Top Dog is lowkey becoming my favorite organization to watch, non-stop action and just the right ratio of fighter skills and savagery making it entertaining for pros and us filthy casuals alike :D
@@Mighty15x been watching for many years in the UFC now to ONE. After last performance. I believe you are GOAT of MMA. Congrats and can’t wait for the next one.
@@sideswipe672how? Bare knuckle is not that far off from mma 4oz gloves aren’t much padding just barely enough to protect your hands from being injured basically
Hey @DJ you ask at @4:50 why not wear gloves instead. There are a few reasons. Gloves do more to protect the hands from breaks and the face from cuts. With gloves you can punch harder and are much less likely to break your hands. So you end up taking more brain damage with more and harder impacts. It's less bloody than bareknuckle but the long term risks are greater. You have to moderate your punches (lower power and strict targeting) with bareknuckle or risk breaking your hands on a skull or elbow. There is potentially more technical variety in bare knuckle since you can't block with gloves and there are more gaps in guards, also the open hand can be used for cuffs, parries, touches, and clinch work.
@@walseee Plently of folks bust their hands, but a few of the more technical folks: Dat Nguyen, Mike Richman, and Gee Perez come out with their hands relatively unscathed.
I was on my way to make this exact comment. Except you said it more succinctly & intelligently than I ever could have. You’re doing the Lord’s work, sir.
@@Mighty15x There's an older study available called "Karate and Boxing Glove Impact" that finds that gloved punches can generate more force and target displacement (almost 28%) than bareknuckle punches. Another study called "Striking dynamics and kinetic properties of boxing and MMA gloves" from 2014 finds that MMA gloves 4-5 times more peak force than boxing gloves as well.
3:40 another way to remember this principle is to always circle toward their back. Circling around the lead leg/hand can make it a lot easier to take somebody’s back if they over commit an attack from that same side, and like DJ says away from their power side
Personally I feel like the reason people prefer bare knuckle over boxing is because of how raw it is and you can see more damage as to where Regular boxing it’ll take until about round 5 for things to get interesting. Atleast for me that’s why I watch bare knuckle over boxing. Congrats on your win and I hope we can see another fight before you retire! Keep it up champ 💯❤️
Those knees would have laid me out, wow, that elbow might've stunned me but the knee. Beautiful play MM, this is pushing me to train more to withstand as much as possible. I love your breakdowns and expertise, thank you
Appreciate the breakdown mighty mouse! You're the goat and I always try to replicate your style when I spar. Huge inspiration to me as an aspiring fighter!
Wow this fight has great production value looks like some movie. Also, DJ coaching the next generation of fighters from his living room with those tips! 🎉
I love the fight break down videos! I really appreciate the information that you give us in them, it really helps me improve my fighting skills! Thank you mr.Johnson!
that was pure class, pretty technical war and it's crazy to think they did all that with bare knuckles. Made the whole thing better having DJ the GOAT breaking it all down for us
4:55 To answer your question I think the appeal is the underground fighter aesthetic + the added violence and gruesomeness of it. Like watching this truly feels like you’re watching an illegal fight ring even though it’s a legit fight promotion.
I think the appeal of bare knuckle fighting is due to the fact it’s basically bone hitting bone and is the most brutal and damaging way of hitting each other in the face lol
This is solo, DJ THANK YOU FOR COVERING STREETBEEFS THANK YOU FOR DOING THE REACTIONS OF MY MATCHES 🙏 IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO DO ANOTHER... SOLO VS RED GOAT WILL BRING THE FANS HOME..😂 HONESTY 😮 ITS A BRAND NEW MUAY THAI SOLO😊
Another master of the side step punch you were describing at the end was Mike Tyson. He would continually press the action and if you watch him. Freddie Roach taught him exactly what your describing close distance, side step to the shoulder side, and with Tyson he would usually throw a quick body, liver shot. He also did this because he was usually a smaller fighter with shorter arms and needed the fight very close to control the action and tempo.
Top Dog is the best league in Russian sport, so glad it got recognised all over the world. Atmosphere in the events is the closest to Roman Gladiator arena as you can get!
the thing i've learned so far from just listening to DJ's comments on all these videos. what seperate the guys in this video from a guy like DJ, jon jones etc. is the MIND. the top 10 guys in the world can think their way through a fight and thats what i find truly incredible.
