Amad ali more than likely hes not only a better fighter and smarter than you hes also a nicer guy that doesnt insult people on the internet for no reason. You seem confused.
That was brilliant. At first I’m like why would you do that but when you’ve sparred enough you have etiquette not to hurt your partners. Lol GSP went on and dominated that next fight
GSP: - Has a cool sounding name and accent - Is humble - Is the greatest all round fighter of all time - Was the first to wear a elegant suit at face offs - Is a good looking man even after all that beating. George I salute you.
The level of no ego one must have reached to follow the instructions from Firas when he tells the guy who dropped Georges "not a glove on him this next round" is humbling. This is why I love the fighting community. Yes there are total assholes in there. But in there are also the absolutely best people I've ever met in my life.
Dude I remember when I first started to become fan of his was when that movie came out and I freaked out in the theater when he showed up in the movie.
Yeah like I would take him over others, but he's the most holistic coach. Duke Roufus is rly good at that too but Firas is also a scientific mind. He's a good head coach. Trevor Wittman is a pretty good head coach; he's very calm and technical. Guys like Bravo, Roach, or Danaher are too specialized imo
Faras is such a great trainer. His level of expertise, his approach, his philosophy on training and fighting, all of it makes him so well-suited for that role. He has such a wealth of knowledge and experience. It seems like it’d be impossible to spend 5 minutes with him without learning something new or thinking about something in a totally different way.
@@Penny-wl1ui Arguably? No. Easily? Yes. Edmond is 100% the reason for her downfall. Her striking has always been garbage, And he gave her way too much false confidence In her striking. She has amatuer striking AT BEST and thought she could beat floyd at boxing🤣. Guys like firas are always trying to make the fighter better. When he couldn't make George's movements more fluid, he made george get a gymnastics coach. When he couldn't improve George's hands anymore, they brought in world renowned boxing coach Freddie roach to do so. Edmond thought he was the real deal. The whole package for Ronda. He never changed her game plan, and Hardly improved her striking. And since travis brown switched to Edmond Taverdyans gym he went from 16 wins and 1 loss, to 18 wins and 7 losses. This is a guy who KO'D Stefan struve, Gabriel Gonzaga, Alistar overeem and Josh Barnett! And the instant he switched gyms hes been on a very steady decline. It's easy to say if Ronda had been with firas, She would have been FAR better off.
jeremyfox26 yeah I was being too modest 😂 Edmond is a fucking idiot and combined with Ronda’s mindset (not that her mindset would have been bad with someone like Firas) it was a recipe for disaster. I didn’t know she said she could fight Floyd tho 🤣🤣 Don’t even have words for that one
This guy has a mastermind to train a fighter. Hes the guy you want in your corner. He understands the mind set to build confidence. Wich is a HUGE part of the fight. And he's does it in a very wise way.
As a long time GSP fan, this explains so much about the Dan Hardy fight. It was always his most uncharacteristic fight for me, that I had trouble defending his performance as a fan, but this now makes perfect sense. Never would have thought it was because his chin got cracked so hard in training he had to protect it at all costs
Yeah, Dan is so mentally strong and confident that I think GSP would’ve been in trouble had he stood with him. Instead he put on a grappling clinic and came out unscathed.
@@ajbahus Well, for the little time they were on their feet, Georges was easily winning stand up battle too, but in light of the back story, Hardy was definitely a high risk to eventually land something, even small that could have ended George's night. At the time, I thought maybe they're good buddies and Georges knew how overmatched Dan was and didn't want to destroy and humilate him, so he went in to work on his BJJ game instead and avoid smashing his face to bits, and at the same time try to sell it like Dan was more of an elite challenger than he really was.
@@EVO6- if Demien Maia only trained jiu jitsu & no striking he wouldn't be nearly as good, would get hit alot more & wouldn't get nearly as many takedowns. His striking for mma is actually really effective for his style. Striking in mma is not the same as striking in other sports, striking in mma is solely about how much better it makes you overall. Dan henderson's striking is really good in mma, but in boxing or kickboxing he really sucks.
Imagine Randy Couture boxing against Deontay Wilder.... ouch, right. Now have then stand up together in mma, I dont think Deontay would land shit, nor would couture, but that outcome is because of coutures mma striking.
@@chrisdownum1034 why are you going on this absolute rant because I said demian Maia's striking COACH doesn't matter. Not his ABILITY to strike. It's just that any coach could train what he uses. Actually read the comments thanks
he definitely got the idea from Freddie Roach. Freddie Roach was notorious on doing that in every Manny Pacquiao's sparring session which he revealed back in 2018 if my memory serves me right and GSP was training with Freddie Roach since around 2008-2009. Freddie was offering Manny Pacquiao's sparring partner a 1000 bucks if they knocked Manny down which never happened in his life. Firas definitely learned it from Freddie.
