could hit that hard.

[@gabrielbittar3769]

Alex Pereira and also Sean Strickland are two types of guys who do sparring every day, without a helmet and they are violent Sparring.

[@ValtinhoBranco]

Helmets end up taking away much of the usefulness of training. One aspect of fighting is having the ability to dodge blows, receive them and deal with them, whether it's a counterattack or something like that. If you put on a helmet you end up relying on it but you won't have it in the fight. This ends up making the training poor.

[@Emohoofromhooville]

the video is kinda old. not "going around". It probably barley popped up on his feed. Chaels unc is showing

[@valygomu]

So the Idea is that headgear make your head a bigger target, and it give more leverage to the punch. Meaning that it may protect the fleshy part of your face. It will protect you from bruises and cuts but when tou get punched hard the padding make your head accelerate further and shake your brain more. Also it might give confidence to your partner " hey he is wearing a headgear I can go a little harder" I think we should think of the headgear in MMA like the mountain biker think of their helmets. Wear it but remember that it doesn't make it ok to land on your face

[@seanprobber7711]

I’ve done a lot of sparring, and the biggest knocks I’ve ever had were with the head gear on. I think the glove gets stuck to the head gear and it makes your head bounce in a way that it doesn’t without head gear on a sweaty face. I remember the first time I got hit with head gear on it felt like I got hit by a truck. I think there is something to this idea

[@janinks2109]

you’re not wrong, i do muay thai, and in my gym and especially in thailand, none of the fighters wear headgear, because sparring is more playing than actual fighting and not too many CTE cases to my knowledge

[@elieiwanga2503]

Pereira softening his chin up sparring hard like that

[@FkTheUFC]

Hm, who’s word should I take…eliewanga2503 bozo on KZbin or one of the greatest fighters in combat sport history?

[@DirtyHairy01]

Great question! I would assume Alex knows what he’s doing considering he came from kickboxing, and has been sparring for years, could be more difficult to dodge with headgear?

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[@theexfro.]

even if wearing headgear doesn't help stop concussions they still help prevent cuts during camp

[@tomj6941]

Head gear would give me headaches and it’s harder to slip punches bc you have to move your head 2 more inches

[@stevenkalin6845]

Love pereira one of my favorite fighters. But always concerned in his fights with his hands low, I understand there’s reasons to do so, like the opponent don’t see punches coming. All good but when adesanya with more speed caught him in the second fight concerns me, especially a guy with power and more speed connects. Always edge of my seat watching his fights thinking to myself don’t get caught keep those hands up chin down eyes up and bite down, head movement and circle. 🤔

[@allhandsonsteamdeck1440]

Word. Salad until 8:42 you are welcome 😁

[@DARKJITSU30]

Alex pieraa jajajajaj😅😅😅

[@Mujahid1-h9d]

That video is old, it’s against an Aussie heavyweight in Australia.

[@Aaron-zk2wu]

AMC Kickboxing and Pankration is where I started training "MMA", Pankration is the original term, you're right.

[@Digbig_123]

My bad sonnen I was at work

[@jamescole4245]

no chance Siri also pronounces it "Pea-Aira"

[@bradn.2287]

I train at Glovers, the fight team doesn’t wear headgear during sparring, the rest of us are required to.

[@ajmaneee]

I think headgear should be mandated as it prevents cuts, but it can make you feel claustrophobic, and Alex has a big ass head. Chama 🗿

[@sirteabag8652]

"What's up fight fans" ???? I can't believe the script got Chael to say that

[@seebarry4068]

Dempsey Mckean is the boxer, good fighter. Just got demolished by a british fighter called Moses Ituma. Coming to a world heavyweight championship fight near you soon.

[@savagereign]

Headgear doesn't reduce concussive attrition. In fact one could argue presence of headgear negatively impacts said repetitive stress status in guaranteed 4 instances but up to 5 different ways. . 1. Brain still rattles inside skull regardless of external padding. Inertia of brain matter suspended inside liquid within bony structure suddenly being slapped against said unforgiving surface. 2. Headgear imbalances head. Makes bobbing and weaving more difficult. Fighter will have issues with defensive stamina.(neck) 3. Makes the head larger and makes slips require a much larger margin to succeed, thus ensuring more head jarring events will necessarily occur. 4. Headgear creates a false sense of security regarding safety of the head, and thus may lead to more rounds sparring(equates to more brain trauma) without adequate safeguards. 5. Fighter psychology mid sparring. Head gear can cause a fighter to relax the iron grip on their power mid sparring. Someone gets a good lick, and the testosterone brain starts the one upping game. Sans headgear the fighters are more cognizant of making sure to measure the shots better.

