The 10 Most Notorious MMA Gym Bullies

[@ALiBi212x]

“I only train with people larger than me, so I CAN’T be a bully!” Sounds like some bully logic to me.

[@iam-retarded-but]

how

[@aarni4819]

@@iam-retarded-but You can definitely bully people bigger than you.

[@gapaintball7811]

@@aarni4819 that's what an asshole calls a loophole.

[@Chilltown95]

Sounds like a bully trying to better himself lol

[@stephenstruman7235]

Him being a bully could be the reason why he’s only allowed to spar bigger guys.

[@Waynekurr]

Haven’t watched yet, but I already know TJ is on this list

[@johnedillittle416]

Beat me to it damn it.

[@spookmaster106]

@@johnedillittle416 when you miss The top comment by seconds 😞

[@armandoguerra7658]

20 seconds in and yup, there he is

[@UFC0608]

I thought the same about Hector lombard lol

[@mitsos814]

Lombard too

[@tetsuaburaya4613]

Wonderboy said once said he saw Lombard knockout someone in sparring and that’s why he decided not to train at ATT

[@IncredibleMD]

From his youtube channel, wonderboy seems like he'd be high on the list of 10 best training partners. I have no martial arts experience and I'd be perfectly confident sparring with him.

[@thehighcommunity247]

@@IncredibleMD that's exactly how it should be man!! 💯

[@heavyion]

​@@IncredibleMDYes, because he also trains children and beginners. He knows that health is the most important thing in the sport.

[@SoftyakaBlade]

Starts training to avoid bullies -->Gets bullied by trained athletic bullies this time

[@KittSpiken]

"I got to the gym and knocked out the toughest guy there." "OK, seems excessive but makes sense." "Then I trashed the toughest chick there." "Wait, why?"

[@jake4194]

Lol right

[@GrooviestQ]

The left hand of God is rated E for everyone

[@vanivermo]

Equality

[@GrooviestQ]

@@vanivermo Conor V Cyborg confirmed?

[@natogfg]

"And why you dont have any senior training in here? I want KTFO of some old dude too!"

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

Top ten -houses sold by Al Iaquinta -“that shouldn’t have worked but did” moments -cringiest fighters -fighters who never use their background martial art in the cage -times PED’s didn’t make a difference

[@Z4N3]

I just think about Cruz vs Dillashaw for the last one

[@djhotdawg8435]

@@Z4N3 cejudo vs tj Chad vs conor chael vs silva

[@kickja4]

2) Every Tony Ferguson Fight 3) Triple c, Ronda Rousey, Diego Sanchez 4) Justin Gaethje, Cody Garbrandt 5) Triple C vs TJ EPOShaw, Jones vs Reyes

[@jaymthesn5981]

Cringiest Fighter 's list??? The Only place where Henry Cejudo Can be considered the GOAT or a GOAT Contender.

[@djhotdawg8435]

@@jaymthesn5981 colby,O'malley,sterling and usman are contenders

[@mrdumbfellow927]

Overeem vs Stipe: "I clearly felt a tap". Overeem vs. Sparring partners "there are NO taps"....

[@RelentlessPedigree]

Libel nerd

[@4evrmind]

😂😂

[@kevinmurphy5878]

There was no check!

[@damianrehbein3992]

When you spar Overeem, the only Ref is Namasaki.

[@g29000]

unbreakable titanium shimbewn

[@Modern_Trivia]

I heard Dillashaw was Co-staring in a movie with Samuel L Jackson where Dillashaw was playing one of the antagonists on an airplane.

[@duce185]

He needs to be in a remake of the goonies as sloth.

[@SDCB754]

Haha! I just got that :D

[@SamuraiSilverhand]

“That little snake on the plane” - Conor McGregor

[@russell2890]

Good one

[@jayluis189]

Got the joke right away 😂😂

[@jeremyjamm3131]

When you realise the lions den was just an extension of the foster kid factory Ken & Frank's ""dad"" ran when they were kids, makes you realise it was just abuse victims repeating the cycle in a much larger & more accepted scale. But most of these are just d bag bullies none of them were a surprise

[@aleksanderb.5254]

From what i've read Bob saved their lifes. They were troubled youths and in Frank's case abused before Shamrock's foster home.

[@jeremyjamm3131]

@@aleksanderb.5254 it was a pretty dark situation, it may have been the lesser of 2 evils, but he basically made a foster kid fight club and adopted the champions. He may have HAD the best intentions... but I mean ... abuse is abuse. It wasn't just a "school of hard knocks" he was running

[@JSchaffer214]

@@jeremyjamm3131 That's just kind of how "MMA" was back then. Most of those guys came up from street fighting and toughman contests. Technique was secondary to beating the absolute shit out of someone by any means necessary. Those guys were legitimate tough guys and so the train of thought was to teach them to be "tough" first and foremost. The way Shamrock did it was just the only way he knew so that's how he taught it to others.

[@jeremyjamm3131]

@@JSchaffer214 that has nothing to do with Ken and Frank's shamrocks dad having a stead stream of dozens of foster kids and fought them in their back yard. He adopted the champions. Also frank and Ken both had phenomenal technique ESPECIALLY for their day & age of the sport.

[@dongvermine]

@@jeremyjamm3131totally ignorant comments…he was doing great things and was a saint….

