Words With A MAD Coach

UFC 315 Review Muhammad vs Maddalena

Jack Della Maddalena has captured the Welterweight Championship after an intense battle with Belal Muhammad in what many are calling a great fight.

Team Talk

Discussing MMA with Team ROC Teammates

Play To Your Strengths

1. It maximizes efficiency and effectiveness.
By using what you’re naturally good at—whether it’s power, speed, grappling, endurance, or mental toughness—you get the best results with the least wasted effort or energy. This creates a strategic edge and helps conserve your resources for critical moments in a fight.
2. It builds confidence and rhythm.
Fighting from your strengths keeps you in familiar territory where your reactions are sharper and your timing is tighter. That consistency fuels confidence, which is key to maintaining composure under pressure.
3. It forces opponents to adapt to you.
If you impose your strengths, you make the other fighter fight your fight—dictating range, pace, and style. That’s far better than adjusting to theirs.
4. It reduces exposure to risk.
Straying too far outside your strengths, especially without mastery, puts you in danger. If you’re a striker trying to grapple without grappling experience, or a wrestler striking wildly, you increase your chances of getting caught or overwhelmed.
5. It builds your brand and longevity outside the ring.
Out of the ring, playing to your strengths—like your charisma, discipline, creativity, or teaching ability—helps you build a sustainable career, whether that’s as a coach, content creator, gym owner, or public figure. It keeps your identity strong and consistent.

Combat Sports Weekend Update

Boxing MMA Rizin UFC ONE

April 2025 P4P Rankings

Women Rankings 
1. Leilani Hodges
2. Moriela Trinidad
3. Willow Lyles /Wendy Anundson
4. Sosha Sullivan
5. Terri Redman
6. Rachel Beauchamp
7. Hanna Preservati
8. Hannah Ross
9. Gracie Greco
Amateur Men P4P
1. Trey Rhodes / Julian Nieto2. Moo Soe3. Corbin Manley   4. Josh Cook5. Noah Starowitz6. Pais Brothers7 Dylan Villan Williams8 Osvaldo Gonzlez9 Daniel Wilkins10 Sam Cleary
Mens Pro P4P
1 Tommy Quazi2 Jonathan Martin / Tommy Gant3 Truckon Carson4. Shameek Harvey5. AJ Chambers6. Paul Carson7. Josh Motsinger8. Josh Doster9. Brent Williams10. Jake Valdes /Niko Petrides

Fondo and The MAD Coach

Having a convo with some of the guys from Team ROC

The Good, The Bad and Leadership

Reflecting on the Local, Regional, and National MMA Industry

Understanding Your Style

Today, we discuss some methods to identify your fighting style and how to improve or change it to something different.

No Need To Argue

No Need to Argue is a thought space where perspective takes precedence over persuasion. In a world quick to debate and slow to understand, we explore the how and why behind opposing viewpoints—because everyone has a journey that shaped their stance. Through thoughtful dialogue, we shift the focus from conflict to curiosity, revealing the stories, systems, and experiences that form belief.
Whether in life, martial arts, or philosophy, we’re not here to win arguments—we’re here to learn from them.

Learning from WWE and UFC

WWE Wrestlemania review/ UFC and WWE lessons/ Local MMA