So instead of putting his feet up the hulking back row forward Make no mistake, Haskell knows what he is getting into. That ambition has already driven him to seek guidance from sprint coach Margot Wells and sports physiologist Dr Jill Owen, before taking him in a completely new direction.
Does he feel like a fighter? England flanker James Haskell has been engaging in gruelling Ultimate Fighting Championship-style training to hone his rugby skills. And Haskell, who will feature in England’s back row for the RBS 6 Nations opener against Wales on February 2, believes many of the skills are transferable to the rugby pitch. “I’m careful with the training and I won’t have much opportunity to pursue it with the Six Nations coming up. “I like the aggressive element of rugby and there’s an intensity to the MMA training that makes the two sports very similar.” Haskell, 22, is one of the brightest prospects to emerge from English rugby for many years and has been tipped as a future Test captain. “Wrestling is good but I really like the boxing, especially the technical aspect in how to throw a punch correctly. Complimenting his natural attributes is a strong work-ethic that has inspired him to look outside rugby in search of new techniques to enhance his development. The way they train at London Shootfighters [gym], where I train, I will have had 40 or 50 fights before I have my first official fight.”So how did it come about ? You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. Excitement and fear. {{ fixture.fixtimeoverride }} "Nobody’s applying normal logic to this. “It changes how your body works because in rugby you can end up being one dimensional. They all said no, if I did it properly. There’ll be moments where I’m thinking what the f--- am I doing and others where it feels natural.”We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. Rugby makes those demands but MMA is a completely different discipline and mentality of training. "But I'm already taking this deadly seriously," he explained. {{ getFixStatus(fixture.status) }} It’s a progressive process. I will work hard. {{ stat.value }} “That’s something I’ve been trying to bring into my game. Wrestling has been his main focus so far but the 22-year-old Wasps flanker also enjoys boxing and is already beginning to see the benefits of his new training regime. {{ stat.value.longname }}

"I used to do an MMA show on BT and I still get people who come up to me saying they loved that show. Haskell throws wrestling in the mix I was done with rugby and this is another physical journey. “The training is balanced – I’m not doing heavy fitness or ground and pound (a tactic whereby the fighter takes down his opponent, obtains a top position and then repeatedly strikes him in the face). KO "The first thing I did was speak to the guys at London Shootfighters [gym], who I’ve known for 20 years, and asked them was I insane to consider this? “If a player is running at you, you can use his weight to pivot, put him down and get straight back on your feet to steal the ball.
Haskell said: “Some of the guys at Shootfighters are very agile and have superb control of their body with lots of rotation, which is very useful to a rugby player. You don’t remember Conor McGregor’s or Mike Tyson’s first fight. Home

At 6ft 4ins and 260lbs you might think Haskell has a natural advantage, but when we speak he has just been in a wrestling session where he has been "owned" by a wrestler … Not a bit of it.


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