[@vernonhampton5863]

I know a guy that got out of prison and tried out for Lion's Den San Diego back in 2000. He said he was strangled and arm bared by Ken Shamrock himself and he ignored his taps. He said he quit the gym to avoid going back to prison.

[@chanandler4567]

Damn! From “don’t drop the soap,” to rear-naked choke? That’s rough. 😄

[@DanAnkers]

A guy fresh out of prison knows that there's more than one way to skin a cat. And real war isn't fought in a ring

[@DiogenesWasRight90]

@@DanAnkers yep. People who are okay with injuring training partners in the gym can get lead poisoning or poked full of holes in the parking lot 👌🏻

[@ramainmcfarlane7828]

“Matt Hughes was a gym bully” now I’m happy GSP whooped his ass 2😂

[@Landlord0fTheFilthy]

FACTSSSSS

[@danielfarquharson661]

What GSP didn't do, a train finished off, used to feel bad for him getting in that accident, now I see he just had it coming, too bad he didn't see it.

[@ramainmcfarlane7828]

@@danielfarquharson661 karma I’m still happy he’s alive tho

[@Lootroq]

@@ramainmcfarlane7828 His family certainly isn't

[@funkk]

Same. i didn't know these stories. Fucking hate that type of people and coaches who tolerate them.

[@the_life_of_rye95]

I find it so satisfying that kavanagh was the first to humble McGregor.

[@구움프]

guess he already ate that humble cake way before khabib

[@idkmynametho8391]

Conors been tapping since day one, literally.

[@LowenKoniig]

I bet it made conor felt good beating up that girl in sparring. But what do you expect from him

[@the_life_of_rye95]

@@LowenKoniig Man... I really wanna like Conor. But if anyone else would've done the sake things as him I'd hate them. Throwing a dolly at a bus. Being accused of rape/indecent exposure. He's clearly cheated on Dee a lot. Punching an old dude in the face on video. Now we found out he hit women hard in sparring 🤦‍♀️.

[@aerediamond1008]

@@the_life_of_rye95 yes. Hes real entertaining, but he's seems like a really nasty person

[@makarandwadagave4694]

ubereems trip to galaxy by Ngannou feels satisfying after watching this video

[@fredericdarietto9546]

yeah exactly.The elbow Den Henderson put on Lombard too.

[@danielbelak145]

Or the fact that Ken Shamrock got beaten up by Kimbo (I know that it was in time where he was way past his prime, but still)

[@SamuraiSilverhand]

@@danielbelak145 Kimbo earned respect for that

[@Viking4real]

It wasn't the same Overeem unfortunately, his behaviour and body language and confidence was all gone when he fought Ngannou. When he used to be a gym bully you could tell he acted different, this is around the time when he fought Lesnar, Bigfoot, Travis Browne, Frank Mir, he was so smug, just look at him.

[@fredericdarietto9546]

@@Viking4real he didn't have confidence rightfully wause his chin was so deteriorated. Couldn't take a punch anyumore.

[@Tony-gy1iy]

Damn. Hearing the stories about what went on with Matt Hughes and his gym is just sad! I feel bad for any new gym members who wanted to give MMA a shot and were bullied and unessesarily beaten up by their teammates. Especially considering this was still when MMA was no where near as well known as it is today. You would think that these larger gyms would want to encourage people to give the sport of MMA a try, instead of pushing them away with their bullying.

[@hillweggs641]

Karma's a bitch. Hope Hughes enjoyed being hit by that train.

[@rogertrahan1691]

If I was an MMA business owner, I would be sweating bullets if stuff like this was happening at my gym. The fact that no one has had to settle a lawsuit or been arrested for assault is a fucking miracle. The whole thing is gonna blow up in their face once it starts.

[@jimlahey3919]

Have you heard of “waivers”? Common practice in any combat gym. You aren’t entering a gym without signing a waiver that makes sure the gym is not liable

[@moderncombatarts5993]

It’s happened. A bjj instructor recently got sued for millions cause he paralyzed someone during practice.

[@treydrobinson]

The 10 times Joshua Fabia was being a weirdo cult leader

[@noxzy69]

@@lawngnome777 True, it'd be hard to narrow it down to just 10.

[@awaister]

There isn't a list big enough to recount all those times

[@thedonofthsht76-58]

Yo he has Stephan Bonner with him now too! Tf is wrong with those guys lol

[@NicolaMaxwell]

Did you see Mindsmashs upload on it? My heart hurts for Diego. 🙏

[@dehazetluanga9943]

nah...better to NOT do that list...guys' got enough publicity...better to just fogeta 'bout-im...that will infuriate him more, cause with the way things are going, be it good or bad publicity...his plan's on track

[@justibby9377]

Tony Ferguson the type of guy to ask for top ten coaches on tuf

[@aidanh6186]

Wow good one!

[@mikeypotts4732]

I knew the top comment would be a tony ferguson one hahah

[@zakgunning1]

I'd like to have been a fly on the wall when Zelim tried it with Forrest, Forrest is the nicest guy in the world but get on his wrong side and he'll rip your face off

[@TandJgaming]

Yeah it was tough to see Anderson knock his block off and make him look like a drunk bar goer but I guess that just speaks to the greatness of Anderson Silva because Forrest is a beast of a man.

