I Learned TONS Sparring Firas Zahabi 

No way you could do a video with Firas Zahabi and not upload it.

Firas just went too hard and had a stance where you can't see shots that are coming, but the tradeoff is that you have no guard and can be knocked out with a heavy hook - a stance that only works in sparring when you're trolling and know the opponent won't try to actually knock you out. It was actually kinda disrespectful.

@The Forms: you know, i have to respectfully disagree. First, i would say that Firas is a world class coach and he knows exactly how much pressure to put on someone. Next, i could tell just by watching that Shane was really nervous and he wasn't giving his best because of it (which is perfectly fair) and Firas putting on some heat eventually drew Shane out of his nervousness and into the sparring. Plus, Shane is putting himself out there as a fight coach. Its perfectly reasonable that we get to see what Shane looks like under pressure. And coach Zahabi is a bigger guy with quite decades of world class experience across multiple disciplines: he can apply a lot of pressure. Which brings me to my final point: if you think Firas was bullying Shane then you are mistaken. Shane actually did really damn good. He caught Firas a few times. He defended well against Firas a few times. Firas is bigger, longer, and way more seasoned, but Shane made a very respectable showing of himself.

Haragei Lucid Couldn’t have said it better myself.

I mean, it IS the best MMA coach in the world so getting destroyed would be expected. So Im actually pretty impressed with shanes performance here.

seriously who hasnt seen that movie

@@highviewseeker5415 same

Princess Bride ref! I was like; " Can this guy get any cooler?!"

good shit bro!

cruhg I didn’t

Lol i think i get it

seriously lol the youtube teacher gettin smoked by some guys coach

@@user-dv4pz7qj7x I know who Firas is, hes probably one of the best coaches in MMA today. GSP, Rory McDonald, Kenny Florian and now Kevin Lee. High hopes Lee this year

#JoeRoganPodcastQuotes hehe

@@XxGreatestyouknoWxX "some guys coach". ... How did you get to put so much stupidity w so little words ? Casual ! Zahabi is the best coach in the world. You should respect both ot them more. Plus : you don't have to be Mike Tyson to have the right to train

haha best comment on youtube

It wont matter. He will light your ass up anyway lol

@@harageilucid4352 He'll light my ass hotter if I don't watch Princess Bride son

It's a great movie with tons of great lines

Inconceivable!

He gave Shane some great work tho, you could tell firas had angles Shane wasn't used too

Mohamed Ali wow! Great!Mohamed, could you send me some links of Firas fighting because I can’t by myself... but Ali, don’t worry, Firas wouldn’t last your second jab in a real fight ahahahaha ahahahaha

Takedown bruh he trains mma fighters ? Lol

@Iron Bear Yep it's true. Some people can be great in the gym and crack in competition too.

U guys support him only because he is another pork from ur community..😁😁

You just couldn't say India or Pakistan

Idle Class Hero why would he say that

@@stalin7146 get outta here boy

Get after it big dog!

JaanKashmiri saaaaame

Learnt it from the best.

No wonder GSP has the legendary Jab.... It's cuz his coach is so good.

@@JackSpear1000 yeah freddie roach is that good

@@bazileus123 Freddy roach cornered him 1 fight, Gsp has been a great striker his whole career, and Firas has been his main striking coach lol

@@kingroaldlll4934 how many years gsp went in Wild Card Gym? He work more than one fight with him. You think becouse Roach was only with him in his corner for Bisping fight. Working in corner is not same as traning him. When you think about grapling, you think about his traniner Danaher. Firas is his main traner, but he also train with specialist. Also Firas said it better to train one day with specialst from some field than 100 day byself, when he trained with EDDIE Cuming heel hook. Fredie Roach is person that made that jab crisp and powerfull not Firas, Firas helped with a lot of thing but that jab is all Roach.

I mean, he thinks sidekicks work...

Yeah this guy is weird.

Please if you haven't hop on this guy Mike's channel to!!!!

hard2hurt says the dude whose a white belt in Jiu Jitsu tryna act like an MMA coach making videos in his empty ass garage every day with a 10th of Shane’s subscribers

@@emceesupremejustice lol are you trying to insult me or shane dude haha you're all over the place. (I have a 20th, btw)

y u booly me

Jon Whalen Haha, it’s a small world after all

Zahabi is a good trainer but you can tell he has almost zero athletic talent.

TheTruth I disagree, if you look at the fast twitch reactions firas has, you’d be mistaken.

@@SENSEIJASON absolutely bro!

Jesse Horrell they look great lol

I'd say GSP would have to go pretty light on him

@@rqneo5361 gsp would win but zahabi would know every trick in his book and when he's gonna do them

MrJesseBell it’s a different environment in the cage with the crowd watching you, all alone. Way different than sparring in the gym.

@@easymoneycopyacademy2384 he was a Champion in Muay Thai, so he has experience in competition not just sparring in the gym...

People don’t realize that there are some bad mfs walking around that could compete in UFC, Belator, One, etc.

@@easymoneycopyacademy2384 He has that experience in muay thai, you obviously are clueless

Aiman would beg to differ, but I'm Team Pops all day so I am in complete agreement with you.

Tristar fighters usually are really good haha

Kevin lee now lol u seen how much his jab improved?

and kevin lee is developing his now.

Firas went too hard and had a stance where you can't see shots that are coming, but the tradeoff is that you have no guard and can be knocked out with a heavy hook - a stance that only works in sparring when you're trolling and know the opponent won't try to actually knock you out. It was actually kinda disrespectful.

The Forms it’s a trade off with the style he chose to fight with. Some fighters do it in real combat. Silva, Israel, mvp, Ali, Dominic, tj, vasyl just some that I can think of. It is easier to get ko but think about all the ppl they ko’d too. They’re faster and less predictable.