Love it, DJ! Thanks for reviewing this fight! I actually really liked it and decided to check out this TDFC - watched like a dozen fights made by this promotion so far and there is a guy, Pogodin, that has a very interesting style that I very rarely see nowadays - such a great job with his footwork and a lead hand - OMG! Made some research and apparently it is called "soviet boxing style/school" - what do you think of its application in modern MMA? Is it bad? Or otherwise I don't really understand why MMA fighters do not utilize it - looks absolutely fantastic and I suppose rather frustrating for the opponent? I hope you can find his fight by typing this into a search bar (tdfc x pogodin)
14:30 DJ: He's expecting a knee....(casual AF w/ a flying knee) you go high Me (screaming at my screen): So you think everyone can just do that huh DJ!!!!! *throws up hands in frustration* lol
I think the point of bare knuckle isn't just that you can hurt your hand it's that you can't throw recklessly without breaking them and also that the damage taken is more realistic to a real fight. I don't know that it's all about. Protecting. Your hand and not being hurt when he's all punches. But I think that's part of it
The hay in background kind of makes me think of Snatch when Gorgeous George fights Mickey in like a barn or a stable or something.. Really cool scene and movie. Awesome movie.
I think the appeal to bare knuckle is that the damage accumulated is surface level most of the time, where as boxing there have been a lot of boxers with long term damage due to how many punches they can take with the glove. Just my personal view on it
So good to see DJ getting loads of views on his video's. Channel is blowing up dude. Been watching you now for years. You are the most underappreciated champion in UFC history yet all the real ones know you are the goat. You are a great humen being and a legend of combat sports. Just wanted to let you know you are appreciated brother and I hope you carry on getting the money, love and respect you deserve. Love to you and you're family mighty mouse. This community is grateful for you👍🥊🥊
DJ you the goat!! Would love to see you react to some of Izzy’s old kickboxing matches if that interests you! One way or another, your content is great!! Keep it up man!!
Does anyone else prefer when DJ watches low level fights? This is still fine, but I really enjoy when he breaks down "solo" fights and stuff like that, lol.
It looked like the cornerman for Stitsenko gave him a whiff of some smelling salts. He shook his head after inhaling from the little rag. Is that legal? What a fight! These two definitely have some boxing experience and training. So much better than watching a headhunting brawl.
Lol I caught that too, it reminded me of when Greg Hardy used an inhaler to open up his lungs during one of his fights 😂 like bro you can't be using PEDs on camera
Pretty sure the main appeal to bare knuckle is the large increase of physical damage thats able to be seen by the audience. Especially the amount of cuts, its like every single fight there is blood/cuts in bare knuckle
Has he reacted to those medieval sword fights yet? The big 20v20 brawls? Perhaps he could analyse some wild animals fights. Moose? Komodo dragons? Hippos? Etc
Dj breaking it down for us is like having God read you the bible 😂
lmao love this
😂😂😂
@@Mighty15x you ever play Fallout NV, you are Joshua Graham and Caesar is Dana so JG gotta go slay him cuz he is evil :D
What lol
you havent spoke truer words my friend
I appreciate what you've done for mixed martial arts, Mighty Mouse
thank you sir 😊🙏🏾
@@Mighty15x goat🗣️🐐
I like how active DJ is on his YT channel. Keep it up 🐐
will do brotha more content coming soon!
@@Mighty15x the goat🙌🙌🙌🙌
@@Mighty15x Legend.
Dudes a gamer
That was a wild first round
Don't retire yet! You are the true MMA GOAT, no one else comes close. Jones who?
Top Dog is lowkey becoming my favorite organization to watch, non-stop action and just the right ratio of fighter skills and savagery making it entertaining for pros and us filthy casuals alike :D
Unbelievable insight man! Thank you so much for the time brother. Like watching Goku explain how to throw a punch.😂
ur welcome..
@@Mighty15x been watching for many years in the UFC now to ONE. After last performance. I believe you are GOAT of MMA.
Congrats and can’t wait for the next one.
Damn, wasn't expecting that kind of production value from the bare knuckle fight.