[@MoshJunkie426]

Makes me proud and grateful that from day one my gym made me feel like I belonged to a home

[@jayyaskiw582]

I was in the gym in Brazil at BTT when Rousimar Palhares popped someone's knee with a leg lock. I was there for 3 days. Literally I was training with him seconds earlier and he dropped me on my head. The guy was frightening and not well loved.

[@definitelynosebreather]

It's always the ones you expect the most

[@FlechFisher]

my former coach also had dealings with him and knew him personally for a while. lets just say he strongly advised us to never roll with him...

[@enzocarneiro6748]

Palhares is a weird case bc dude is nice af but rolling he is a psycho, heard good stuff about him personally but horrible shit about training with him

[@botondbakos5954]

Zelim slapped Pereira then got beaten tf up in their fight, it was so satisfying

[@flint4966]

Pereira kissed his own hand then slapped him with it 😂 honestly my favourite fight to watch

[@zero1u19]

Yo that was a funny fight to watch, dude get bullying by Pereira

[@nabillahlabat5570]

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[@niqowyd]

Bullies always end up getting bullied at some point.

[@Vagelis_tzif]

Pereiras slaps made Diaz brothers jealous

[@ItsAVolcano]

The only teammates I ever see defend Overeem were either way outside of his weight class (and thus, not regular sparring partners) or were just to dangerous for Overeem to bully.

[@zakgunning1]

Or in Cowboys case just a fucking nutjob haha

[@Paranoidpedantic]

@@zakgunning1 also fits in the "2 small to be a regular sparring partner" slot

[@masrr3678]

His teammates at Elevation love him

[@GhostHacker55]

I think Lombard is full of shit about Barnett too. From everything I’ve heard Barnett is a really good coach.

[@bradleyfoust7291]

I don't know, Overeem was always cool he is just very large and explosive. I don't think he was a bully so much as just a competitive guy. Arlovski was a very good guy too though, I think the difference in training methodologies between the two created some resentment but it is what it is.

[@gooja9966]

Joaquin Buckley? James Krause claims he's banned from every big gym in St. Louis

[@overbanked]

He's the first one that came to mind

[@fmspjanus]

To many people to choose from i guess :D Besides Buckley was not even a thing before the KO of the year.

[@User-54631]

Used to see Ken shamrock in the 90s at warehouse party’s, raves, bars etc. most the time, was the only person walking around without a smile on his face.

[@yeshuasage3724]

He was in a brutal roid filled business, dafuk would you expect him to go around feeling jolly and being friendly? He just came their to bust a nut quick and go back to training. Don't bitch about a guy being rough when he comes from a rough world.

[@elfamosourienmain3009]

@@yeshuasage3724 ow the edge, pls don't beat me into a living death

[@hrdstrange3322]

@@elfamosourienmain3009 can feel the angst emanating from this guy

[@quickstep2408]

@@yeshuasage3724 damn dude, you keep that razor blade nearby dont cha?

[@SuperSanity1]

Been to a couple MMA gyms to see if I could get into it, but without fail they all ask me to step in and spar with a guy who's training for a fight on day 1. The question "What does that do for him or me?" Yeah, that usually goes unanswered.

[@blakeb9964]

Lol that's insane. Did you have any experience at all??

[@santanafan1713]

Here in the Netherlands it's common knowledge that Overeem is a bully in the gym

[@rh4470]

True.

[@yeshuasage3724]

Can you blame him, he got brain damage from 20 years of fighting and sparring. The guy is in no place to be judged

[@santanafan1713]

@@yeshuasage3724 I dare disagree.....same goes for a lot of other fighters and sparring partners but in training there normally is an unspoken code not to use dirty tricks and unnecessarily injure each other. Alistair is known for not giving a shit and causing uncalled for damage.

[@onlybetasgetoffendedbystri8030]

After seeing this video if he really did stuff like this I’m glad he got destroyed by volkov.

[@quickstep2408]

bro... it's the netherlands tho. their standards in most gyms over there for aggression are way harder than the average north american kickboxing gym. even if you're a kid, your partner is going 80%, which is usually the norm. again, it's just their kickboxing culture. so no wonder overeem looks like a bully, he grew up in that environment, the same with alot of dutch kickboxers/mma fighters. it's the north american fighters that choose to be this way that stand out more.

[@foamactionnetwork2743]

Pereira slapping the hell out of Imadaev now seems so much more awesome

[@donnydogpiss4533]

Oh shit I forgot about that. Yeah, fuck that guy. Good on Pereira for that.

[@RobWstringofnumbersnletters]

Thanks for the reminder, and now I know what fight I'm gonna watch next

[@recipoldinasty]

Tbh all those lnbreds incluiding khebab praised the incident, but khebab is a cash cow

[@emjay2d]

yeah.. im gonna have to go look that one up immediately. wtf? That guys got some srs stupidity to be saying some shit like that publicly (let alone think it).

[@foamactionnetwork2743]

@@emjay2d Where he lives or amongst the people he's around that might have been a common or preferred sentiment. Sounds insane in the west (and is insane), but after his last fight where he looked God awful, maybe he's not expecting to fight outside ACB anyway 🤣

[@Chicken-Chaser]

As someone who respects the heart and forever burning determination mixed martial artists must have, this stuff has always been infuriating. I got into martial arts because of bullies and shit, to see this high school attitude take place, with approval of some people I respect, it’s the opposite of what this sport is supposed to be about.

