Technique Talk: Phil Daru on the intersection of injury, training and outcomes

An injury crisis has turned into an injury normalization in MMA. The sport is off its peak rate experienced in 2014, but card adjustments or fight cancellations are still all too frequent.
While limited, some progress is being made in curtailing injuries. For example, less sparring or overall intensive training practices are being adopted. More importantly, however, is not what fighters are doing less of, but what they are adding to their preparation. Training methods are modernizing or made spe