At UFC Austin, rising bantamweight star Adrian Yanez scored a first-round stoppage of Tony Kelley. Like all of his UFC bouts, Yanez showed exceptional striking skills. In particular, his use of boxing techniques and strategies stand out in his game and among his mixed martial arts (MMA) peers.

In this interview with Luke Thomas, Yanez details how he beat Kelley and built his game by incorporating techniques from his favorite boxers like Canelo Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. He also explains how many of the boxing fundamentals he incorporates give him advantages over other fighters.

(00:00:00) - Introduction
(00:00:18) - Proper Yañez pronunciation
(00:00:49) - Injury update
(00:01:39) - Scar tissue problems?
(00:02:26) - Tony Kelley fight review
(00:03:49) - Expectations from Kelley
(00:05:41) - Left hook from kick parry on Kelley
(00:07:58) - Yañez sees himself as a boxer/puncher
(00:11:05) - Why Yañez's admires Errol Spence
(00:12:08) - How come MMA fighters don't use more boxing?
(00:15:58) - How a broken jaw changed how he approaches defense
(00:20:35) - Stop looking at your opponent's face
(00:21:48) - The importance of angles
(00:25:48) - The right and wrong way to stance switch
(00:29:17) - The art of feinting/Volkanovski's feint game
(00:33:06) - What Holloway can do differently in third Volk fight
(00:34:41) - T.J. Dillashaw's 'false start'
(00:35:10) - MMA striking's next evolution
(00:38:30) - Why fighters who can slip in MMA have advantages



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