[@inflameslp311]

I am not a martial artist of any sort, but I could imagine a lot of the wrong kind of people get into combat sports as an excuse to beat up on people. You’d like to think that the ones who are already successful would weed these guys out, but unfortunately a lot of them can manage to be successful despite having the wrong motivations.

[@akilbrazier1421]

Exactly. It literally defeats the purpose

[@fmspjanus]

Well MMA gyms are super new things. A lot of people who were into Krav Maga and all that edgy " i wish i was in military " shit would join those back in the days. Personally never did MMA, only boxing. If a coach would put me with advenced/semi-pro/pro lads on the first day i would just leave... Getting hurt is one thing, being bullied is other. If u are near this envoirnment just leave there is plenty of places to train martial arts. Also probably i would suggest not to go straight away to MMA Gym, but go to specialized stuff, muay thai, boxing, bjj, grappling. Those schools are old and have reputation to uphold. My first real sparring session where me and fella went properly at eachother was after 4 months of training btw. We were equally bad so it was great!

[@lastword8783]

@@fmspjanus boxing has the same stories

[@ryandvorak2066]

@@fmspjanus yeah you never want to go to a gym they pushes you to spar of god forbid compete before you’re ready

[@YossGold]

Fun fact: At no point in any of their careers could the standing members of the Lion's Den pass the gauntlet they put the new guys through. Every single one of them would gas out after barely 10% of what was described.

[@muhyee294]

Lol yes considering shamrock was the leader was roided up loser now I’m glad Tito used to embarrass them

[@quickstep2408]

@@muhyee294 remember when shamrock was our champion to take out the gracies back in the day... now he's just a meathead.

[@hillweggs641]

@@muhyee294 what?

[@BarkusMuhl]

Ken himself had about 2 minutes of cardio.

[@wingerding]

He said: Lol yes considering shamrock was the leader was roided up loser now I’m glad Tito used to embarrass them

[@aboxofphotons]

Take an emotionally unstable person then train them up to be a fighter... what could go wrong?...

[@shrimp19921]

I wouldn’t refer to Conor beating up a girl as being “a savage.”

[@Matt_Mosley1983]

Exactly. Savage doesn't start with a *C* (you know what word)

[@DIGITALGAMER25]

xxxxxxx2

[@deathboyinc]

I don't think he means savage in a good context

[@CarlosGarcia-nt4wf]

I would , equality

[@samme79]

One more reason to root for Dustin against Conor

[@SchruteFarms]

TJ got bullied by Triple C and that was so satisfying.

[@idonthaveaname4911]

Never got why people thought that was an early stoppage he got dropped like 4 times and was getting hit.

[@GinkgoPete]

@@idonthaveaname4911 People being TJ ?

[@num1Jaysta]

@@GinkgoPete TJ fanboys at the time and Triple C haters

[@madgavin7568]

TJ damn near killed himself making weight for 125, completely unadvised. I'd have loved to see TJ and Triple C fight at 135 though, Fight of the Night written all over it.

[@hellboyjv3]

@@madgavin7568 I believe that Henry would have crushed him at 135. Henry could even possibly been 145 pound champ if he really wanted to go for it. IMO

[@yuriboyka7423]

Before I even played the video, I had a feeling that Matt Hughes and Ken Shamrock are going to be on this list. Little did I know they will hold the first 2 spots. It's not that I was aware of their brutal training methodology, I didn't hear any stories or anything, it was simply an educated guess based on their personality, ego, and the impression they leave.

[@jayluis189]

Yep same

[@saneiac]

Agreed. I had never heard any of the Matt Hughes stories either, but when his name popped up, I was like, "Well, that's not a surprise."

[@jaymac7203]

"It was meant to be touch sparring but he was immediately met with spinning elbows and flying knees" loool that really got me 😭😭😭😂😂😂

[@findawaytowin2968]

I’ve seen lombard throw emotional psychotic tantrums many times in the gym, even against guys that weren’t even fighters that were just there to do fitness heavy bag classes on the side.

[@spacerider12]

Knocking each other out in training and then wonder why you're getting CTE...

[@bloatersnake9787]

Kinda dissapointing Joaquin Buckley isnt on this list, dude got kicked out of every gym he's ever been and wanted to fight James Krause for not taking him in lol

[@Milesman100]

Kevin Holland's son?

[@madgavin7568]

Probably not as well known, dude was a one hit wonder with his spin kick KO and then proceeded to get his hype train derailed by a fighter on a three fight skid who knocked him out with a head kick.

[@haze4828]

I've got a feeling Rousimar Palhares, upon switching gyms realized it'd probably not end well if he tried that shit on the Nogueiras

[@mrowley7300]

Jesus I didn't realize Hughes was THAT bad...I'm glad he survived the train crash but damn after hearing that its hard to respect him

[@martiallife4136]

His gym was very bad. A lot of gyms were like that but you only end up with a very small amount of people to train with. This is why there seems to be not a lot of actual MMA gyms around.

[@icelandiccubicle3418]

he mutiltaed little animals for fun too, psychopath

[@TheRiot406]

I fight at 135 and 145 and my favorite thing about gym bullies is that there is almost always a fighter several weight classes up or even below ready to humble that bully. On a few occasion I've been the fighter delivering that humbling blow.

[@justarandomdudewithagoatee8918]

Tony the type of guy to lose 2 in a row to check the loyalty of his fan base .

[@shotarodeniet3301]

wow first time I see this one, tremendously original comment. Thanks for the laugh.

