I Hired A Girl To Help Me Fight Eddie Hall
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- What happens when the World's Strongest Man takes advice from a Black Belt? Watch this video to find out!
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Mitchell is going to kick the Atlas stone out of Eddie, but Mitchell should still prepare for Brian Shaw's ground game (the man weighs 440 lbs and has a a 12 inch salami) or Martin Ford's standing game.
i agree mitch, shes cute ;) beter hide this one from the wifey or ure on the couch.
she did loglfit very well! and learned quick. Probably done some crossfit style training
Somebody has a little crush
She is a great instructor, and seems very fun, but I have to be honest, I definitely think she's a better Strongwoman then Mitch is a kicker lol. Also its interesting to see how both of them transitioned into, or out of, "Teaching Mode."
What’s great is her humbleness when Mitch was trying to size her up and assumed because of his size/strength he could easily take her.
She was like, “Na fam. I’d break your nose, knees, and will.” 🤣
Get it gurl 🤘🏽
@@Th3Gr3mlinz how is that humbleness
@@TheBoyfriendOfYourWife she could have been as boastful as Mitch early on but she wasn’t. She didn’t say anything until Mitch was like, “what do you think?”
Much easier to pick things up than it is to throw a good kick multiple times! That being said I’m way better at kicking then lifting hahaha. Just comes down to what you practice because I don’t lift lol
@@Th3Gr3mlinz that’s still not humbleness she is js not arrogant or boastful
“Shaking a turd out of my shorts” was the perfect description. 😂
Holy crap, Silvana's balance is GOD TIER. She can put her leg at ANY level of extension on any angle, in motion, or stationary, and just be ROCK STEADY on her remaining footing. That's incredible.
The problem is that she can't generate any power at all. It's supposed to be combat, not ballet.
slivana needs some muscles
@@CarlySBI totally agree what I notice is that slivana avoids fighting full contact but she can't generate any power in her legs slivana needs muscle in her arms but Mitchell will destroy her in the ring
@@CarlySB what do you mean by that
@@CarlySBKicks hurt bro you don’t need that much power lol. There’s such a thing as “enough power” and she’s so fast and precise you won’t even see it coming. A lot of headkick KOs come in training be accident, look at Eddie halls last video. He got dropped by a headkick that wasn’t even fully extended it literally just made contact.
Eddie is a beast, but Mitch's athletic conditioning is incredible. I want to see this.
yeah mitch is both more agile and stronger than Eddie at present time. However, Eddie has more time to train for this as Mitch is busy with strongman training. So, we will see.
Fitness and cardio are gonig to be a huge factor (assuming we get to later rounds). Mitch has much better cardio than Eddie (though I haven't seen Eddie recently to be fair)
Will there be any rounds at all?@@AlasdairThompson
@@AlasdairThompsonthere are no “late” rounds…
Mitch doesnt look good with his hands eddie has more experience and more suited fighter
I like how Silvana is explaining the basics of kicking and kicks. And her kicks so effortless. He will get better and I Hope he Kicks in his fight. And how they both are trying thairuokakulttuurin best at everything.
Also, not trashing other even when asked❤
Conclusion: don't kick.
A low leg kick is lethal, with very low risk.
You need to train with GSP
Dang, I'd love to see GSP show Mitch some martial arts and for Mitch to show GSP some strongman.
This needs more likes
If he were to get serious about it, that would be amazing, even if just to see them together.
Absolutely.. You don't enlist a woman to teach you combat.. Absolute insanity.
@@jackhammer0101 It's just video content, son
Dude you have potential to be over all one of the best athletes to ever walk the face of the earth let alone world’s strongest
simpppp
not even close
@saxon8981 your mom calls me pimppppp
@@KlaytonRuggles-eq6rc and do they still call her jawbone? lol
@dixinbuttz44 Around these parts she’s known as lockjaw actually. Locks open or closed and accepts any size with the perfect amount of suction
This woman is very skilled in her martial art but Im not sold on the effectiveness of chambered kicks for MMA. The kicks bazooka joe was using are typically more applicable and widley used for this reason
To be fair, there's something known as powerful enough. A leg is still a leg. People KO people all the time with questions mark kicks and karate kicks. Mitch has a 6'3 frame and he's insanely powerful and weighs hundreds of pounds. He can KO anyone. It might be better to be faster and have his front and roundhouses chamber in a similar way to be trickier.
