What's the Future of Striking? Elite Striking Coach Shares His Vision

[@bobbob-cd9yl]

Luke has been killing it with the interviews lately

[@fighttips]

This video should be a prerequisite for people to watch before they're allowed to comment anything critical about a professional's striking capabilities 😆 Excellent conversation, gentlemen -- thank you both!

[@parakram7689]

kirian is a great coach.

[@alexshtyn6336]

Love the format. Luke is probably the only MMA journalist that can have these conversations and not have the man in front of him wondering where did it all go wrong.

[@alexroot6615]

😂

[@queefqueefington]

If i had to watch through an interview like this done by Brett Okamoto i would be tying a noose within 90 seconds

[@Sydsourtrout]

It’s a shame these don’t get the traction they deserve because it’s great mma content.

[@mikeiso8963]

Luke the hardest working man in show biz

[@sagetmaster4]

He definitely gets the least amount of sleep

[@droppedoutbeatz]

This was great! Kirian helped answer some of my questions as a grappler and made me super excited for the future of MMA and Muay Thai!

[@myfavoritesith]

Great interview Luke ! This Coach is awesome. He should be in the rotation more often.

[@GLvDOS]

This interview deserves more views than what it currently has.

[@jcs192]

This is fantastic.

[@lowlowseesee]

Brilliant stuff learned a ton

[@JasonFarrellLevelUpBoxing]

Super happy you had Kirian on. He's an amazing coach, one of the best in the biz. And really became a mentor for me when I was struck out on my own, and has continued to be an awesome source for info, and encouragement since like 2016.

[@tikiman1323]

Love Luke's conversations with coaches. The best content in MMA media.

[@TroubleshootGamingMeds]

Huge fan of his and Gaston. Nice one Luke

[@pinkwizards]

Super interesting interview, awesome choice

[@tylerleffingwell7493]

These are the interviews we need!

[@hunterdelaghetto]

thank you for highlighting Muy Thai. Real ones already know how amazing the sport can be at it highest level.

[@mmckinney1987]

Great interview. Kirian, Colin Oyama and Bryan Popejoy are the best Muay Thai coaches on the west coast!

[@angryrn]

Thanks for this interview. I didn't know who this was, but I'm glad I took the time to find out. Time will spent. Truly a shame the view count isn't higher, and more fans don't get to be enlightened.

[@shivams9329]

Wow these are fantastic - we see the hard work and grind Luke! No one else is doing interviews like this - Morning Kombat must survive - a truly unique and valuable player in the combat sports ecosystem.

[@MojoMoneyMajor]

half way through the interview and man this is great information thank you

[@scholesy9786]

Loves these luke…keep the informative interviews cumming please

[@SHIFTCombatSystems]

I don't know how your metrics like the coaching content, but I think it's unquestionably the best stuff you do! Love it. Keep it up please!

[@drewdanger]

Great interview! Love getting knowledge from high-level coaches.

[@gerardschaefer6495]

Great Interview. Great Guest n knowledge. Appreciate it LT

[@DillPickl3s]

This might be my favourite interview you've done, Luke. Good work

[@waalex11]

Congrats on all of your success, MK. Hard at work.

[@jimmurray8483]

Some great gems in this one. Awesome interview

[@WeBeClubbin]

Excellent and very informative interview. Thanks for keeping us in know, Luke

[@tombates576]

Great interview. Really informative and very enjoyable 👍🏼

[@JasonFarrellLevelUpBoxing]

So awesome you got Coach K on. He does not do stuff like this. He’s the man.

[@davidblankinship6705]

LT is on the ball yo! Hustler 🔥

[@heysmilebomb]

Great interview Luke! Would love to have him back soon. Does Kirian have any instructions on KZbin or elsewhere?

[@m_-ph4bt]

First Gordon Ryan, now this - MK is killing it. I love that MK is embracing the hardcore fan. In a world where Logan Paul is can eat up 30% of combat sports headlines, we don't have many places of refuge lol

[@JesseL714]

Love the show. Fix the description in this video, though! It says he ISN'T the head coach and owner. Was a great interview.

[@NotJosephMuscat]

Love to see the increased frequency

[@tommygunnggg1127]

One championship Friday night fights, has got me hooked on muay-thai I know all these crazy Thai names don't miss a card, I love what one is doing

[@kosta764]

phenomenal review! we need more of these!

[@usmansabir3897]

Lol the shade at bisping. I am here for it. Great interview, would love to see more interviews with high level coaches of different disciplines who are directly involved in training current mma champions from every organization.

[@thatindiandude4602]

Since Bisping has a firm anti doping stance I winder how he is going to shill for UFC.