[@denisl2760]

why the third loss then?

[@bicmitchum1368]

Why i love gsp so much , he explains how most these guys leave their careers in the gym

[@thedonofthsht76-58]

AHHH I KNEW THAT LITTLE SNAKE IN THE GRASS WOULD BE IN HERE🤣🤣🤣

[@mariofatovic6521]

Wow, original

[@Jake-bt3fc]

I'll send this to the next person I hear circlejerking about how humble martial arts makes people and how "Getting tapped out every totally day kills your ego, maaannnn."

[@d_ruggs]

i use to compete at 145 (no weight cut) and one of my training partners was a guy named Roger Hollet. we sparred a number of times before his ufc fight against that deaf guy (this was years ago). He was one of the worst people I ever sparred and probably cut my career short. there are a lot of guys who spar like its a fight. i mean, i get it, but roger, you were literally twice my size, nearly 300 pounds and 6 to 8 inches taller. didnt need to try and take my head off constantly.

[@leatheryfoot6354]

If Joaquin Buckley getting banned from every gym in his zipcode isn't on this list, then I don't know what is.

[@khalbrucie]

As far as I know Krause is the only person that's actually made this claim tho.

[@mmaclipsuknow]

He's probably not too big of a name to be here. I imagine a lot of lesser-known fighters go hard in gyms.

[@devtastic9394]

@@mmaclipsuknow yeah how can he compete with star power of Zelim Imadaev

[@mmaclipsuknow]

@Mal Theri someone on reddit (with actual proof he has trained with Buckley) also said Buckley came to his gym and was going really hard on amateur guys

[@leatheryfoot6354]

@@mmaclipsuknow is it just a coincidence that you and Mal Theri have the same profile pic.

[@royalty_the1892]

Haven't seen one minute yet but Ken Shamrock is the first name that comes to mind. He tortured his own adopted brother Frank. I remember him as one of the worst bullies.

[@javiernegron2633]

yeah iirc frank said ken broke his arm and injured him worse than he was ever injured in a fight

[@emto8657]

Cowboy’s words for Overeem doesn’t mean much cause he loves to knock out his sparring partners too. 😂

[@antoinehemi4266]

That is not true

[@rapidvetD]

@@antoinehemi4266 there's a video circulating lately

[@antoinehemi4266]

@@rapidvetD the one video of Cerrone back in the days where he headkick a novice bc he was too agressive and he immediatly check for him right after ?

[@ignatiusvalentinez4184]

Yeah, Cowboy is a piece of shit so his word is an indictment more than anything.

[@tubehunter66]

Cowboy' a hanging back at Brokeback Mountain

[@MrFreedomforyou]

The funny thing is the majority all of these gym bullies I've seen get destroyed in real fights.

[@Locust775]

Watching guys tapping and the other dude wont let go... got me mad 😅

[@MikeHonchoSon69]

The Ricky Story rumours are true. There’s video of it and him admitting things went too far post ufc career. Mostly because he got his ass kicked in the gym by a teenager.

[@kewltony]

I'm gonna watch the cowboy combo on story now.

[@all_the_bad_news5614]

Hector "tiny hands" Lombard Edit: don't lie you have noticed it too his whole career Edit 2: damn no one has ever respected Tim Sylvia

[@LaughingJokerProd]

They really are small, but he wear gloves so I haven’t noticed it a lot

[@mikemorris3166]

Dude I never noticed that but then I read your comment and really paid attention during his segment. Holy shit those are some small hands

[@sandersgeorges]

I feel bad for tim he getting treated like the fat boy even when he can beat anyone ass

[@idonthaveaname4911]

@@sandersgeorges Hes just not elite but was in a weak division so he became champion and that made people mad so they voice it.

[@randallflagg3700]

@@sandersgeorges - Hughes is an asshole and all, but there's also a reason Tim Sylvia was so unpopular when he was active as a top heavyweight. He would constantly talk shit about other fighters, Fedor in particular. And it might seem weird considering how hated Fedor is by newer fans/casuals, but at the time he was pretty much untouchable. So neither fans nor fighters took kindly to big Tim's shit talking.

[@brutanedda3107]

I think Lion's Den's methodology was inherited by japanese pro-wrestling dojos. Training in New Japan Dojo was insane. There were guys who were literally killed there.

[@7seatea7]

Yeah, that whole "new boy" thing mentioned in the video is straight out of old school Japanese training methodology.

[@gorkskoal9315]

Oh good god yes. "hard" sparring? good idea thumbs up their. Trying to kill new hopefulls? no.

[@gorkskoal9315]

@@7seatea7 ^ Hacing been their. Yes. It's supposed to be more like small steps. To build someone up. Though at TA ("brown belt") you just have a giant fucking ego. Pecking orders work to a point (belt systems) and being able to deffend yourself at anytime? Ok I get, and apreciate that. Good idea actually full thumbs up. Belts or ranks or tittles only hold weigt of if the respect is earned. Such as do you have the actual skills, or just someones cousin.

[@jjenk911]

Japanese pro wrestling dojos are nasty. You become a Young Lion if you survive.

[@PhilippeSaner]

I hear sumo is similar.

[@adub92199]

Conor really was out here smokin the women in the gym too😂😂

[@patrickmoler8025]

I used to train with a guy who just would injure everyone and act like it was no big deal. He claimed that is how you have to train to get better. Just ignorant.