I like the half n half format with teaching both ways. Master vs novice from different perspectives.
dude, you're both such chill people. genuine and down to earth. keep on keepin on! also, the grip strength and dominant/non-dominant hand thing is awesome and makes sense. when i carry in groceries i load up my left wrist and hand with pretty much all the bags and small stuff for my right. i'm right hand dominant. plus my right hand is available for unlocking the door/operating handles. it just always made more sense to load up my left. silly comparison to lifting weights, but still lol
Eddie isn't likely to throw too many kicks in the fight. I think a huge weapon against him would be low kicks, a bladed stance isn't going to be too useful in a cage. Balance and mobility against takedowns is to risky unless you're like Wonderboy or Machida.
He just got head kick KOed in training because of that usless stance/guard he uses.
if I was Mitch I would secretly train high kicks to the very best of his ability.
@@zGJungle he’s not gonna be able to do an useful high kick, unless he trained for a couple years at minimum.
@@adrianbrown2957 have you seen how low Eddie carries his head when in his stance? Probably only 5 foot off the ground when he does his hobbit/grenade thrower pose.
@@zGJungle don’t you think Eddie learned from that from his coaches afterwards, i’m not bashing Mitch, because I don’t favor any of the strong men, but I know Mitch will not use a high kick during a match in which takes years to learn, guarantee, they will both use their upper body to fight.
@@adrianbrown2957 If the boxing is anything to go by, we know Eddie is a very slow learner.
That upchaining is some thing I have not heard of before, but it makes perfect sense, I have always had physical jobs but my current job requires lots of hand strength for the lifts, and it's made my whole upper body feel more powerful.
I Love the enthusiasm you have when teaching the strongman stuff that comes out with every person you have on. Super cool.
Great video, thanks. Really enjoyed the second part and the extra information shared.
I wish you the best of luck as Eddie has been taking this pretty seriously and training with Tom Aspinall.
Just training with people your own size and getting a feel of them is a whole different level. Best of luck, I'm not counting you fully out but i dont think this is going the distance
Eddie trained seriously for boxing as well and it was pathetic.
Looking forward to the match and while i am a moose fan, its eddies chance at redemption.
if this is his training hes fucked lol this shit is not mma training
Eddie's cardio is horrid
All of theit cardio is horrid tbf@@jacobleatherwood4298
@@jacobleatherwood4298 If Eddie Hall or any of these guys had any real seriousness about boxing training, they'd contact Mike Tyson about a sparring session someone who really knows boxing. Problem is, one body shot from Mike & they"ll fold instantly.
I adore her. She seems like an amazing teacher with a great personality. Looking forward to hopefully more training footage in preparation for the fight.
5:27 The cameraman did his job
That chambered taekwondo roundhouse kick is useless for MMA. He needs to learn a Muay Thai one for the fight:)
Muay Thai is great for MMA but he would still need an adjusted stance to defend against takedowns that the muay Thai stance doesn’t provide.
Not sure how long you have to train for the fights but if it’s not that long I’d def focus most on punches and wrestling. There’s been UFC champions just from mastering those two things, like Khabib, Randy Coture, Rampage Jackson, Usman, Daniel Cormier and a few others. But if you have the time to prepare kicks are def a nice bonus and a weapon that can end a fight with one shot if you can get it up to the head and most well rounded pros have a nice kick.
Solid technique for powerful low kicks and middle kicks, as well as checking them, are a must in this upcoming fight. It would be devastating to see if they'd get one-sidedly teared apart through low kicks.
Khabib mastered punching? 😂
It's just a fun video idea. I don't see this as a true training session. Specifically training kicking without anything else isn't something you really want to do for MMA. You have to set the kick up for optimal effectiveness.
@@bleromafia I agree it’s important these days with pro mma fighters, but I believe with these strong men that cardio, punching and wrestling will be the story of the fight and whoever does those three things best will win imo. But time will tell and again I’m not sure how long he had to train but if any of them are athletic enough to get enough at kicks to use them in a fight it’s probably Mitchell.
