Oliver Barley, PhD
@OliverBarley
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Husband, lecturer (exercise phys) @ECU interested in combat sports, high performance and hydration. PhD. Kickboxer. BJJ purple belt. Tweets are my opinions.
Joined December 2014
Want the full breakdown or visuals from the study? ð first manuscript: https://t.co/eOAWPZjFoK Second manuscript: https://t.co/HwuwVXgPBe Video covering the papers from @mmaonpoint :
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ðŊ Coaches and athletes: this real-world data shows how fight-ending punches actually happen, not just bag drills or lab setups. Footwork isn't just form, it's fight strategy. 6/7
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ð Cluster analysis spotlight: - Rear straights with outside foot position led among same-stance matchups. - Rear hooks with outside foot position ruled in opposite stances. 5/7
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ð§ââïļ Stance matchups changed the game. In same-stance fights, foot position was more variable, fighters finished from outside, inline, and inside positions. In opposite-stance fights, outside foot dominance was clear. 4/7
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ðĶķ Foot position matters. Outside foot positioning was the most common setup for rear-hand punches that ended fights. Inline and inside positions were far less successful overall. 3/7
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ð Top punches? - Rear straight - Front hook - Rear hook These three accounted for over 75% of all critical fight-ending strikes. 2/7
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ðĨ We analysed 264 UFC fights that ended in KO/TKO to uncover which punch + footwork combos actually finish the fight. It's not just about what lands - it's how and where you stand when it does. 1/7
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I watch @thegameawards every year, and this year I was really disappointed. The winners were rushed off stage so quickly, yet so much time was dedicated to shilling. @geoffkeighley the show needs to find a balance to actually celebrate the gaming industry. #TheGameAwards
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Bruh...
USADA has just announced that their business relationship with the UFC will come to an end on 12/31. Furthermore, USADA CEO Travis Tygart issued a pretty scathing press release on the end of an often-complicated almost decade-long relationship.
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My experience has been essentially a direct opposite of this ðĪĢ For context, I work with combat sports for the most part.
"Sports scientists spend most of their time trying to explain to coaches why what they're doing works. They should be called sports historians instead." Agree or disagree?! (Quote comes from one of the first coaches I worked with, who used to say this to me all the time!)
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And we had the secret juice 2.0 for rehydration. @BorrachinhaMMA is gonna be hitting us up for the recipe ðĪĢ
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Had an excellent camp with him. Developed some great skills!
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My boy Julian Giustiniano is all weighed (65.8kgs) in and ready to go! Time to go 4-0 ð #MMA
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Lactate ð is ð not ð a ð waste ð product ð
Athletes (should) know that lactate, amongst its other important functions, is an excellent energy substrate for muscles, but particularly heart and brain. But now this:"lactate directly regulates protein function to control cell cycle and proliferation." https://t.co/FcE83CMp5k
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Really stoaked for Pierra vs Burns, and the co-main, Izzy vs Masvidal. Some surprising matchmaking there! ðĪŠ
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My reaction to hearing Alistair Overeem has popped for PEDs again:
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@arielhelwani @JohnMorgan_MMA @lthomasnews @JackSlackMMA @antontabuena @joerogan @JamieVernon, hopefully, this can help put the claims that urine hydration testing are a (or part of a) solution to weight cutting to bed finally!
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After the last video, there were a few people who questioned the legitimacy of what I said and many more who questioned my ethics. Well, this video puts that all to bed. Exactly how easy urine hydration tests are to trick, and my motivation for pointing this.
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Watch me put my body on the line to show EXACTLY how fighters in the field are tricking urine hydration tests! These tricks pose a risk to fighter safety and do not serve to effectively reduce weight cutting. They need to be removed ASAP! #MMA #fighting #Science
How exactly do you fool a hydration test with a weight cut? @OliverBarley Doesn't just tell you...in today's video, he demonstrates it himself with a legit weight cut. https://t.co/cCh7xQMvP4
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