[@muhyee294]

Yes people like that should be banned I knew a guy at our gym who would go as if he was in championship fight even if the partner was new he dislocated someone knee in their first class eventually everyone just refused to spar with him as we wanted to train get better fit and healthy and not be put on the disability list by this prick coaches told him to leave

[@realamericannegro977]

Truth is he is no different than the average person in charge of things in general. A narcissist and sociopath. He is like those people that tell new people they ain't putting in the work when they dont understand how to do something.

[@patrickmoler8025]

@@realamericannegro977 the dude wasn't an instructor, but one of the instructor/owners was enamored with him. The instructor was alright guy but could be snobbish. He would be condescending if someone didn't know something......even if it is something he knew thet weren't taught......abd he was the guy we paid to teach us.

[@quickstep2408]

@@patrickmoler8025 dude, you gotta stick up for yourself man. i know you sound young, but not worth the toxic environment and added stress. nothing in life is. your coach sounds like a joke, better places to train in.

[@patrickmoler8025]

@@quickstep2408 dude. This was fucking years ago. I fucking left and went to another gym. Also, a bit of a pet peeve of mine is people using a presumptive framing. I was never lacking in "standing up for myself'". Typically that isn't enough. Best to stick it to there wallet.

[@criticalbill2090]

Should be renamed The 10 fighters we love seeing get knocked the f**k out

[@kuwerakeith3683]

I think people are gonna disagree with you on some of the fighters, not everyone has the same opinions.

[@Ms.Fowlbwahhh]

Since you mentioned Zelim and the french teacher, you might want to also mention what Khabib said

[@kreupelaar9017]

What did Khabib say?

[@Ms.Fowlbwahhh]

@Abdulaziz Mohammed nah, if God’s real, the Chechen is 100% living like Saddam in South Park.

[@pansnemesis]

@Abdulaziz Mohammed is in super heaven... right?

[@jsheriff396]

@Abdulaziz Mohammed too bad your heaven doesn't exist

[@theawesomest2850]

@@jsheriff396 why the hate?

[@georgeshibley9529]

Ya I was just waiting for Ken Shamrock to drop on here lol that whole family got issues

[@LaughingJokerProd]

Frank sounds pretty alright

[@georgeshibley9529]

@@LaughingJokerProd ehhhhhh

[@DavidPerez-rq1sd]

Ken was the absolute worst coach in the history of TUF.

[@randallflagg3700]

@@DavidPerez-rq1sd - I don't know, Ken's methods of training were archaic/not adapted to modern MMA (no BJJ, bringing a bodybuilder to be the team's nutritionist, weird drills, etc), but at least he gave it a honest shot. Guys like Rampage Jackson (in his second season against Rashad in particular, he wasn't _that_ bad against Forrest) or Roy Nelson didn't even try. It sucks because I've been a fan of Roy Nelson before he even entered TUF 10, but his season against Shane Carwin was a disaster, he barely even showed up to train his guys.

[@DavidPerez-rq1sd]

@@randallflagg3700 I actually like Rampage, but he was an awful coach also.

[@aaronhornback3990]

The fact that the guy tried to throw a flying knee during Jiu Jitsu practice had more rolling 😄 Pun intended

[@JohnSmith-hs2dk]

As much as I always heard matt was a bully... the documentary that involved his family explaining how he was pre and post accident is what really showed me what's up... kinda known as a tool even by his children. Sad.

[@NeoValeTudo]

Getting put through a gauntlet of hard exercise, getting submitted a bunch, and cleaning the gym sounds a lot better than taking knees to the back of the head from TJ

They choked you until you were unconscious...

[@AlphaQHard]

Its like getting kicked by a hobbit, youd be alright

[@ChipFreeSpace]

@ as fucked up as that is, the reality is being concussed is so much worse.

[@NeoValeTudo]

@ nobody said lions den didn’t respect taps, they definitely would let a submission go if you tapped cmon man these guys are leg lock specialists. They wouldn’t compete if they didn’t respect taps

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

@@NeoValeTudo there's literally a clip in this vid of someone from the lions den *not* letting go even though they were tapping like a mofo.

[@ederhernandez6102]

Is it crazy that some of the alleged bullies mentioned, arent doing so well nowadays? I say Karma is a B...

[@igallagher4]

Karma is bisexual?

[@gorkskoal9315]

That and the roids and PEDs wore off

[@publiusventidiusbassus1232]

@@igallagher4 More like pansexual. It fucks with everybody.

[@prdddac8606]

@@publiusventidiusbassus1232 so bisexual?

[@MrFranckWhite]

You're not born a bully... Getting no love from your parents and getting picked up by other Kids makes you become one... This is why they end up bad, not karma... They fucked up since childhood.

[@emailj1m]

Here before the Top 10 houses sold by Al Iaquinta comments

[@gmwdim]

Wasn't aware of Rick Story's reputation. Time to watch his fight vs Demian Maia again.

[@zippo_muk9254]

*I can understand more for bigger guys because it's hard to find other big guys in the gym to spar with.* Also, sometimes it's difficult because either: 1. You don't know how much harder you're hitting against smaller guys and 2. Because you're so big you have to exert more explosive force to be able to move (esp. for knees and kicks). But Overeem does strike me like that dude who does those things.

[@percyp126]

Can you do a top “ 10 tony the type of guy” list.