@@Pilv11 lol, his ground and pound punches at least were pretty good. 😆
This girl is very impressive. Knows what she knows and understands/applies what you teach her with very little confusion. (you made a good choice)
I can´t wait to watch the fight! IWhen I really hope it´s going to be avalible for me, being in Europe. I really find it interesting to see the different kinds of strength between you two.
this is the first time anyone actually properly explained to me why less mobility is a good thing for strength athletes, thanks Mitch, I know you talked about it before but it didn't really make sense, but te stretch rebound(bounce) in the competition range absolutely makes sense. luckily as a more general athlete who also trains for physique development on the side I can actually use all the mobility and strength in all ranges since I never know in what position I have to be strong. But if you know your range it not only makes sense for specificity(which is why I used to think some full range acessories would be good) but having the rebound sure makes a big difference, not just for 1RM, but especially for reps so you don't loose as much strength and energy on each rep. only muscle I'd still train at very long lengths for some acessories are hamstrings, maybe biceps and chest, but not for mobility, but to strengthen the connevtive tissues and decrease the risk of tears, plu a fully stretched hamstring makes you weaker, so it probably isn't a big deal to have some extra mobility there and with almost straight knees the glutes and quads don't gain mobility anyway
you can't tell someone who's new to stand bladed in a mma fight lmao... just learn some boxing basics and a muay thai roundhouse kick + front kick.
Yea those karate kicks aren't going to do anything if he can't very accurately hit the liver.
Killer video. You guys kicked the crap outta that bag!
This was fantastic. So professional
Mitch really knows his stuff, I think the only other person that explains strong man like this is Martins.
I have watched a few of your videos and I'm thoroughly enjoying them. The ones with Little T. are very funny. You're a sweet big bear. 🐻
Idk about this. I'd probably choose someone who teaches functional martial arts like mma over this girl who seems to be focusing on some flashy kicking instead of something combat-ready. Eddie is training with Tom Aspinall.
Exactly. She barely moved the footballs she was kicking. High speed love taps won't drop anyone.
Great watching two Professional Athletes with Respect
Good kicks Mr. Hooper and congrats on your WSM win. I would say that going into fighting at your weight and lack of flexibility is just asking for injuries and a torn muscle could easily take you out of competitive strongman.
This girl's balance was incredible! I can tell it took hours of training probably for her to get there. Not only that, but she's also a great trainer keeping explanations simple.
she is amazing, but when he asks if she could stop him, from overwhelming her i dont think she stands a chance, if he lunges at her and just slams her down with added bodyweight.
No doubt. She could do a bit of damage but he’s got way too much size and strength on her.
The way he tried to demonstrate seem like it would have allowed a really juicy kick in the balls, but if he mentally prepared to go all out from the beginning then I think you are right
@@914Rocky She wouldn't do any damage lol...
this shows that she has no grappling experience =)
Yeah bro, with all due respect, his power would easily overwhelm her -as well as most people. (We know, and Michael was being kind).
16:35 amen - applies to playing musical instruments, too
need you in Tristargym canada and doing some of your og cardio stuff to prep for the fight
Side note - Martins would be good at this with his mobility and balance!
This video had me grinning so much. Loved it
Really enjoyed watching her video on her channel. Recommended people give it a watch.
watchout for Eddies right hand, kick him on the thigh, or better yet calf, bounce around and he will be gassed before you do as he is both older and have less stamina than you. He will go hard and heavy the first rounds tho, particularily with heavy haymakers from his right hand.
I wouldn't bother trying to kick over waist height, with your flexibility overwise your balance could be compromised.
Kicking to the thigh and mid section is probably your comfort zone.
Dude, you got the content!
Kicking will be the winning factor in this match with Eddie for sure.
Her saying she could possibly stop him is adorable 😂
women are delusional.
@@stinkmeaner6969 honestly it is kind of weird that he did this “training” with her. I’m sure it’s just for CZcams and for views but the more I see videos of him, Eddie and Brian I am slowly starting to think these fights aren’t really going to happen. Like it’s some publicity thing.
