Jack Slack

Jack Slack is a pen name of an anonymous English freelance writer, analyst and amateur historian of combat sport; most notable as a mixed martial arts (MMA) striking analyst, writing detailed, analytical breakdowns of fighters, fighting techniques and strategies, using videos, photos and animated GIFs.

Slack writes regularly for Fightland and occasionally as a guest post writer for other publications.

Slack describes himself as “a martial arts fanatic from the U.K. who got involved in karate very young, then boxing, then most recently jiu-jitsu". Initially he started researching and writing for his own training improvement in order to compensate for his "shortcomings in his own physicality", and later, by motivation to showcase to the casual fan and the mainstream media how MMA is a highly skillful art form.

Slack's pen name is a reference to Jack Slack the "Norfolk Butcher", the 1743 Norfolk boxing champion who defeated famed English boxing champion Jack Broughton in 1750 as a heavy underdog and remained undefeated as champion until 1760. Slack has said that he does not particularly admire the man, whose life was "more than a little shady", but that the name has "a ring to it".

Slack's first public contribution to analysing striking came in the form of sharing passages from published authors from his book collection. The first one posted on MMASHARE forum August 2011 titled Jimmy Wilde - The Art of Boxing. From January 2012 onwards he started to write and publish his analytical breakdown on his newly opened blog FightsGoneBy, while promoting his articles on major MMA forums and gaining popularity.

In January 2012 he started using the pen name Jack Slack, submitting Fanposts regularly to SB Nation's websites Bloodyelbow.com (MMA) and the now defunct HeadKickLegend.com (kickboxing), and also writing an article for CagePotato. In April 2012, Slack's article was first published on BloodyElbow front page, and soon he became a stipend author for the website. In that same month he was interviewed by sports announcer and commentator Mauro Ranallo on The MMA Show radio podcast. from July 2012 onwards he focused his writing on more popular fighters in order to increase his readership.

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