[@Kirkrrr]

The idea that in 10 years MMA striking and transitions will be next level compared to today - considering that at the higher levels, like top 25 say, they're already really darn good! That's an exciting thought :D

[@capy069]

Dope interview

[@qwikaces8813]

This is a superb interview!

[@AustinSamson1999]

I’m a HUGE mma fan but I gotta admit ONE’s Muay Thai bouts are NASTY, seriously it’s almost nonstop finishes and excitement. I’ll always tune in for those fights now 😭🙌

[@junichiroyamashita]

I would love to hear his opinion on uncommon striking ,like headbutts,shoulders and forearms. They are present in TMA and are gradually popping up in matches.

[@TelvinKipapa]

Awesome interview

[@brandinhassiel6440]

Great interview

[@KingDuppy]

Love u Luke💚

[@worduser899]

Remember getting a real bad first impression of this dude whenever he was on the JRE several years ago. He's definitely got a fat ego, but knows exactly what the fuck he's talking about.

[@Trent_56]

Luke with another fire Interview, no way MK is dying

[@baxeto]

This a very intersting. Commenting for the algo!

[@middlefinger456]

9:26 Luke on life support

[@tupacshakur4446]

I wish Luke had asked him about the jab more and coaches like Trevor Wittman. He has made a HUGE difference to a number of fighters striking games, purely through fundamental boxing concepts. Kamaru Usman did years and years with Henry Hooft doing kickboxing focused style of training and was always a very unremarkable striker, and then he goes to Wittman, who teaches him all about footwork, defence, use of the jab, cutting angles, counterpunching and his striking absolutely skyrocketed. Same with Gaethje, when Gaethje stopped brawling and fully focused on using his jab and always having his feet in the right position to counter, moving his head defensively, he improved massively. I think boxing is the art that most mma striking coaches know the least about, it’s Trevor Wittman’s bread and butter, and look at how amazing his fighters striking usually are. And it’s all built around the jab, which is quite under appreciated in sports like Muay Thai, which is usually the base most mma fighters are taught. Footwork and head movement is a huge part of mma striking. Boxing is built around those two things, where in Muay Thai they are two things which are not very important and not taught to a high level.

[@RomeosGin]

Horrible take about Muay Thai . Did you even watch the video?

[@fochiqui]

@@RomeosGinhis take is actually accurate though

[@RomeosGin]

@@fochiqui Every striking martial art pillar is footwork and head movement. The difference between them is the range. Just like Kirian said, ppl in mma don't throw elbows because of the prerequisite of close range, thus opening up "grappling range". To say muay thai does not utilize jab just says you dont even do martial arts.

[@Teemoisbroken]

Shouldn't you have the guys name in the title and not "elite striking coach"

[@NotJosephMuscat]

I agree but I would assume the logic behind that would be that no one would recognize his name. Therefore to get more views/have a more relevant title, they would use that instead

[@Teemoisbroken]

9:10 Luke had to be steaming at this part

[@Mockracy]

Wow

[@urbansamurai261]

Luke bring on craig jones please

[@alexanderloeb]

7:50 obv this guy is a font of striking knowledge, but I mean, fuck no. This is expressly not true. Head outside double legs getting punished with guillotines or certain takedowns inviting the knee is a huge reason with ppl have switched to single leg shots or upper body / trip takedowns like the Dagestanis…

[@sonofsammydavis2751]

🎉

[@CF-199]

This interview is a perfect example of why MK wins awards.🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻

[@johanneskrv]

There are two dumb things in muay thai: 1. You get penalized by judges if you back up in a fight. This makes the footwork stale and fighters less good. 2. Stance switching is frowned upon. The philosophy that Fitzgibbons represents (master one stance before learning the other) is just dumb, because you only learn switch stance by doing it and it takes time. That's why absolutely you should learn it from the get go. The highest level of fighters are doing it in boxing (terence crawford) and in mma (cory sandhagen). The only reason it's not happening in muay thai is tradition and it will happen there too once the first one to do it sets the bar. The ability to strike from every position gives you so much more weapons and footwork.

[@ElCyberWizard]

With out Luke’s female personality and feelings he is the best journalist MMA has

[@JasonFarrellLevelUpBoxing]

I like out fighters to all be good both stances, I call it All Paw

[@tuffneggah]

trt

[@synysterallen]

nakamoto as the female muay thai goat is a hilarious statement

[@epyjacek]

Who would be better overall?

[@joez.9932]

This guy is very arrogant, I don’t recall all the names he mentioned, but they were mid tier at best. Boxing is much more difficult, because you have less known weapons, two hands???! A lot, you know what all of his guys announce their punches, when they kick they expose their head, they understand how to switch hands when kicking. More combos, less power, better balance…the best defense is a good offense, but you need endurance, do actual road work, get off those stupid treadmills/bicycles. In a boxing match, all decapitate any of his fighters.