Mitchel could easily break any non training mans arm or hand or anything bone related. Now imagine a girl even if she trains like this he could just grab her and crush her anywhere.
People dont understand how strong mitchel is, having someone like him on you, u have no chance to move. Except if ur a mid-heavy man fighter in some category with alot of experience or skill.
@@robertduncan8400Brian seems to be taking it seriously but the fight organisers are extremely sketchy so I would not bet on the fight happening / the athletes getting paid.
@@iR3Mi What people don't understand is that he's not trying to destroy her in this scenario, just grab her. she would have many chances to get at his groin or eyes etc, and it doesn't matter who you are, that will stop you.
Hahaha no way silvana! Great job getting a video with Mitchell hooper , this is awesome 👍😎 keep up the social media grind !
I am looking forward to seeing you complete aganst Martins and thir at the Arnold.
Mitch is very smart about what training he has shown. He knows he cant learn how to properly kick in the next month or so & Karate style kicking is very hard to pull off in mma anyway. He also knows eddie will try to box him. 1000% Mitch is all in on wrestling and ground and pound. Close distance drop eddie (who doesnt know how to wrestle) and ground and pound as a bigger guy.
Stoked for this fight! My moneys on you Mitch
I did a charity event how many roundhouse kicks on a long bag in an hour .
I managed 1648 .
Mitch your only going to need learning thigh kick on Eddie as he’s going to be in a boxing stance 🇦🇺👍
If this is what your MMA training actually looks like, you are in trouble.
Everyone believes you can be successful in this fight, but learning light kicks is not gonna work
I would not spend the little time you have left to prepare with some taekwondo-'fighter' or striking in general. Contact GSP or John Danaher and learn to take the fight to a place where you can control and outsmart Eddie. You can get some basics down in grappling in a few weeks. You won't in striking.
Or try Gordon Ryan, he's out with stomach issues again so he won't be competing. He's a great teacher too.
He needs to learn how to throw a one two plus wrestling and maybe some ground game
He should get some training from Bas Rutten. That's why eddi lost to thor lol
@@Pilv11 Exactly, just enough to not get hit or set up a takedown
This is literally just for the content guys common
This was gold.
they´re so into eachother lol
like 2 highschoolers hahah
She's training you in martial arts, she's creating an absolute unstoppable force of destruction, the world isn't ready for.
Watching two experts introduce each other to the basics of their sport is fascinating. Great video!
Only on high kicks
Love it ! With that step in side kick ….step your back leg behind the kicking leg it opens your hips up as you chamber and step through and drive it through that heel ….simple but deadly I would level 300 lbs bob dumbies. If you don’t drive through your heel with your hips not open then barely move haha old school karate step behind side kick MEGA POWER. Specially with your size would be amazing !
I wondered my my left arm is stronger, make sense since I play baseball and hockey using my left arm. Appreciate that tid bit 31:35
If she's a karate expert, then she's not a mixed martial artist. If I were him, I wouldn't take her advice unless she adapted it to the sport of mma.
She's honestly living I a dream world if she thinks she could stop a guy like that if he wanted to attack her , she would have at best 1 strike on him , if that doesn't knock him out it's game over !
she has the skill, just missing weight to make her strikes have impact
As a second degree black belt and strongman competitor "average" 105kg lol. This video made me happy
I love videos like this, because they show that strength is a good base, the same with mobility, stability etc. but strength, mobility and speed etc. is sport specific. Like every other sports you have to practice it for years before you reach elite level. Even within just strength specific sports like arm wrestling, your don´t just become an elite level arm wrestler. The match between Devon Larratt and Thor showed this. And i know of alot of pretty strong people who think just because they are strong they can kick everybody's ass, and that is just not the case. With that being said i am pretty sure you would be able to manhandle her just using your strength. There is a reason men and women does not fight against each other and that there is weight classes.
I have no doubt she could mess up alot of guys but she is delusionaly confident in her abilities to defend against someone your size
Fly like a butterfly and Eddie will gas out
Lol
Once you get that rhythm you'd be a BEAST!!!