That bit about circling the other way to your opponents strong hand seems so obvious but id never thought of it lol
lol
Makes two of us my next street fight I’m make sure to use this lol
@@sideswipe672how? Bare knuckle is not that far off from mma 4oz gloves aren’t much padding just barely enough to protect your hands from being injured basically
Hey @DJ you ask at @4:50 why not wear gloves instead. There are a few reasons. Gloves do more to protect the hands from breaks and the face from cuts. With gloves you can punch harder and are much less likely to break your hands. So you end up taking more brain damage with more and harder impacts. It's less bloody than bareknuckle but the long term risks are greater. You have to moderate your punches (lower power and strict targeting) with bareknuckle or risk breaking your hands on a skull or elbow. There is potentially more technical variety in bare knuckle since you can't block with gloves and there are more gaps in guards, also the open hand can be used for cuffs, parries, touches, and clinch work.
I feel like these crazy mofos don’t even care if they break their hands, they just keep on throwing
i would love to see a legit study on this matter!😊
@@walseee Plently of folks bust their hands, but a few of the more technical folks: Dat Nguyen, Mike Richman, and Gee Perez come out with their hands relatively unscathed.
I was on my way to make this exact comment. Except you said it more succinctly & intelligently than I ever could have. You’re doing the Lord’s work, sir.
@@Mighty15x There's an older study available called "Karate and Boxing Glove Impact" that finds that gloved punches can generate more force and target displacement (almost 28%) than bareknuckle punches. Another study called "Striking dynamics and kinetic properties of boxing and MMA gloves" from 2014 finds that MMA gloves 4-5 times more peak force than boxing gloves as well.
That Knee against Moraes was wild outside of context, and even crazier within in. Like a movie how poetic of a finish it was
3:40 another way to remember this principle is to always circle toward their back. Circling around the lead leg/hand can make it a lot easier to take somebody’s back if they over commit an attack from that same side, and like DJ says away from their power side
I remember it as circle away from the jab and not towards the overhand
Loved DJ breaking down his own fight at the end there to clarify his earlier point. It's like a video game for him. That was great.
Personally I feel like the reason people prefer bare knuckle over boxing is because of how raw it is and you can see more damage as to where Regular boxing it’ll take until about round 5 for things to get interesting. Atleast for me that’s why I watch bare knuckle over boxing. Congrats on your win and I hope we can see another fight before you retire! Keep it up champ 💯❤️
'people prefer bare knuckle over boxing'
No such person exists.
@@louduva9849 "no such person exists" bare knuckle boxers
Congratulations on your last fight mighty mouse! Those jump knees in the clinch were awesome
thank you sir!
These european bare knuckles dudes would absolutely merk the whole bkfc roster lol
It's russians
Those knees would have laid me out, wow, that elbow might've stunned me but the knee. Beautiful play MM, this is pushing me to train more to withstand as much as possible. I love your breakdowns and expertise, thank you
The jab from the guy in the black wraps at 6:15 was lighting dude!
Appreciate the breakdown mighty mouse! You're the goat and I always try to replicate your style when I spar. Huge inspiration to me as an aspiring fighter!
😊🙏🏾
Wow this fight has great production value looks like some movie. Also, DJ coaching the next generation of fighters from his living room with those tips! 🎉
Hell yeah champ thank you we appreciate you
Thanks for stopping by and supporting the channel
This dudes one of us. Best fighter the planets ever seen and is the most humble and down to earth. ROLE MODEL
Please do more of this. Such an honor to be able to learn things like this from THE GOAT
That high knee is a tough one to pull off. Legend
What a master class of using knees, just love te content mighty. Keep it up champ
thank you sir 😊🙏🏾
Goddamn dudes was throwing BTW mad respect for showing up in jeans to throw bombs 😂
I love the fight break down videos! I really appreciate the information that you give us in them, it really helps me improve my fighting skills!
Thank you mr.Johnson!
that was pure class, pretty technical war and it's crazy to think they did all that with bare knuckles. Made the whole thing better having DJ the GOAT breaking it all down for us
ur welcome play boi
4:55 To answer your question I think the appeal is the underground fighter aesthetic + the added violence and gruesomeness of it. Like watching this truly feels like you’re watching an illegal fight ring even though it’s a legit fight promotion.
