03
Oct
2025
American MMA training historically adopted a 'meathead' style that burned out many athletes, whereas Russian and Cuban systems focused on technical ability and recovery to produce more durable killers.
They didn't go meathead style. In America, we went meathead style and we burnt a lot of dudes out. But the dudes who survived were just the killers of the killers. But they probably could have made more killers like the Russians did if they did it more technically.