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[@truboss9470]

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

[@jagirdarzaid2088]

Add Islam now

[@alihatem8794]

shamrock

[@y_magaming9798]

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

[@seyfunega2018]

On g

[@y_magaming9798]

@@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]

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

[@KS-fz7hh]

How can you not like Daniel Cormier?!

[@Teen-Conor]

Just listen to him. You are welcomed

[@themarkusgaming]

L

[@DG-zp9xz]

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

[@stoichiometrydudes4565]

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]

THUG ROSE, THUG ROSE, THUG ROSE

[@Nos14B]

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]

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

[@K131399]

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]

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

[@user-mw4qi1kx3o]

intro was incredible

[@andrewdecker9031]

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.

[@MatthewWillis3]

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]

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

[@VR-gs9hd]

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.

[@bclr6843]

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

[@nmerey]

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

[@adnanjano]

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

[@loser300]

@@adnanjano definitely not the most dominant

[@joshuajames6658]

Khabib *

[@nmerey]

@@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]

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

[@priestgancia3871]

Fuck man , Cormier is such a humble person!

[@snazdogdbfan251]

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

[@klefusmcdonald2644]

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

[@nelstar4676]

AKA is superior now tbh

[@stephengeorge7994]

Well jacksons guys just decision everyone these days

[@AnyFactor]

The Dagestani took AKA to a whole another level

[@schritt123]

I like the intro form bruce lee so nice

[@fiftyfadesofgrey]

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

[@user-ru1re2zj1w]

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]

+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]

Trevor Harris UR mum

[@user-ru1re2zj1w]

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

[@ironkhan3643]

+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]

+adam khan (iron khan) *ufc

[@fiftyfadesofgrey]

BEST INTRO IVE EVER SEEEN PUT TOGETHER !!!

[@d4nkt04d2]

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

[@towelietowel4513]

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

[@Ali313zx]

DC is such a legendary man.

[@kimoliver051]

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.

[@ragnarlodbrok1233]

Khabib, rockhold, DC, Cain- the horsemen

[@hughjeavons1568]

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]

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]

@@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”.

[@jerryhernandez1895]

A younger Daniel Cormier👏👏

[@SottoLwrence]

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.

[@ronki23]

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

[@princealyaseen]

ronki23 where was khabib thus vid tho

[@savageajgaonkar4164]

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

[@bnkslx]

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

[@conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059]

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

[@alphatrusbensiii8381]

Moses gonna be a Beast when he grow up

[@Keith_Mikell]

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.

[@isaacalzate8262]

The monk that beat bruce is the true man of wisdom

[@OldWorldNY]

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

[@mrbig713]

Loved it! Simply amazing. Artful. Thank you.

[@quickstep2408]

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

[@reesetheredcain452]

quickstep did you join

[@quickstep2408]

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]

Thats awesome to hear!

[@bookabo4223]

11.47 poetry in a kick.

[@raulmartinez3914]

Hope to go back soon....

[@skullgaming5820]

Congrats! Cormier on winning your UFC light heavyweight champion!

[@InfamousAustinT0]

I need the soundtrack for this video

[@oliverjuice10]

suprise by the best band in aus - royal headache

[@sejobotonjic9630]

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

[@TitusLivy777]

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

[@jg5875]

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

[@joecorley8856]

Very well done. Excellent Javier!

[@athila.paixao]

Awesome Video.Love it !

[@breww1982]

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

[@austincornelius3172]

DC is the man!!

[@CHAARAWTAZA144]

salute to all these guys!

[@elharbingero]

-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]

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

[@Meow-ee9zo]

What about rockhold not even being there?

[@claytonbigbsy3880]

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

[@hazard26j]

very nicely done

[@jg5875]

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

[@johnnyinkstube]

That nike sweater though

[@nbert35]

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

[@bimaandilahaba2420]

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

[@alphatrusbensiii8381]

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

[@SuperKawhiiLeonard]

Why no Luke rockhold

[@ironkhan3643]

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

[@ge5021]

because Rockhold is Cringeworthy!

[@queefcookies2791]

RELIK MOON how

[@eon001]

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]

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?

[@phillipjiminez2382]

Beautiful

[@dennison9839]

Jesus wtf is with that song choice in the beginning.

[@jash6397]

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

[@Fabiand1]

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.

[@Thankstoallah351]

fighting relates to life

[@laurisskraucis2247]

amazing !

[@para_bellum_1984]

3:59 DAT kick tho... o_0

[@stevennewell5842]

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

[@lwe3625]

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

[@conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059]

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]

conspiracies are just great stories should have stayed there

[@alabaa926]

JEEEEEEEEFF

[@hivewax]

Fightland Very first song please?!

[@73Wes]

Loren Pittack Stepdad - Squares

[@MakiVerem12345]

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

[@yungcashregister519]

Every fighters dream 😍

[@Mistabanned]

Is that Don Rickles wrestling with Khabib and DC?

[@Gothenburg1]

what's the movie in 12:15 please?

[@metalxhorse]

408 represent

[@tapeshooter333]

6:35 his shadow boxing is pretty bad

[@younessouder]

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

[@masymhayat272]

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

[@ernestovicencio6103]

john finch

[@biofan234]

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

[@tags841]

Where's khabib

[@shadowblack10]

Anybody know what the very last song is?

[@griffo110]

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

[@jacarejakare2741]

6:03 music? pls

[@scottbryan9461]

tht was good

[@nojockey]

I like Cormier but Rugby is 10 times more dangerous then football

[@almalayuwiyyah2512]

Barnuckle is more safe than boxing so does American football to rugby. It is like you wear an armor. It give you security that can make you hit hard

[@nojockey]

@@almalayuwiyyah2512 you can wear pads in rugby too there just not the thickness of a car 😭

[@almalayuwiyyah2512]

@@nojockey it less than american football. American football is really a full armour. There is a reason why american football has more CTE and concussion than rugby.

[@nojockey]

@@almalayuwiyyah2512 just goggled it you just made that up , why didn't you Google the answer before spouting nonsense , CTE is 1/1000 in football and 2.5 to 1000 rugby 😂😂😂

[@antran1860]

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

[@Hampeeng]

I hate that high-pitched noise in the intro so much

[@takashi03221105]

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

[@GutturalReef]

Where's Joshua Koscheck?!

[@220cole]

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

[@medicinebear8839]

AMA is the walmart of MMA schools

[@dobby7647]

Kick boks ♥️♥️🔥

[@marcuslee9229]

where is luke rockhold?

[@dudeman4321]

sleeping his concusion off

[@erikbondarenko5304]

good one buddeh ;)

[@CervC]

anyone know the song @ 5:08 ?

[@73Wes]

Cerv Ghosthouse - 9.2.5.

[@noorindra5150]

This is before Khabib coming

[@RamboSambo2350]

AKA over-train all their fighters, Cain would have been the GOAT but now his body is a mess. And Khabib never fights either

[@HussainAli-xl1vk]

Fetus DC

[@zedek_]

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

[@thomascollier2864]

cung le could not get off the dope

[@iansmith4924]

0:13

[@esakhan4295]

where the fuck is khabib

[@kalash47money95]

hahahah i was looking for him all the video lol

[@henrybrightberg2164]

+Esa Khan Khabib nurmagomedov?...

[@scalpingheads]

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

[@inquisitive.lurker]

He doesnt live there you know.

[@b.f.skinner4383]

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

[@Donnyshmegma]

What the fuck is the music choice