[@Arthur-Mallmann]

Chael Sonnen has Alex Pierre's number. And there's a chance, that guy may be Poatan as well

[@BobcatCharlie]

No views in 2 mins. COOKED.

[@lancemoore4398]

159 in 8 mins. SO BACK

[@BobcatCharlie]

@@lancemoore4398240 in 13. BAD!

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546 in 26 minutes. Is this the fall of the bad guy?

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626 in 30. It’s so Joever

[@wendigo1881]

Low IQ comment(s) 🤦🏼

[@charkyicenhour587]

Boxing gloves, foam pads.... helps, expand the Energy of Strength n power.

[@drebatista]

It’s not about that. Headgear prevent cuts and black eyes

[@danielmcnicholl5488]

I have heard it’s akin to the rugby football argument with headgear you have a false sense of security and will take more punishment and since cushion isn’t stopping your brain from bouncing around you add up more damage overtime

[@MrAndys21]

This is exactly what I thought. Headgear makes no difference.

[@Gabrielnobre]

In my poor opinion, I think Alex wants his body to instinctively remember (through the pain), all the time, the cost of leaving openings and making mistakes against his oponnents.

[@Gustavohustle]

Many fighters don't like to wear headgear. Mainly fighters from Brazil. We have this culture that fighting has to be something based on aggression, suffering, pain... So many of them don't care about this scientific side. Pereira, for example, doesn't go on a diet, he doesn't have a nutritionist, he eats what he wants. Islam Makhachev says that food is one of the most important things... who is right? idk too

[@andrewkielbasowycz1915]

Headgear is meant for point fighting

[@xlegoat23x45]

World champion kickboxer Gabriel varga says that headgear makes it easier for you to get hit in the head because it’s a bigger target

[@FkTheUFC]

Gabriel who? World champion kickboxer in what?

[@battlefielding]

I feel like Alex is tryna lose but he just doesn’t 😂

[@poweredbyrice5708]

It's weird man I have been boxing for 26 years and done both....headgear is I wouldn't say is better or worse it is different. You can't dodge punches as easily and the gloves stick as in they don't graze and slip off they no matter what impact even a glancing blow...and the headgear makes your head a bigger target..now without you feel it more, but you can avoid getting hit much easier especially when you're sweaty. I seem to actually prefer without and getting hit than with.

[@wingusdingus9447]

Did Tito wear headgear?

[@peteasarisi2536]

Depends how hard the strikes landing are, no?

[@sryconn]

Just like a football helmet, headgear is good at preventing fractures and lacerations. Not good at preventing concussions/CTE.

[@Impressive_refraction]

They took them out because the headgear supposedly gave fighters a false sense of security. Leading them to take bigger risks and focus less on defense.

[@ryanstinson726]

the video is from last year

[@ChadDanes]

3.3k 3 hours

[@ZWhiskey]

Headgear is to prevent cuts and broken noses if you’re lucky. Doesn’t do anything more than that

[@davidhurrelbrink6754]

I always thought that brain damage was cause by your brain slamming into the inside of your own skull. I don’t know how much protection headgear offers from that. I think light sparring without headgear is safer than hard sparring with headgear.

[@patricknez7258]

I support wearing head gear in training but just imo

[@stevielavietv8957]

Riddle me this ! If you’re sparring a guy with headgear it’s a bigger target and are you going to hit punch harder because there is a false sense of safety?

[@charkyicenhour587]

Eliite Kickbkxer, Alex. Weeks ago.... hand grip test... 160LBs..... in 1 hand. Nooo, wayy

[@Mghol1968]

Wait was he receiving a call or bc he said Alex Pereira his phone started to call "Poatan" ?? Hey Champ put his name as "Poatan" on your contact list 🤷‍♂️

[@ben9262]

Pretty sure everyone at Xtreme Cotour doesn’t use headgear

[@pLaIrVaIdNoGx]

You're an intelligent man Uncle Chael, so I'm certain you didn't put the apostrophe in spars. Plural word's don't get apostrophe's. See how weird that look's?

