Regardless of your preferred grappling method surely the arm drag is part of your toolkit. The arm drag is a great way to catch your opponent over extending and making them pay for it. In Jiu-Jitsu it often leads to taking the...

  Fundamentals Are Foundational Regardless of the activity, Fundamentals will always be one of the most important aspects to your skill. This is especially true in grappling sports like Wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu. No matter HOW fancy or advanced a technique may seem, you...

  Wrestling is regarded as one of the most difficult sports in the NCAA. As an athlete very few will reach the top of the heap, but some rise above the rest. Only four people have won the Division 1 National Title four...

Long Live The Funky One... Ben Askren has been long discussed as being one of the very best wrestlers in MMA. His record definitely shows that. Askren was 18-0 when he came to the UFC, and as soon as he arrived he was...

  The Single Leg is easily one of the most common takedowns in all of combat sports. You see it in wrestling, Jiu-Jitsu, and definitely MMA. The classics are classics for a reason, and that is because they work. SO you mess up...

Mike Letts Is Back At It… As a spectator of wrestling it can be amazing at how the match can change once it hits the mat. While the options are limitless, often times when someone is taken down their number one concern is...

  As much as we’d like to just dive in on double legs and plow through the opposition, it’s NEVER that easy. Unless of course you are hitting a sweet double leg on your nephew for taking the last deviled egg at Thanksgiving....

  We have heard the saying “You know it’s coming and You STILL can’t stop it.'' It is a  true testament of skill to be able to perform a technique even if your opponent knows it’s coming. There are plenty of examples of...

  Dominate With The 2-On-1 Regardless of the Wrestling format, one of the most important concepts to understand is the importance of winning the grip exchange. While there are many tie ups and controls that are used one of the most effective is...

  Takedown defense is tough. It’s a technical and exhausting grind. Spending too much time defending takedowns will surely sap your stamina. Once that is gone, it’s just about time for things to go wrong.  Being able to defend while simultaneously setting up...

  …..After Chael P. Sonnen of course. The ability to wrestle in MMA is an ESSENTIAL skill. Whether it be offensive like we see with MMA Legend Henry Cejudo, or it could be used primarily as a defensive mechanism like Johnny Hendrix mainly...

 OK GREAT......! It’s going DOWN. If you have been following the UFC or MMA for any stretch of time you are probably very familiar with the two athletes in the main event. Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal are set to face off...

  Learning how to turn your opponent is a must if you want to be successful in wrestling. Not only do you need to put your opponent on their back if you want to get a pin, but you can score a lot...

  A single leg is one of the most fundamental takedowns in wrestling. One of the first skills you learn as a wrestlers is how to take a penetration step and go for a leg. Learning how to shoot a proper single leg...

  One common way to set up takedowns in wrestling is with a two on one. A two on one, sometimes called a Russian tie, is when you have your opponent’s arm trapped to your chest while holding onto the bicep and wrist....

If you want to go far in wrestling, you must have a great defense. When you watch high level guys wrestle, one of the things you will notice is that it is extremely difficult to take them down. Getting good at defense is...

  For most wrestlers, upper body throws are not their primary offense, but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t still be working to learn new throws so when the time comes, you will be able to effectively execute one. If you can hit...

  Alright guys, as promised in my overall top 10 blog, there would be blogs to follow over the individual conferences, and it seems like the easiest and most well-known conference to start in is the Big 10.  The Big 10 is usually...

  It is just as important to have a good defense as it is to have a good offense in wrestling. If you get really good at defense, you can actually use it to score points on your opponent. Typically, when you are...

Alright Fanatics, hope all of you guys have been keeping up with the rankings because here comes the second piece.  If you haven’t hurry up and go check them out! As the name implies, we’ll be covering the bigger guys across the college...