@@Sinekyre14 firas is a dirty little fckr. Him and that sht Ali are probably good friends

@@herbdeanisthegoldstandard8293 The hell is wrong with you?

@@Sinekyre14 this is not close to sparring hard.

Glas Jaw bleach vs Tanjiro

For real lol

I know you mean man. I have a partner who tried to throw full power body kicks. It's frustrating.

@@TheBoyDave same with grappling. Sometimes I wanna just flow and work on techniques that I never get to use cuz I suck at that move. But no people think spar means win or lose. Not a time to learn

Everyone wants to win. Nobody wants to have a slice of humble pie and learn. I'm going have a word with my train about it. During striking the only thing I do is stay composed and get him thinking about my low licks. I'm pretty confident in them.

@@TheBoyDave some people just need time to learn it.

@@TheBoyDave with shin pads that's not really an issue. Full power to the head has problems. Your body will get conditioned by taking shots though. Learn how to check 👍

I did it

Jason Leung wow!! Your here!! I'm also watching your videos!! And it also helps me a lot on my training!! 🙂💪🏼👊🏼

It’s evidently stronger physically too...very strong

@@JorgeParma walking him down with his hands up was backing his opponent up without wasting any energy and killing his dudes power, bit by bit. . I love doing this. I do some stuff when sparring then shell up a little and let them have their turn by doing this..it's really great for keeping sparring fair too and stops it from getting heated. Couple of shots... Let them go.. Couple of shots...let them go.. I have met people who kinda won't let you have your turn and just keep striking but that can be fun because they get sloppy and complacent easier then countered easier 👍

Firas did go too hard and had a stance where you can't see shots that are coming, but the tradeoff is that you have no guard and can be knocked out with a heavy hook - a stance that only works in sparring when you're trolling and know the opponent won't try to actually knock you out. It was actually kinda disrespectful.

@@Sinekyre14 i dont know if he went too hard tho. No heavy hooks when Shane was turtling or hard straights. He threw with pop tho, yes. His stance was a bit disrespectful tho

@@Sinekyre14 gtfo here you are not a coch

Guess what firas has his own channel and is much better than Shane. Mmashredded jack slack the warrior collective silvie. They are all better. Shane is honestly one of the worst

@@paragon1782 I know Firas has own channel, it is not in the same level of educational purposes as Shane's channel. To say Firas's channel is better would be wrong as Firas's channel post fight analysis, random tips, etc. Shane's channel is to actually teach techniques, fighting tips, etc. In short, both are completely different channels. Haha, I wonder how many Martial Arts channels you view if you are going to say FightTips is one of the worst channels. Surely Shane's channel is not as bad as Howcast MMA/Boxing video. Edit: Don't forget in my original comment, I am talking about online teaching about fighting. Channels that are fight analytics oriented do not count.

@@HulkVahkiin u would say the past vids firas has done on technique are more valuable than all of Shane's combined. Check my channel subs if you wanna find quality mma channels. You will notice Shane's and the weasle and mindsmash are absent.

Conor my man. Get your coach John Kavanagh in there against Firas in a death match. He was calling his mum a pussy the other day I heard it

He started as a decorated muay thai champion

Yah,they should marry each other and call their channel THE FIGHTING COUPLES

Shane didn't go easy for once. This is Firaz Zahabi not your average mma trainee

Shane could have messed him up

@@michaelmagallanes3382 lmao no

Way me and my buddy do it is just start with agreed speed and power and then slowly rank it up and once one of us gets the urge to retaliate we just ask to take it down a bit and that gets it done pretty good

Touch sparring in boxing is the most boring thing to watch and it doesn't do much for your timing. It's unrealistic and I appreciate firas bringing in the intensity and making it a clip that can be studied as a realistic spar.

@@GJitzu interesting. You should check out how the Cuban boxers and Thailand muay thai guys train. It's like 90% touch sparring.

@@paragon1782 Yep, soft sparring is the way to go, and from what you write, I can tell you've done a lot of sparring. Giovanni, you haven't got any idea what you're talking about man. What we talked about was the uneven intensity and how Firas sabotaged this sparring session to look cool, which is something you can *feel* if you've done as much sparring as I have. Please don't talk about this unless you've done hundreds of hours of sparring with different partners. It's painfully obvious that Firas is showing off and semi-competing, while fight tips is going soft and doesn't have the same intentions. When someone is holding back, it's super disrespectful to go for a style with your hands down and slapping punches the way Firas did here. It's a way of saying: "because you're allowing me to get away with nonsense, I'm gonna do it and make you pay for it". No, just respect that this is his video channel and you're gonna do some playful sparring to show off techniques. Don't make idiots who've never sparred before think that you're this badass who owns people, because they're holding back.

@@paragon1782 There is really nothing interesting about his comment haha

😂😂😂😂

Body shots, dutch hand traps to strip the gloves. And light taping triple jabs to blind while you hook around the guard.

Body shots, dutch hand traps to strip the gloves. And light taping triple jabs to blind while you hook around the guard.

It's a thing of beauty, eh?

Gsp said he wouldve been a ufc champion

Paul C anyone know why he didnt went for a mma career instead of coaching?

@@AkamapD wasnt around in his physical prime

"an"

He's litterally just changing is lead leg

100%, but his true calling was coaching!

GSP swears he would of been world champion

But he wasn't cuz he's a pussy, Conor said it best

Андрей Илья Робертович Блейков Shut up dude I’d like to see you say that to his face keyboard warrior.

He can still fight someone around his age. I'd like to see him in a super fight vs Ali AbdelAziz

Yeah, light(ning fast) sparring 😳