You’ve do doubt seen these two in Tapout commercials during The Ultimate Fighter or Spike broadcasts of UFC events, but here’s an extended video on these two. It’ll be amazing to see where these kids end up when they get older. Wonder how they’d do against this kid.

The filmmaker is Bobby Razak and he’s got an impressive resume of fight-related films. Great visual style and polish.

Here’s Frank Mir doing a seminar at Island MMA in Victoria, BC. Some fantastic info and great tips on the half guard in MMA. Also, since Mir’s background is BJJ he provides a great perspective on how he’s adapted his BJJ bottom game for MMA/wrestling. 10 parts to watch.

Hit the jump to see the other 9 parts to this series.

Need to finish an armbar during camping but lacking proper technique? Need to know what Gilbert Yvel’s professional fight record is while you’re on a bus? Yep, there’s an app for that. Here are some iPhone apps for MMA and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fans and practitioners.

MMA News

• MMA Underground – $1.99
  Probably the most polished MMA app out there. Features MMA news, fighter database, upcoming events (MMA and grappling), and you can read the underground forums (no posting).
• MMA Fan – Free
  MMA news, videos, photos (MMA models), podcasts, and aggregated MMA-related twitter content.
• MMA Torch – Free
  MMA news – basically a pocket sized MMATorch.com website.
• Ultimate Fighting Championship – $0.99
  The official UFC app. Highlights, video content (in-app pay-per-view), slated to offer PPV events, Octagon Girls, UFC fighter database. Great app if you only watch Zuffa-promoted fights.
• MMA Junkie Mobile – Free
  MMA news from MMAJunkie and Yahoo! Sports.

More apps after the jump.

The Ezekiel choke is one of the most dangerous chokes in all of BJJ-land. Much like the Kimura, its name comes from an old-time BJJ competitor who basically cleaned out his competition in a tournament with this choke back when nobody knew about it. If there was ever a choke to stay diligent to prevent, it’s the Ezekiel. Here’s why:

1. It’s one of the few subs that can be executed from inside your opponent’s guard
2. Once it’s slapped on (more so with gi), it’s very difficult to defend against and almost impossible to get rid of
3. You can hit it from guard, mount, side control
4. Getting your trachea smashed really sucks
5. It’s so easy, even a caveman can do it

Here’s Erik Paulson with the particulars of how to execute this choke no gi:

Here’s what it looks like with gi:

To defend it, you need to stay alert. With the gi, as soon as your opponent gets his fingers in the attacking sleeve, it’s too late. Usually the attacker begins with an arm deep behind your neck with his head about level with yours. If the attacker is in your guard, they abandon any attempts to pass and lean deep into your guard. As with a lot of stuff in BJJ, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound.

Here’s the dee:

Check out this NYT article about champion ultra-endurance athlete Jure Robic. Robic isn’t gifted physically, he’s gifted mentally. He is crazy… and I don’t mean he’s got crazy cardio or crazy strength. Something is wrong with his brain. His craziness suppresses his brain’s ability to tell his body to stop.

That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stranger – New York Times.

In a 2004 race, he turned to see himself pursued by a howling band of black-bearded men on horseback.

‘‘Mujahedeen, shooting at me,’’ he explains. ‘‘So I ride faster.’’

A spate of recent studies has contributed to growing support for the notion that the origins and controls of fatigue lie partly, if not mostly, within the brain and the central nervous system.