What Firas said beginning about challenge should be the mind set of every teacher, no just in martial arts or sports. As a former elementary school teacher, I learned that the hard way. And in my opinion this is one of the main reasons why there aren't that many competent teachers
This guy is a great trainer. George and Faraz, make a great team. George is such a unique fighter, he is disciplined which is rare. I hope that in the future we will see fighters like George that go through disciplined routines that humble them while making them strong and confident.
Firas has the Philosophical upper hand! Keeping that mental state calm and motivated is also a part of TRAINING! He has the degree and putting that in SOLID ACTION!
One of the best, if not the best coaches to ever do it. Firas is a legend and GSP is to this day still my favorite fighter. Always humble outside the ring and a animal inside it. Now I know why lol.
People need to understand that not everyone is a bodybuilder looking for more muscle size. This is Firas Zahabi, a MMA coach, whose trained GSP. The principal he’s explaining, isn’t designed to optimize lat muscle growth. He’s training professional MMA athletes, who should not be training in a way that has them sore all week. This would take away their ability to train martial arts optimally.
Shafik Bashir it’s so embarrassing that George lost to him. Sera really was not a great fighter or even athlete. Just shows even the best can be beaten when they get too cocky.
You are misinterpreting what happened. Anyone can be beat, yes; but the same is true for the guy whom beat them. I would bet good money GSP would have won at least 6 fights out of 10 against whomever it was that knocked him out in practice.
For those who don't know, wanderlei and shootobox, shootobox is a famous Brazilian gym where they just fight full power and knock each other out in training. It produced some incredible fighters like Shogun machida Anderson and wanderlei. Knocking each other out is not a great idea but it definetly hardened guys to fight full power in training.
Put Zahabi with any of the up and comers and they will be a champion. Adesanya, Walker, N'Gannou, ANYONE and he could make the, a world champion. Good god he's ridiculous.
Being a great trainer is such an intellectual pursuit. I mean he needs to understand biology, biomechanics, psychology, martial arts, nutrient and the list goes on.
If I was a fighter I would make it my mission to get to Tri Star ..Physical training is very important but u need to the mental aspect to fully reach your potential and realise your weakness and fix them and build the right level of confidence without giving them a false sense of ability like McGregor then they crumble when they meet resistance ...
That makes a lot of sense about Forrest Griffin. That’s so frustrating for him knowing his chance vs Silva was blown in training. That’s the fight game I guess 🤷🏾♂️
i have won three different tournaments and tbh the only memorable thing was a fight between be and my buddy from Russia who gave a fight so great the different masters thought it was choreographed fight by us bc of the fighting and blocking and advanced attacks.
@@chuckduck Definitely, Nate for sure had more power than any of them so its possible, especially if it was when he was on the "Replacement Therapy"..When he beat woodley that shit was nasty
How to breed a savage , Firas is a genius
Jake Von Neida he's shit
Amad ali Why he stole your girl or something?
Peace Miška lol he's a confused guy
Amad ali more than likely hes not only a better fighter and smarter than you hes also a nicer guy that doesnt insult people on the internet for no reason. You seem confused.
That was brilliant. At first I’m like why would you do that but when you’ve sparred enough you have etiquette not to hurt your partners. Lol GSP went on and dominated that next fight
Firas Zahabi one of the greatest minds in martial arts. Any fighter would be lucky to have him in their corner.
That's why GSP was so successful
@@AkamapD Him and the wizard Danaher.
He's a gonk
@@RubinRudeboyCarter Nah hes a pioniahkl
Well Kevin lee has him now but he’ll still suck. Going to Tristar doesn’t guarantee victory.
GSP:
- Has a cool sounding name and accent
- Is humble
- Is the greatest all round fighter of all time
- Was the first to wear a elegant suit at face offs
- Is a good looking man even after all that beating.
George I salute you.
mostly correct but that accent aint cool 😂
He also has a big dick
.... Never failed a drug test.
@@CipherSerpico seems to be on drug ,though.
Mike Bell what? Hahahaha
"Apparently you don't spar with Wanderlei" lol
Man he is a real bad ass
*vanderlay
@@ninjachrish That's incorrect spelling of his name. OP had it right.
Wanderlei was like "No, today we fight to death."
Wanderlei don’t play
Firas is a straight up genius. Could listen to talk fighting all day. Which today I'm kind of doing haha
he actually is. I just question it with George's brain issues now, but thats more of the fighters decision.