Her reaction to your complimenting her efforts is soo cute :D
She is surprisingly strong. Mitch, I wish you luck with your kicks which I won't comment on today.
I truly hope he is training more than this for the fight. Brian and Eddie have been training kinda legit.
You both seem like very nice people, so even though this is a bit off wrt my normal interests I ended up viewing, and enjoying, the entire video. :)
better get someone who has real fighting experience
Exactly.
Bas Rutten
We only see whats released but By the looks of it mitch isn't taking the fight too seriously. My guess is he is planning to go in there use his athleticism, move a bunch and collect a pay check. I hope he doesn't get hurt.
@@hairyape_8103
True. Not enough time to train quality.
Freaking right. She ain t no fighter but a poser. Karate practitioner good for movies!
What a great and provocative video title!
I love doing farmer carries with kettle
Alright Silvana👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾💪🏾💗
Mitch Should visist bazooka joy again and go fully to learn a proper lowkick, calf kick, sidekick to the knee(i take that back, dont injure eddie), front kick back and lead leg to keep distance. Youre not flexible enough to do a effective sidekick to the abdomen yet.
Knees in the clinch and against the cage is very important to know. especially for your size, and to keep balance while doing it - being fast and accurate.
Would also be nice to see you do a proper straight right to head and body.
I'm genuinely surprised that stretching isn't a relatively standard thing to do for strongmen.
LETS GO MOOOOSE
There might be hope for gaining some half decent low kicks, but i don't think you should push your luck trying to go higher than the lower end of the quads. Getting some effective kicks in can be difficult even when your a decent kicker! That atlas stone she was working with looked like it was awkwardly small to use proper atlas stone technique on, she kept trying to cup it.
Rotate your hips for a turn kick (roundhouse) because not doing so will damage your hip socket over time. Power is not the concern.
Where is the fight goin to be streamed??
Definitely a better strongwoman, those kicks from mich were hilarious 😂
He isn’t taking this seriously
With the great comradery in strong man I'm struggling to see Eddie, Mitchell and Brian fighting each other in MMA. It's such a brutal sport. Is Brian really gonna smash Eddies face in while he's pinned to the floor? I simply cannot see it.
I neither can, nor do I want to see it. The thoughts of these giants in an octagon is kind of scary to me, and I was more disappointed than I was excited when I found out about it.
mitch talking about abducting women with a small woman is just so inappropriate and hilarious 😂 never change boyo, youre fvcking great 😃
bruce lee said he fears not the man who has thrown 10,000 kicks but the man who has thrown 1 kick 10,000 times
I am (was) a black belt in Taekwondo and groin and hip mobility really limited how good I was. I wish I would have stretched more as a kid.
Squeaky wheel gets the grease!$$$💸💰
She walked with double her weight or more that's pretty crazy!! 😮
Everyone training their kicks now Eddie been dropped haha !
Ah man, I'm hypermobile and I've just accepted that I need to just progressively overload my full ROM and not just tap out at 'comp legal.'
It's all good until I slip past that trained range and suddenly have half the power in twice the range. I'll take my 275 ass to grass squat over my 315 'comp legal' squat every day of the week.
For general athleticism it's always better to use and maximise your full ROM. A strong deep squat will always be beneficial to you in other sports and your life. But yea, if you're a professional strongman or powerlifter (lol), you might want to be very specialised.
“Egg with a mustache” hahaha!
Wasn't aware there was a black belt hall of fame. What does she have a black belt in?
Not fighting… that’s 💯 sure.
I really like her. And, for you guys below who call her delusional, where is that coming from? She never said anything that in anyway insinuated that she could beat Mitchell in a fight. Put it in context. In the flow of the conversation it came to where she said that in certain positions that he demonstrated on her she could cause him discomfort with eye gouges, groin kicks, etc. And, she could if the opportunity presented itself. She fully knows that if Mitchell went at her in full anger and full force he could possibly kill her. She is an elite martial artist, and very talented but when it comes to landing blows for real it is silly even talking about this. I am a 200lb man who is in shape and can street fight because of my youth. I wouldn’t last
3 minutes against a very angry, determined Mitch Hooper. And, that includes 90 seconds of a feeling out period.
