The latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience saw bantamweight contender Cory Sandhagen make an appearance on the popular podcast. The 30-year-old, who is coming off an impressive win against Marlon Vera, spoke about a multitude of topics during the two-hour-long episode.
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Being the elite striker that he is, Sandhagen was naturally asked by Rogan about his mentality and the type of preparations he did before stepping into his fights. While addressing these subjects, ‘The Sandman’ also happened to talk about one of the coaches that had a deep influence on his career; who apparently was also someone whom the UFC commentator had a lot of admiration for.
On a different note, fans listening to Sandhagen and Rogan’s respect for the coach will come in stark contrast to that of former double champ Conor McGregor‘s controversial tweet a few days back. In a now-deleted tweet, McGregor had shockingly taken a dig at a few highly respected coaches in the MMA world, drawing major criticisms from fans.
Joe Rogan talks to Cory Sandhagen about one of his favorite coaches
Sandhagen, while conversing with the long-time UFC commentator, disclosed an important part of his training, which he felt helped him quite a lot in his career. The number three ranked bantamweight explained that making notes of his training helped him form a better understanding of his training requirements; which eventually also reflected in his fights.
When asked by Rogan about how and when he got into it, Sandhagen claimed it was around seven or eight years ago. He also claimed that it was Duane Ludwig, along with his sports psychologist, that helped him form the note-making habit.
“Seven or eight years ago is when I started working with my sports psychologist. He kind of turned me on to it. I also used to train a lot with Duane. And Duane would like always be writing stuff down.” he revealed.
Rogan, too, couldn’t help but agree with Sandhagen’s statement. Having had the chance to interact with Ludwig earlier, the 55-year-old claimed that he was extremely impressed by the coach’s detailed approach to training.
“When you look at his system, his ‘Bang Muay Thai system’, …he brought out his notebook and showed me, I was like Jesus Christ who the f*** does this? “ He stated. Rogan then also went on to talk about Ludwig’s famous kickboxing combinations, which have proven to be quite popular among both fans and fighters.
“When you look at all of his combinations and what’s that what up, the way he has it, I was very impressed with that,” Rogan said.
Ludwig is no doubt one of the well-known coaches in the MMA world. Having trained the likes of former champ TJ Dillashaw, the 44-year-old has proven his credentials as a top-level trainer and thus Rogan’s admiration for him doesn’t come as a big surprise.
Conor McGregor recently lashed out at multiple MMA coaches
McGregor had very recently lashed out at a few coaches that included the likes of Firas Zahabi and Javier Mendez in a now-deleted tweet. The Irishman, while doing so, also claimed that the system laid out by his coach at SBG, John Kavanagh, was a far superior approach to anyone else’s.
While the Irishman’s statement was indeed controversial in nature, it also opens up an interesting debate about who is the best MMA coach currently. No doubt Kavanagh sits amongst one of the best to do it; but so does Duane Ludwig and the likes of Javier Mendez, Trevor Wittman, and many others.
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