[@georgedennis3153]

Pleeeeeaaaaaasssssseeee!!!

[@percyp126]

We need it 😤😤😤😤

[@mrmiyagi3533]

No

[@georgedennis3153]

@@mrmiyagi3533 shut up, the dead can’t speak

[@percyp126]

@@georgedennis3153 😂😂😂😂

[@Ridgeback-]

You could change the title to "Top 10 Fighters I hope catch a life altering injury in the cage".

[@ryanwolf2229]

i wish injury on no one but if you break the trust with your training partners and try to hurt them when they dont expect you to go 100 f you

[@KillSwitchNY]

Matt Hughes seems like the kind of guy that would be pissed he was DQ from that list.

[@abell8533]

Couple of them did already lol. But no in the cage

[@kingmuizz708]

Bwhahahahaha

[@D-Bag9696]

Suprised that Colby Covington wasn't on the list. Literally everyone from American Top Team hated him and wanted him gone from there.

[@TotallyNotRedneckYall]

Rousimar better be nice to the Nogueiras, they have that "kill you with a machete" look.

[@madgavin7568]

He probably respects them given that they're considered legends in Brazil and the fact he knows he can't bully them in the gym.

[@javiernegron2633]

he knows they'll feed him to a bus

[@joshuas637]

Did you see that fucking machete fight video that's been in the news? Crazy

[@joshuas637]

@mikebalko can't post links but its the first video if you search machete fight the name of the video is uk machete fight

[@quickstep2408]

@@joshuas637 there's a chunk of machete/knife fights on youtube.

[@JJ-ud1xr]

I can confirm that Hector Lombard is a huge gym bully. Conan Silveira at ATT would use entry level pros / high level amateurs as bait for Hector to bully and KO in regular sparring

[@IIlIlIlIlIlIlIII]

i was rolling with a guy in my gym and he threw me an elbow to my teeths and i didint had mouthguard, the broken teeth is an issue till today, this happened many years ago

[@darrellmackinnon1667]

*MMA, you guys are always on point 😎*

[@Zaddy_Dynamite]

If you don’t believe in Karma ... just think of where each person on this list is at right now.

[@nabillahlabat5570]

Oddly very satisfying 😎

[@Zaddy_Dynamite]

@@nabillahlabat5570 agreed

[@Zaddy_Dynamite]

@Moises Hernandez_Portillo sure ... but that’s from past success ... since I mean he’s slapped an old man , beat cowboy but can’t beat anyone else, he’s definitely getting hit by karma and loads of humble pie

[@Willrobert92]

Matt Hughes was hit by a fucking train. Karma took a massive shit on him

[@Zaddy_Dynamite]

@@Willrobert92 bro , INSANE !

[@antslayer6140]

Top 10 Great UFC coaches in TUF

[@awaister]

1. Jens Pulver 2. Mayhem 3. I don't fucking remember

[@aaronle6764]

Chael Sonnen

[@D-Bag9696]

Tito Ortiz was actually a great coach, shocking I know. He cared about the fighters and was even well-spoken at one point. Brock Lesnar also did a really good job despite not having much experience in MMA. Urijah Faber, probably because he had a lot of experience coaching already before he went on TUF. The best coaches were probably Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture and Forrest Griffin.

[@Zack_410]

@@D-Bag9696 Tito changed man. Probably on social media too much.

[@GlidingChiller]

A lot of the guys on the list seem to think that being a good fighter also turns you stab and bullet proof.

[@johnoz2284]

Right? Like people can still kill you. Doesn't matter if u a trained fighter or not. Run up on the wrong person and they will hurt you.

[@johnoz2284]

With weapons*

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@miguelito2361]

1) Boxing GOAT Charlie Zelenoff 2) A decent amount of the old-school Gracie family 3) The most lovable and admirable MMA fighter of all time, Viacheslav Datsik

[@samalcatraz8751]

This comment is going to disappear but I want to let my appreciation be known that I really enjoy all the Community references you guys make :)

[@SolomonRasputin]

Who the fook is that guy? 🗣

[@joeysblackchild6948]

ok

[@TheBagman1977]

Cool cool cool

[@dannyhipolito817]

The Lion’s Den sounds like a great training camp for fights against Iraq and Afghanistan

[@gouzanzei254]

Why ? What did those countries did to you ? Nothing. USA+ coallition of cowards destroyed them, is it not enough ? What poor villager deserve to be hit by some crazy mma professional ?

[@dannyhipolito817]

@@gouzanzei254 nah I’d rather take their training methods over modern day MMA training camps

[@davidcolley4756]

@@gouzanzei254 WTF. The dude for wasn't talking politics for a second. Just making a JOKE about their training. Why do people on both sides approach politics like a religious zealot? Fuckin wierd.

[@meisterproper8304]

@@dannyhipolito817 you mean needlessly bullying and injuring people for fun

[@dannyhipolito817]

@@meisterproper8304 learn through injury and gym bullying. Something money bag softies of today’s MMA product wouldn’t do. Plus trainers getting ruthless helps develop ruthless fighters. I’ll take boot camp like training from The Lion’s Den than going through Greg Jackson’s Gaidojutsu

[@mathew66]

Top 10 cult-like leaders in mma

[@rpantraxx9182]

And #1 fabia

[@thomasmacalpine2747]

Fuck yes, and narrated by Tommy

[@Genesis12nivana]

Made me like IT LESS!