Kick with the foot? If he kicks with his foot and not his shin, it's going to be a short night for Mitchell. In an MMA fight, this type of training is a waste of time.
@@2ndPeterVBlack : Listen again without bias. I don’t recall them saying anything about a fight with Mitchell going all out. They both know that that is ludicrous. Just like Mitchell trying to match her speed high kicks. Those are so damn difficult to do correctly. Didn’t you get a good sense of this fine martial artist? She is the martial arts. She is eastern philosophy where being humble is part of their makeup. And, there is a difference between humble and delusional. She felt that based on what he described she saw an opening, and felt she could capitalize on it. She never said she would take him out. And, she could take out a knee if Mitchell positioned himself as he demonstrated.
Here it is. No one would sanction any combat activity at full effort between athletes with such a disparity in size. It would always be controlled activity.
@@RTJustice99 : You made your point, but can you defend it? These men with enormous size and strength are trying to go full combat and have probably never gotten into many fights. This specific video was more for entertainment than an effective MMA lesson. But, I guarantee Mitchell learned something on kicking that he will utilize.
You mean again? I gave the premise of my post in the opening lines, and then built on it throughout. What did you think my point was? (I love discourse. The way you opened your comment in that first line is what I love, but rarely see. That is a great opener when you are about to rebut a point.)
@@RTJustice99 : What about push kicks, teeps (front kick) used by Nak Muays (Muay Thai kickboxers). That is a kick where the foot is like the head of a hammer. The heel of a foot is a great hammer head. (Note: As a young Italian who grew up in Bensonhurst fighting with my MiniMafia in those Brooklyn mean streets. In one gang rumble I faced up to a guy who was easily going to beat my ass because he was a very bad man with a history of devastation in the weekly gang fights around the Burroughs of NY. I had to stay out of the range of his bombs, so, out of instinct I used the teep, which worked beautifully. I didn’t know I could get such power with a kick that i never used, but that I was a natural at. It was now my jab. I kept the Goliath at a distance until his frustration (and, a colliding into the fighting masses gave me my break) forced a mistake and I put some ground and pound on him. He tapped in gang style, and it was over. We became friends, which, in the Burroughs at that time was rare between rival gangs; one white, one black.
Very nice video, she's strong girl.
Mr Hooper I still think you could have pulled 990lb easy in that competition... dude just sneaked past you the last minute. I guess you won overall? I will be following you closely because I think you are a legend in the making... and hey take care.
The problem is, deadlift bars have too much knurling. If they were smooth at the part were your shins go it'd be fine.
Channel your inner Shawn Michael's
Mitch, stick with the bear hug!
The face you made after being told you had been roundhouse kicking is the exact face any self respecting human would have made. 3:15 love it
theres only one guy in the ufc who has done well with karate Mitch should learn wresling
Going by the fact that Eddie still does his weird hobbit lean to the side thing and getting kicked in the head for it, I'd say it's worth learning at least a high kick.
Guy Mezger
Frank Mir
Gunnar Nelson
Robert Whittaker
Kyoji Horiguchi
Bas Rutten
ChuCk liddell
Wonderboy
George ST pierre
Lyoto Machida
maybe even Mcgregor.....
OK not every single one was UFC but what does that matter.
I swear you UFC casuals know less about MMA and more about shittalking...
Lyoto Machida? Or do you mean Wonderboy?
I'm not interested in another debate about what style is best. I'm simply addressing the OP's comment
He is wrong. That's all. Nothing less or more.
why don't you tell us all the percentage...@@2ndPeterVBlack
@@zGJungle Yeah.. he can't even lift up his arms high enough to protect himself. He's too muscle bound. His body is fighting against him. He's so fucking susceptible to kicks and all he has is a right hand that he chambers.
It's in the mail! ;)
Never ask a martial artist about selfdefence. They allways overestimate their capabilities.
It is allways about mass and technique elevates mass. Hitting a knock out point is near zero in a real fight.
Also in a real fight it is more important to protect yourself then be sorry. Kicking is a big risk in balance and defence. In UFC most of the time they kick low or front, because it is fast and less risky.