Team Alpha Male members Urijah Faber, Joseph Benavidez, Chad Mendes, Danny Castillo and TJ Dillashaw have gone undefeated since bringing on head coach Duane Ludwig. Go inside the gym to see why it works.
This video was really intriguing. Duane does have extremely unique knowledge in terms of Stand-up fighting AS WELL AS takedown defense. He's teaching this to fighters who are already ridiculous grapplers and takedown artists, who are also VERY athletic. Perfect combination of coach and fighter(s).
Woah, cool vid. Always knew Ludwig was a great technician. Think he fell short himself when it came to the muscle factor. But it's awesome he has the personal ability to teach so well in that environment. Go hard Duane!!
that dutch style of kicking and punching on each others body and gloves is just brutal hardning technique conditioning training all at once, beleef me i did it and love it !
people saying snake and all this shit, look at alpha males results since he left they've done absolutely shit. If this is a snake someone point me in the direction of the snake pit so i can become a world champ.
Iskusmarines nah he won me money. Lost me on an accumulator though put 1st round i didn't buy the trash talk, i thought cody's boxing experience would allow him to deal with cruz's style but i didn't think it'd be a decision thats for sure. Cruz seemed a bit slow to me not as sharp as usual but that was probably due to cody and his movement i'll have to rewatch to see the subtleties.
Love that they are FINALLY taking striking seriously at TAM. It seems like Joey B is the only guy their who had the ability to throw hands from the start.
Of course you are right in that they have lost before, and they hold no titles. But since Ludwig joined their team, they've gone 17-0. Which is pretty impressive imo, belts or no belts.
I hear ya.. sometimes athletes that play get hurt or their family didn't want them competing anymore. In my opinion those guys are the best to go to cause they put everything they have to help you because they love the sport that much..
These guys bring out the team in this sport, a lot of people don't know how important it is to have good people to train with. Undefeated too, these guys doing big things xp
as a fighter Ludwig was so-so.. he maybe lacked the tools, but the mind is there.. look at how dramatically improved these kids at TAM are since he's been there almost a year now... they are all FAR more well rounded
i don't know why but when i first started watching mma i thought those team alpha male fighters were douchebags. but over time i realized that those dudes are really great guys!
As another example, in soccer Jose Mourinho was hardly an amazing player and could barely break it as a pro, yet he is an incredible coach and is widely considered one of the best today. Someone doesn't need to have the abilities to be able to teach, they just need to understand.
I would love to see one of the alpha male guys couch TUF (preferably T.J since his been there) n Duane comes in to help wt the training.. that would be awesome..
Think it's the same like in football (soccer)...the best coaches often didn't even play in the first league. It's more about your mind than muscles or pure athletic skill.
