441 - The Science of Fighting and Training MMA, with Ian Harris

How to train MMA effectively, efficiently, and safely, with Ian Harris from Fight Science. Ian has more than 40 years of martial arts experience and has been working with MMA fighters for more than 20 years. Today we discuss the changes that need to be made to MMA for it to be effective in a real fight, how to create a fight gameplan (and how to get a fighter to follow it), cutting weight intelligently, the best conditioning for a gas tank that never runs dry, and why fighters are so prone to pseudoscience and supplement scams. Ian runs Fight Science MMA Training Center in Mid-City Los Angeles ( fightsciencemma.com ). Get in touch with Ian at facebook.com/comediocre and check out his videos on critical thinking at youtube.com/@IanHarrisComedian .

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441 - The Science of Fighting and Training MMA, with Ian Harris is an episode from The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting / Grapplearts Radio by Stephan Kesting.

This episode is 01:27:55 long.

This episode was published on Jan 20, 2026.

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