Channel: Stephan Kesting

Category: Sports

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Description: Conor McGregor was recently pummelled by Dustin Poirier in the UFC. Here are a few things he could have done to not get smashed on the bottom. The principle in this video is that in a self defense situation you want your opponent either very close or very far away. This applies to both MMA and self defense scenarios. Elliott Bayev is a black belt competitor and the head instructor at Open Mat BJJ in Toronto, Canada. He's the creator of the BJJ Blue Belt Curriculum (BJJ101.tv) and the founder of Fight2Unite (fight2unite.org/) a movement of martial artists and entrepreneurs trying to make the world a better place.