James Ihaka I was just thinking this
I'm not even into fighting,this guy has amazing overall health tips
Dude dosent just know mma but he also knows the physiological and mindset of a fighter
I promise he knows mma 😂
Mr Megatron I just said that
Hyper Trophy Winner yea makes sense now 😂
My bad mates fixed it now
Exactly
Firas Zahabi is an amazing trainer.
Go to Montreal and he can train you at Tristar!
The level of no ego one must have reached to follow the instructions from Firas when he tells the guy who dropped Georges "not a glove on him this next round" is humbling. This is why I love the fighting community. Yes there are total assholes in there. But in there are also the absolutely best people I've ever met in my life.
Had no clue GSP was in Winter Soldier the first time I saw it. That was awesome.
ASEC Mimosas wtf? Where
Dude I remember when I first started to become fan of his was when that movie came out and I freaked out in the theater when he showed up in the movie.
@@darius8717 Captain America fights him in the beginning of the movie, he's the guy wearing red, you can look up the scene on CZcams
ASEC Mimosas what?!?? That was the best part lol...well not really but I instantly was like look at mf GSP out here fighting Cap
@@darius8717 batroc the leaper for you uncultured lot
Understanding psychology is such a huge part of being a successful coach, and Firas totally gets it.
Best MMA trainer ever , period.
Id argue greg jackson is the best trainer ever. Which GSP was with Greg jackson for a while and i think somewhat still was along side firas
Every trainer is unique in their own way. This is probably the only MMA trainer you've heard of to be generalizing like that.
Yeah like I would take him over others, but he's the most holistic coach. Duke Roufus is rly good at that too but Firas is also a scientific mind. He's a good head coach. Trevor Wittman is a pretty good head coach; he's very calm and technical. Guys like Bravo, Roach, or Danaher are too specialized imo
He's a skinny DJ Khaled
Kyle Gardner XDD
How so? He looks nothing like him.
Omg dead. So funny.
high horse “racist”? Oh give me a fucking break ya alt left Sjw
DJ Salad
Faras is such a great trainer. His level of expertise, his approach, his philosophy on training and fighting, all of it makes him so well-suited for that role. He has such a wealth of knowledge and experience. It seems like it’d be impossible to spend 5 minutes with him without learning something new or thinking about something in a totally different way.
Kyle Stewart definitely the kind of coach you cant go wrong with having in your corner
Firas is who should have trained Ronda....not that chump she had.
Ryan Moore damn ... she would of been even more of a force. Arguably much more
@@Penny-wl1ui Arguably? No. Easily? Yes. Edmond is 100% the reason for her downfall. Her striking has always been garbage, And he gave her way too much false confidence In her striking. She has amatuer striking AT BEST and thought she could beat floyd at boxing🤣. Guys like firas are always trying to make the fighter better. When he couldn't make George's movements more fluid, he made george get a gymnastics coach. When he couldn't improve George's hands anymore, they brought in world renowned boxing coach Freddie roach to do so. Edmond thought he was the real deal. The whole package for Ronda. He never changed her game plan, and Hardly improved her striking. And since travis brown switched to Edmond Taverdyans gym he went from 16 wins and 1 loss, to 18 wins and 7 losses. This is a guy who KO'D Stefan struve, Gabriel Gonzaga, Alistar overeem and Josh Barnett! And the instant he switched gyms hes been on a very steady decline. It's easy to say if Ronda had been with firas, She would have been FAR better off.
jeremyfox26 yeah I was being too modest 😂 Edmond is a fucking idiot and combined with Ronda’s mindset (not that her mindset would have been bad with someone like Firas) it was a recipe for disaster. I didn’t know she said she could fight Floyd tho 🤣🤣 Don’t even have words for that one
@@Penny-wl1ui she probably would have been stronger mentally as well.
@@Kimuraking if Ronda had gone to kings Mma with Rafael she'd had learn some SERIOUS muay Thai too bad Edmund was the downfall
Man. This is really educational.
Haha! He puts a hit on GSP! I love it!
😂
GSP so beast who knows how many people he ran through before he got dropped lol
“Take this beating from GSP”
*takes an ass whooping In round 5* 😂😭
This guy has a mastermind to train a fighter.
Hes the guy you want in your corner.
He understands the mind set to build confidence. Wich is a HUGE part of the fight. And he's does it in a very wise way.
Conor needs to see this. He’s too gassed and surrounds himself w yesman
Conor is a racist asshole .. he will never take a muslim guy as a trainer
@@rachidyussof5223 Religion has nothing to do with the race or racism.
@@ComptGeorges then why would call Nazis a racist group, they only hate Jews ?
