In Manny Pacquiao’s controversial fight against Timothy Bradley, on a couple of occasions the (weathering) commentators mentioned that Bradley was unfortunately one of those fighters born without punching power.
Unlike Mike Tyson, Anderson Silva and Chris Leben, of course, who all came out of the womb and uncorked some monster combos on the unsuspecting OB-GYN and laid him flat out for no other reason than being the first face they saw. Poor docs.
Now I’ve written about the topic before on my blog:
- Activating the Core for Punching Power
- One of the Worst Exercises for MMA
- How to Punch Harder
- Knee Stability and Punching Power [Part 1]
- Knee/Hip Stability Exercises [Part 2]
- Advanced Exercises for Punching Power [Part 3]
Now, I always question anyone who says that anything is purely a product of “nature”.
Because with respect to life, almost 100% of things in your life are a combination of nature and nurture, that is, your genetics (nature) and everything else (nurture) including your environment, how you were raised, what you ate, what you did, who you lost your virginity with, and on and on and on.
So when I got the question from Santiago Sanchez from Logansport, USA, I decided to think about it a bit more and answer it for you in today’s Ask EricWongMMA.
After you watch the video, I’d love to hear what YOU think.
Here’s the vid:
And because this is a new segment, let me know if you like it.
We’ve had 3 weeks where I’ve done one of these videos now, so let me know if you think I should keep ’em coming.
[———————– UFC 148 SPOILER ALERT ————————]
Don’t read this if you don’t want the event spoiled!
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OK, we should be clear, now, let’s go:
After watching Silva’s win vs. Sonnen, I couldn’t help but feel a bit manipulated…
I’m talking about the pre-fight trash talking between Sonnen and Silva, especially how Silva came out with some very strong words, then afterwards he basically says, “Yeah, we were just messing with you guys, we just do this to build hype. Me and Chael are going to be best buddies now and sleep on mattresses full of the money that we made from hyping this fight up so much.”
Trust me, I know how the game works and I think the fighters deserve every penny that they make.
But still, I think it’s a bit much to go all out with the trash talking then when it’s over, say straight up how you were just doing it to build hype.
Did you feel this way too or am I just being overly sensitive?
Please share your thoughts with me – I need to know if I’m still a man or need to lose the skirt and panties.
Thanks!