[@stevielavietv8957]

Uncle Chael some Say that headgear adds to more head shots and actually worse. Please debunk this

[@TheYow]

Study is from university of physical education in poland

[@alfredoramirez2538]

11.5k in 23hrs

[@nb-rc8nf]

The American Gangster

[@LedbetterLuka]

I was thinking this too. AP always getting hit in the head in sparing and always has his hands so low. but he’s tough so maybe it doesn’t matter?

[@coltonuribe8617]

Don’t think cte cares if you’re “tough”. Junior Seau was as tough as they come

[@ben9262]

@@coltonuribe8617headgear won’t protect you from CTE

[@wendigo1881]

​@coltonuribe8617 exactemundo

[@Dixus10]

Alex Peeara

[@guybrushtwood]

Just spend 1 hour of your time learning fighters names, Chael. You could even make a video about it afterwards. Comparing what you used to call them and what their actual names are…neither will happen but one can hope.

[@Tarkovnewbiee]

Its "Pereira" not "Piera" unc

[@jaya8352]

So many different pronunciations for this guy, Pierra, Peredda, Potato, I swear everyone says it different. I just go with good old fashioned Perera myself. Otherwise good content as usual.

[@AARon-m6b]

Charma

[@MrAwak3]

That camp spars way too hard. No need to hit to the head that hard. You can’t develop a chin, only lose it.

[@hayden1696]

I love you. Undefeated undisputed ufc Lionel champion

[@KING0420]

Put your headgear on or take care of your partner. The body wasn’t made to be beaten

[@theoxbeling]

bro nobody here in Brazil spars with headgear

[@shayleshc223]

I think headgear is good for safety and not get cuts or damage... as for the hit impact force would be the roughly the same with or without headgear... But what i very often dont hear is the size of the headgear... The headgear makes the head a bigger of a target.. If you are used to slippen the punches by just an inch... zero touches... And with headgear on, maybe most punches would still hit the headgear, looking like u didn't slip it enough.. wich gives a false feedback, because you would slip the punch without the headgear... I myself prefer using no headgear... You need to have trust in your parters that they wont go crazy on you... and vice versa.. talk about it before starting.. its about honor and respect...

[@charkyicenhour587]

He sent Sonnen Home.... Headgear... or?!! Get hkm off cameras and pictures.

[@keiranhannifin6979]

That apostrophe bothers me

[@jasont7814]

Haha, I noticed that as well. Chael needs an editor.

[@francis_the_goof4373]

Head gear only protects super fiscal damage, brain injuries and long term trauma comes from the brain bouncing off the corners of the skull. At least thats how i see it.

[@nickprice5388]

C, but talk about it

[@curtisphillips243]

Pierrea.

[@bombassbeefjerky9708]

LetZgo

[@HalfassedMan1]

Chael this is important enough for you to know so I am copying from my reply to another comment and pasting it in a separate comment here This is correct. Think about a steering wheel, the larger the wheel the more leverage that is applied. This leverage is being applied to your neck which has your brainstem inside of it. When you get whiplash it is actually a concussion to your brainstem and spinal cord in addition to the muscles and joints of the spine.

[@LilHavana-on1zn]

LFG

[@dangmetafunny]

Pee era can box with out head gear but he’ll never be undefeated and undisputed, it’s just one of those things an interchangeable mediocrity if you will but if I may juxtapose this with where does Kevin Lee fit in all of this?

[@robertgronowski6341]

It bothers chael that this video doesn't involve Ramadan fighters. Idk what chael is so afraid of, he's rightfully retired. 2.i wonder what the next Dagestan request of card pull will be. "My religion brotha, my religion, don't you know!"chavier Mendez has to feel dirty. He's a comrade not a patriot.

[@hunterharris1243]

Lotta guys stop wearing head padding because it lets them get too comfortable getting hit It hurts less but ur brain is still getting the trauma

[@Zoran-rf5zs]

illia vs islam

[@rustyshaklferd1897]

C

[@RonnieDeel-dq4bi]

If Chael says something listen!!and if you don't Your a looser simple is that!!!

[@TheRealSo_G]

Uncle Chael flexing he has Alex Pierre’s number lol