I think the appeal of bare knuckle fighting is due to the fact it’s basically bone hitting bone and is the most brutal and damaging way of hitting each other in the face lol
Damn. That there was a damn good fight, enjoyed it and the break down. Thank you DJ!
This is solo, DJ THANK YOU FOR COVERING STREETBEEFS THANK YOU FOR DOING THE REACTIONS OF MY MATCHES 🙏 IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO DO ANOTHER...
SOLO VS RED GOAT WILL BRING THE FANS HOME..😂 HONESTY 😮
ITS A BRAND NEW MUAY THAI SOLO😊
hahha noted and thank you for all the entertainment. 😊🙏🏾
at 4:25 that is some solid advice. I'm not sure why none of my coaches ever told me that but it seems obvious now that I heard you say it. Thanks!
i know you and other people say just watching fighting doesn't help you fight better. I guarantee your breakdowns do. Appreciate it.
The instant I thought to myself, "Damn, dude with the tats is crisp" he leaves his left side open and turns into that over-hand right lol
Top Dog has some super cool fights worth checking out!
Another master of the side step punch you were describing at the end was Mike Tyson. He would continually press the action and if you watch him. Freddie Roach taught him exactly what your describing close distance, side step to the shoulder side, and with Tyson he would usually throw a quick body, liver shot. He also did this because he was usually a smaller fighter with shorter arms and needed the fight very close to control the action and tempo.
Top Dog is the best league in Russian sport, so glad it got recognised all over the world. Atmosphere in the events is the closest to Roman Gladiator arena as you can get!
yo dj do more of these bare knuckle ones. the quality of fighting is much more technical than street beefs
These dudes are savages my God that was a great fight
I was always under the impression no gloves meant you had to be a bit more selective with the punches, can't just let rip as much. This was a banger!
yeah they where banging
@@Mighty15xwhat⁉️
@@theegwols7562 😂😂
the thing i've learned so far from just listening to DJ's comments on all these videos. what seperate the guys in this video from a guy like DJ, jon jones etc. is the MIND.
the top 10 guys in the world can think their way through a fight and thats what i find truly incredible.
There are actually less injuries to the hands in bare knuckle surprisingly enough
People love it when things get real primal, hence the bare knuckle wave, btw thank you dj for all ur amazing fights!
This is so sick, didn’t expect an MMA legend to have a gaming channel 😂 ✊🏻
My favourite part was armed Mike fixing his hair after getting knocked down....😂😂
DJ is advising a shift in body placement of a matter of inches. How you do this at full speed? It’s the sweet science!
The best fight I've seen in a while on this formar 😮
Love it, DJ! Thanks for reviewing this fight! I actually really liked it and decided to check out this TDFC - watched like a dozen fights made by this promotion so far and there is a guy, Pogodin, that has a very interesting style that I very rarely see nowadays - such a great job with his footwork and a lead hand - OMG! Made some research and apparently it is called "soviet boxing style/school" - what do you think of its application in modern MMA? Is it bad? Or otherwise I don't really understand why MMA fighters do not utilize it - looks absolutely fantastic and I suppose rather frustrating for the opponent?
I hope you can find his fight by typing this into a search bar (tdfc x pogodin)
Them boys are throwing hands. Damn good too!.
yeah there combos were pretty damn good. super durable too
😂 so fantastic and hilarious and informative. And I love the respect you have for the fighters!
bareknuckle is a sprint and boxing is a marathon, idk what athletes prefer about it but i find it more digestible than most boxing matches
Even as a boxer I am learning from these breakdowns! I’m a fan, subbed
14:30 DJ: He's expecting a knee....(casual AF w/ a flying knee) you go high
Me (screaming at my screen): So you think everyone can just do that huh DJ!!!!! *throws up hands in frustration* lol
lmao sorry 😂
Look at some of Kratos' fight from Top Dog !👊🐺🐺
My hands hurt just watching these guys throw. They punch hard and fast
Fighting bare knuckle vs with a boxing glove is a different type of pain
I think the point of bare knuckle isn't just that you can hurt your hand it's that you can't throw recklessly without breaking them and also that the damage taken is more realistic to a real fight. I don't know that it's all about. Protecting. Your hand and not being hurt when he's all punches. But I think that's part of it
Might mouse over here with the mighty breakdowns!
ayyyeee hope you liked it!
