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Adriano Moraes explains how skateboarding helped him enhance as a martial artist

Riding his skateboard is more than just a hobby for Adriano Moraes.


Skateboarding is greater than only a interest for Adriano Moraes. The Brazilian enjoys indulging within the sport, not solely as an escape, but additionally as a method to enhance as a martial artist.

The ONE flyweight world champion found skateboarding at a younger age and saved the interest at the same time as he delved deeper into his combined martial arts profession. In an interview with ONE Championship, Moraes shared how skateboarding has helped him discover steadiness.

The 32-year-old mentioned:

“Skateboarding lets you have plenty of steadiness. It lets you transfer with each arms and each legs as a result of it has the maneuvers on the [regular stance] and on the swap – which is the [regular stance] reversed. In order that forces you to have the flexibility to stroll on each bases.”

Many components wanted to navigate a skateboard could be important in growing abilities for MMA. Nonetheless, Moraes additionally credit the opposite intangible advantages he will get from the game for making him a greater athlete.

He continued:

“Skateboarding helps me loads. It helps me with my abilities, it helps me to be calmer, to be extra affected person, to have extra management. And better of all, steadiness. An MMA athlete at present who doesn’t have a steadiness, he can’t go very far. And skateboarding helps me with all that as a result of it’s an entire sport.”


Adriano Moraes will want steadiness towards Yuya Wakamatsu at ONE X

Adriano Moraes will want all the advantages he can get from skateboarding and coaching as he faces a harmful foe in Yuya Wakamatsu at ONE X on March 26.

‘Little Piranha’ climbed the rankings on the again of 5 straight victories to assert the No.2-spot behind solely Demetrious Johnson. He has an general skilled MMA document of 15 wins towards 4 losses and is a scholar of the Japanese martial arts legend, Ryo ‘The Piranha’ Chonan.

The 27-year-old has appeared sharper in each outing and appears prepared for a run because the division’s king.

In the meantime, followers are ready to see how Moraes can prime his earlier look. In his final bout, the Brazilian defended his world title with a career-defining knockout of the top-ranked Johnson.

Will Wakamatsu be the latest world champion of ONE Championship or will Moraes show why he’s the most effective flyweight on this planet at present?


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