Touch Butt Training
Okay so it isn’t actually called ‘Touch Butt Training’. This is what Nate Diaz referred to when he saw a video of rival Conor McGregor performing various movement drills in the park with his movement coach, Ido Portal.
“You’re playing touch-butt with that dork in the park with the pony tail,” said Diaz, making fun of McGregor’s training techniques.
Yet movement training is starting to become a huge part of MMA. UFC welterweight standout Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson and UFC bantamweight champion Dominick “The Dominator” Cruz put heavy emphasis on movement as part of their training. As a result, they are two of the hardest to hit fighters in the game today. McGregor isn’t too shabby either.
So it doesn’t really matter what Diaz thinks because movement training will add another dimension to your defense. Try it out!