Ashe Adel jews are unique in the sense they are an ethnicity and have a religion
Jon Snow so jews from poland and jews from Ethiopia are the same ethnicity?
legit best training advice ever!!!
As a long time GSP fan, this explains so much about the Dan Hardy fight. It was always his most uncharacteristic fight for me, that I had trouble defending his performance as a fan, but this now makes perfect sense. Never would have thought it was because his chin got cracked so hard in training he had to protect it at all costs
Yeah, Dan is so mentally strong and confident that I think GSP would’ve been in trouble had he stood with him. Instead he put on a grappling clinic and came out unscathed.
@@ajbahus Well, for the little time they were on their feet, Georges was easily winning stand up battle too, but in light of the back story, Hardy was definitely a high risk to eventually land something, even small that could have ended George's night.
At the time, I thought maybe they're good buddies and Georges knew how overmatched Dan was and didn't want to destroy and humilate him, so he went in to work on his BJJ game instead and avoid smashing his face to bits, and at the same time try to sell it like Dan was more of an elite challenger than he really was.
This guy sounds really wise
WISE > SMART
Greatest Strategist and Trainer of all time.
Zahabi is very articulate and well spoken
Conor needs this if he ever wants to win big in the ring again.
Needs what exactly?
@@EVO6- if Demien Maia only trained jiu jitsu & no striking he wouldn't be nearly as good, would get hit alot more & wouldn't get nearly as many takedowns. His striking for mma is actually really effective for his style. Striking in mma is not the same as striking in other sports, striking in mma is solely about how much better it makes you overall. Dan henderson's striking is really good in mma, but in boxing or kickboxing he really sucks.
Imagine Randy Couture boxing against Deontay Wilder.... ouch, right. Now have then stand up together in mma, I dont think Deontay would land shit, nor would couture, but that outcome is because of coutures mma striking.
@@chrisdownum1034 why are you going on this absolute rant because I said demian Maia's striking COACH doesn't matter. Not his ABILITY to strike. It's just that any coach could train what he uses. Actually read the comments thanks
That funny little man is a joke
Firas Zahabi is the man
Firas putting bounties on George is hilarious
he definitely got the idea from Freddie Roach. Freddie Roach was notorious on doing that in every Manny Pacquiao's sparring session which he revealed back in 2018 if my memory serves me right and GSP was training with Freddie Roach since around 2008-2009. Freddie was offering Manny Pacquiao's sparring partner a 1000 bucks if they knocked Manny down which never happened in his life. Firas definitely learned it from Freddie.
I wish I could see GSP's reaction to this clip😅
Watch the full interview...its gold.
What Firas said beginning about challenge should be the mind set of every teacher, no just in martial arts or sports. As a former elementary school teacher, I learned that the hard way. And in my opinion this is one of the main reasons why there aren't that many competent teachers
It’s basically the teaching of Lev Vygotsky who is widely read by students training to become elementary school teachers
Firas is a fucking mastermind
Listening to Firas... Makes me intelligent lol
Had no idea how amazing this man is
Firas Zahabi is an exceptional trainer and coach. He really cares about his fighters. I can tell TriStar MMA gym is a unique one.
This guy is a great trainer. George and Faraz, make a great team. George is such a unique fighter, he is disciplined which is rare. I hope that in the future we will see fighters like George that go through disciplined routines that humble them while making them strong and confident.
Firas has the Philosophical upper hand! Keeping that mental state calm and motivated is also a part of TRAINING!
He has the degree and putting that in SOLID ACTION!
The firas and the gsp jre are both my favourite ones
He’s a fighting genius
One of the best, if not the best coaches to ever do it. Firas is a legend and GSP is to this day still my favorite fighter. Always humble outside the ring and a animal inside it. Now I know why lol.
Every fighter should just be trained by this guy
Legit the most humble and savvy man ever! Has a great philosophy on every subject you throw at him🙏🏼
People need to understand that not everyone is a bodybuilder looking for more muscle size. This is Firas Zahabi, a MMA coach, whose trained GSP. The principal he’s explaining, isn’t designed to optimize lat muscle growth. He’s training professional MMA athletes, who should not be training in a way that has them sore all week. This would take away their ability to train martial arts optimally.
This guy sounds like the perfect trainer
That's a real coach. Next level.
where do we sign up for the 5k knockout contest ???
L. G. It's like saying "Where do I sign up for a free ride to the hospital?'"
PurposelyPernicious that's the candian tax payers problem.
Lol most likely you getting knocked out first
L. G. Dude that requires fighting Georges “Rush” St Pierre...good fucking luck to anyone who signs up willingly
FACTS! GSP getting knocked out so fast
Definition of best mma gsp simple as that.