[@49erfanoz]

Rousy's coach

[@marcelletalksmma]

"The boogie woman is coming for you Rose."🤣

[@OkayNiceOne]

My uncle was Matt Hughes' roommate at Eastern Illinois as they both wrestled there. He said that while they got along just fine, Hughes was just a schoolyard bully. Large sad

[@MarcPlaysDrums]

My cousin was a serious gym bully. He took the same mentality to the streets and got shot. ATL ain't trying to hear any of that. They sell guns down here like bags of cheetos at the corner store.

[@MrFranckWhite]

Nowadays when you're big or/and muscular they don't fight you

[@MarcPlaysDrums]

@@MrFranckWhite My friend is 6'6" about 290 lbs...use to be a defensive lineman in college. The DeKalb county police asked him to join the force and he said...h3ll to the no. He knew he'd be the first one to get shot because of his size. All the metro Atlanta cops are kinda shrimpy or average sized at best because anything bigger ain't nobody trying to fight. When a big muscular cop pulls up they shooting him first and dealing with a court case later.

[@MarcPlaysDrums]

@@ZyroSugar Ronnie Coleman was a cop in California where gun laws are extra strict. ATL has ridiculously loose gun laws. I'm a non-violent ex felon and I own a gun permit and a gun. No other state has a law where a non violent ex felon can have a gun permit if you stay clean for 10 years after your conviction(now, if you leave the state it doesn't apply but if you stay in G.A. you good). Georgia is straight up gun country. Ronnie Coleman would have caught a hot one down here dawg...frfr.

[@vasiliyignatyev6555]

hectors logic i cant be a bully if i fight guys bigger than me 🤣, i think he been punched in the head one to many times

[@nabillahlabat5570]

All of them have 🤣

[@matthewmontalvo5066]

Yeah I’m glad when people started knocking him out left and right the dude is a jag off

[@artistemartial9898]

Ashley in an interview : the hardest she has every been hit, was by McGregor. It is not clears if she refers to that moment or not. damn

[@hillweggs641]

Well done! You remembered something from the the video!

[@Keyur07]

Lol TJ's face pops up as he talks about cheap shots 😂😂😂

[@iFaFo_0]

I laughed so hard at the ken shamrock story I almost pissed myself imagining him whispering he going to kill them while they slept. Holy shit what a laugh I cant believe I'm alive

[@Laneous14]

Jones got taken down by a dirty hit? Damn, I'm struggling to find the effort to care.

[@doom14125]

My reaction too 🤣 I do not feel bad for him at all on this occasion

[@jjenk911]

Now we need "The 10 Most Notorious MMA Gym Bullies Who Got Their Comeuppance."

[@justindelaney4142]

This video kind of reminds me of. I once saw a video of 2 fans meeting an MMA fighter in public. Someone commented the fighter looked awkward talking to them. Someone responded "He punches people in the face for a living. I'm sure he's a normal level headed guy in society"

[@bso1469]

Tbh lotta fighters seem normal tho. Its just a sport like this is always gonna attract idiots and insecure people too.

[@UpdoggWhattt]

“It’s not sure if she was referring to that shot or not”. Lmao

[@Gh0st_0723]

I train at multiple gyms in NY. Serra BJJ, Weidman Longo, LIMMA and have had the opportunity to meet most of the fighters out of NY. Al Iaquinta is probably the most down to earth dude, Katlyn Chookigan is such a nice person it would make you want to root for her instantly, Matt Serra is the definition of NY humor and no nonsense Chris, I didn't have too much interaction with but never heard anything bad about him. If I forgot anyone my bad 🙏

[@shawn1928]

Joshua Fabia is an angel after watching this

[@AlexYoung1995]

The only reason he doesn't actually beat people up is because he can't

[@num1Jaysta]

More like a fallen angel

[@Genethagenius]

Matt Hughes autobiography actually made me dislike him and I was also disappointed because the book never went into his training or fighting philosophy or favorite positions, submissions, etc.

[@zyzzzkai6900]

Tony Ferguson the type of guy to knock everyone in gym to be in this list

[@terrymcginnis4633]

forrest? he tried to pick a fight with him? why that guys the chillest MMA fighter ive ever seen

[@IncredibleMD]

I love how the Palhares entry seems to exclusively be clips of heel hooks.

[@INSOMNIAREX]

And now McGregor is surrounded by "yes men" and will continue to come up short.

[@Laneous14]

Hey he punched that drunk old man in the back of the head and nearly knocked him off his bar stool.

[@casualenjoyer5420]

Honestly, it makes me happy to know that most of these fighters ended up not as successful as they could have been, and it was probably because of them doing shit like this. When you bully newcomers, it doesn't make you any better and you end up not developing the skills needed to fight guys as good as you (see Hector Lombard). Or, it ends up damaging your body beyond belief if all you do is try to hard spar your teammates (Overeem).

[@Finn-jh4oc]

Top 10 fishermen in MMA

[@hasanpektas756]

Tony the type of guy to wear a fish costume and then get in the sea hoping to get pulled out of water by mcgregor to fight him

[@ENNEN420]

Despite not even being a fighter, Josh Fabia probably gets my pick for being the biggest gym bully. Dude literally hung Diego Sanchez upside down and beat the crap out of him and chased him around the octagon with a real knife.

[@briananderson9650]

Overseem took the most crazy uppercut in fight history 😂😂