Athletes using MMA training in sports...thoughts?

Just sharing this video of the fastest rising Defensive End in the upcoming NFL Draft (Mike Catapano 2x captain of Princeton and 2012 Bushnell Cup Winner as Ivy League Player Of The Year) doing off season MMA training with Kickboxing World Champion Derek Panza to keep in shape for football. Mike is 6'4" 280 lbs but moves damn well for his size.....has awesome pass rushing skills....many pass rushing great preach the importance of hand fighting in their battle of gaining an edge in their quest to get to the QB. I have talked with many other great athletes in other pro sports who have used MMA training to help give them edge on their competition...curious what everyones thoughts on this subject were here on the underground.

Not quite sure how to post the video but the imbed is up top and here is the youtube link...if someone could post the video i would appreciate it. Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js3qS9QuW6E

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I approve of it.

I saw a special feature on espn of Michael Reece RB from the Oakland Raiders who does mma training as well and said it helped him in football. But makes a lot of sense i think in particular for pass rushing guys to improve hand eye coordination and hand fighting for positioning in tranches to improve their angle and set up moves to get to the quarterback.

how do you imbed a video on here? can someone explain how to do it? thanks

on the youtube link click share then embed...click the box for use old embed code,make it a video post on here and paste in the link

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TheThrill - on the youtube link click share then embed...click the box for use old embed code,make it a video post on here and paste in the link

cool...thanks The Thrill...been opting on here since 2001 and never posted a video lol....thanks for posting and for explaining so i know for the future =)

NFL players, especially linemens and defensive backs have been transitioning to MMA for years now.

makes sense especially for those positions...but i think in particularly for interior lineman

He should quit football and be the rocky Marciano of MMA Phone Post