"almost knocked the fucking ref out.." that ref did not budge lol @7:08
Damn they got Josh Emmett to ref? thats wild
lmao
Dude, I had to double AND triple take as I'm watching on my phone. Had to scroll down and see if anyone else thought the same thing 😂😂
The hay in background kind of makes me think of Snatch when Gorgeous George fights Mickey in like a barn or a stable or something.. Really cool scene and movie. Awesome movie.
Just coming through to show love and respect to the GOAT. Salute!
🤣🤣not the ref swallowing a dig
So Mighty Mouse agrees. You don't mess with The Zohan!😂
I think the appeal to bare knuckle is that the damage accumulated is surface level most of the time, where as boxing there have been a lot of boxers with long term damage due to how many punches they can take with the glove. Just my personal view on it
That step to the side is what Lomachenko does as well to get an angle
yup he is a good boxer to look at when it comes to angles and movement
@@Mighty15xbeautifully too
So good to see DJ getting loads of views on his video's. Channel is blowing up dude. Been watching you now for years. You are the most underappreciated champion in UFC history yet all the real ones know you are the goat. You are a great humen being and a legend of combat sports. Just wanted to let you know you are appreciated brother and I hope you carry on getting the money, love and respect you deserve. Love to you and you're family mighty mouse. This community is grateful for you👍🥊🥊
Masvidal has a bare knuckle mma promotion called Gamebred. You should do a breakdown of some of those
Amazing commentary, literally taking notes while watching this !!!
Dude pulls up an example of himself slight flex 😂
The Tom Brady of the fight game im all ears anytime mighty mouse breaks down fights
Gotta love some Top Dog!
DJ you the goat!! Would love to see you react to some of Izzy’s old kickboxing matches if that interests you! One way or another, your content is great!! Keep it up man!!
oh hell yeah i would
Mighty Mouse the GOAT, such a humble dude, keep up the great videos man👍👍
This looks like it was taken straight out of fight club. Crazy!
Mighty Mouse using the Bangers Font to write banger is a banger lol
thank you DJ we really learn a lot from your fight breakdowns! 👑👑
Cant get enough of these videos so unexpected one of my favourite fighters would be one of my favourite TH-camrs 😂
hahha glad you enjoy the content lol
Does anyone else prefer when DJ watches low level fights? This is still fine, but I really enjoy when he breaks down "solo" fights and stuff like that, lol.
It looked like the cornerman for Stitsenko gave him a whiff of some smelling salts. He shook his head after inhaling from the little rag. Is that legal? What a fight! These two definitely have some boxing experience and training. So much better than watching a headhunting brawl.
Lol I caught that too, it reminded me of when Greg Hardy used an inhaler to open up his lungs during one of his fights 😂 like bro you can't be using PEDs on camera
Pretty sure the main appeal to bare knuckle is the large increase of physical damage thats able to be seen by the audience. Especially the amount of cuts, its like every single fight there is blood/cuts in bare knuckle
baa
Только Топ Дог💪
Dj literaly feeling the right overhand coming :D
1:50 You called the overhand right landing Mighty Mouse 💪 so sick
DJ is more excited than the public 🤟 cool.
Just found this channel. Incredible commentary and huge fan!!! Keep up the amazing work
Bro just became champ and uploaded a reaction video respect
great practical advice if you ever have the need to defend yourself.
What a lovely clean straightener .
I'll show you what I mean, let me just pull up one of these Championship fights I've been recently in.
Incredible! 🐐!
Has he reacted to those medieval sword fights yet? The big 20v20 brawls?
Perhaps he could analyse some wild animals fights. Moose? Komodo dragons? Hippos? Etc
DJ got the fingers on his head like he got a headache😂
lmao pretty much 😂
More of these guys please🙏🙏🙏
thanks for sharing your wisdom! subscribed & loving the content!
Only Top Dog! Ty DJ
You do not mess with the Zohan 🤣
At 3:15 are they using ammonia for their boxer to wake up?
awesome breakdown, im surprised you dont have a folder with all the different techniques that you try to explain.
I love the hay bales hahaha. Makes me feel like this is at the county fair
road house style lol