He owes Matt Serra a check for 5 grand. ;)
Well actually Matt lost that check on the second fight with GSP. 😉
Shafik Bashir it’s so embarrassing that George lost to him. Sera really was not a great fighter or even athlete. Just shows even the best can be beaten when they get too cocky.
Firas put GSP's confidence before everything else even it meant secretly having his sparring partner take a fall. Not only a genius but a true friend.
See this shows you someone can always beat the greatest there’s a guy out there that can beat the Greats
You are misinterpreting what happened. Anyone can be beat, yes; but the same is true for the guy whom beat them. I would bet good money GSP would have won at least 6 fights out of 10 against whomever it was that knocked him out in practice.
For those who don't know, wanderlei and shootobox, shootobox is a famous Brazilian gym where they just fight full power and knock each other out in training. It produced some incredible fighters like Shogun machida Anderson and wanderlei. Knocking each other out is not a great idea but it definetly hardened guys to fight full power in training.
George was so Canadian he didn't wanna dissapoint fans to call in and showed up anyway.
Firas is literally a master
Damn Firas is a genius, no wonder GSP is the greatest of all time he has Firas in his corner.
never seen this guy before, but looks like an very intelligent trainer
This dude is a fucking psychotic genius! Goes to show GSPs greatness!
If I were a UFC fighter, my dream corner would be Firas, Danaher, and Georges.
Firas is a genius the results say it all
Mashallah! Firaz is amazing
I would love to have Firas as a coach
This dude is a genius
Firas Zahabi is a fucking Genius
I like this coach!
Best coach in the game in my opinion.
One of if not the greatest MMA trainers out there without a doubt. This man knows his shit
😂 i love the way JRE laughs but this guy is the best coach to take you through martial arts.
Firas - find and craft another!
He really put a bounty on GSP’s head Lmaoo 😂
GSP watching this like: Goddaum
Put Zahabi with any of the up and comers and they will be a champion. Adesanya, Walker, N'Gannou, ANYONE and he could make the, a world champion. Good god he's ridiculous.
I'd like to see him with Ngannou i think he could really help him
GSP is very lucky to have Firas
Being a great trainer is such an intellectual pursuit. I mean he needs to understand biology, biomechanics, psychology, martial arts, nutrient and the list goes on.
This approach should be used in any sport. I play a lot of pool. I think the same thing could apply here.
3:07 I feel like this is all the time. Sometimes, it's important to build people up this way.
This guy is a super genius
If I was a fighter I would make it my mission to get to Tri Star ..Physical training is very important but u need to the mental aspect to fully reach your potential and realise your weakness and fix them and build the right level of confidence without giving them a false sense of ability like McGregor then they crumble when they meet resistance ...
Firas is what Edmond thinks he’s is 😂
HEAD MOVEMENT !!!
they actually has some resemblance. Edmund is the Walmart version.
This explains AJ's fight with Ruiz.
F1 77 what did you mean
That makes a lot of sense about Forrest Griffin. That’s so frustrating for him knowing his chance vs Silva was blown in training. That’s the fight game I guess 🤷🏾♂️
Yeah Wandy was a wild man. No wonder his chin deteriorated as much as it did
very wise
Why aren't any of the Firas full length videos available? All I can find are clips of his shows???
Why the f*ck can't I find the full mma shows with firaz zahabi???
"Wandalei doesn't spur apparently" 😂😂😂😂😂😂
1:35 good imitation.
i have won three different tournaments and tbh the only memorable thing was a fight between be and my buddy from Russia who gave a fight so great the different masters thought it was choreographed fight by us bc of the fighting and blocking and advanced attacks.
no peaking young blood :0
I wonder if Greg Jackson ever put $5000 on the line to knock out Overeem in practice lol
I really wanna know who dropped GSP in training
Ufc primetime camera crew????
Rashad evans
I love GSP but man is he concussed and has some CTE.
Rakic needs this guy
He told them to bury this ,then went on to explain every bit
It seems like GSPs job more than just about anyone else
I want Firas to train me.
gsp son is very lucky for his genetics
Sparring with wandi man that's insane wandi dgaf I bet
that's why Hardy is doing so well, holding the UFC hostage lol
Wise
I love firas, can we get more of him
OK, next person!!!
What gsp say when he see this
I wonder if it was wonderboy who caught george slacking...not sure when they brought him in...that or maybe Rory
It's pat coté or maybe nate marquart
@@chuckduck Definitely, Nate for sure had more power than any of them so its possible, especially if it was when he was on the "Replacement Therapy"..When he beat woodley that shit was nasty
I just wish Ronda had this kind of coach