5:17 when your mom won’t stop at McDonald’s

everyone hating because hes crying. Think about something thats very important to you, then imagine losing it. Plus, can talk shit how much you want, he'll still break you.

The reason his punch under his own adrenaline was more powerful is because there is emotional investment in the actual strikes on top of the adrenaline. I can almost guarantee he threw the better punch form wise when his trainer got him riled up, opposed to the shot. With that much unnatural adrenaline in your body, I dont think he knew what do do with it, he said in the interview "You can almost not control it"

I've always likes this guy. I like to watch him fight as he's so explosive. But this episode made me like him more knowing he's so emotional!

After the adrenaline shots and the aftermath of ferocious punches was so intense. I mean you know it's serious when the doctor and the trainer are more than a few feet away from, the powerful Houston Alexander, frozen watching him anchor immensely in his own rage to the point tears are stream lining down the sides of his face. His trainer and the medical professional that administered the adrenaline shots were so amazingly fascinated and terrified at the same time, the both of them weren't sure what to do but they knew they had to approach this savage beast of a warrior. You know it's serious when the trainer wont see if his fighter, who's been with him probably more then his own family, a real special type of bond, wont approach him in that scary-scary state of being. The trainer's body language after those punches Houston accurately threw back-to-back was like: "I ain't fucking checking on him, you're the intelligent one that wanted to stick him with that shit, you check on him!" hahahah fucking crazy moment.

When they injected him the second time would have been funny for him to yell "I'm ALIVE!!!"

Adrenaline causes a surge in emotions. He wasn't crying in sadness, When he was emotional before. He was using pure rage which also causes an emotional outbreak.

'houston,we got a problem.. with that adrenalin' xD

Dear Houston Alexander :As a right now, I'm taking down all the bad comments I had made about you brother. Peace.

You can also tell by simply watching the slow motion that the form and delivery of the second punch was by far the best of the three its possible that the third punch would have had more power had it been delivered correctly. I would like to see a real large scale study on the effects of adrenaline on power.

After the punches, the host was standing back there with a look on his face like he just created the hulk and was over joyed about it!

The thing about natural adrenaline is that your mind and body are already putting all the pieces in place to ensure that the adrenaline does the job effectively. You not only get power, but in some cases you get increased focus and control. That said, there are also times where we can get overwhelmed by our adrenaline (particularly if we're not accustomed to experiencing it regularly), and in those cases everything becomes a frantic blur that's hard to remember or control. I feel like external adrenaline does just that: provide something foreign that the body wasn't completely prepared for, and causing Houston to lose some of his focus while trying to control all of the excess energy and rage. Regardless of whether he put more juice behind his punch, accuracy plays a big part in ensuring that energy is fully transmitted into, and registered by, the dummy's measuring equipment.

*Huston actually dies* Doctor: "Huston, we have a problem!"

Man, what a good sport he is going through that experiment for science. That was intense.

7:05 you better laugh with him

emotion fuels. thanks for such sacrifices toward sciences

The emotional response and involuntary tensing of the muscles from too much adrenaline decreases reaction time, speed, and vision. The negative side effects of natural adrenaline are reduced for individuals who are used to it, but you can see that he even had difficulty hitting the target squarely with the injection. Respect to this guy for going through with the experiment. Those shots didn't look very fun, or precise o.o

houston has got a future in movies thats granted

Respect for Houston Alexander!

man...watching him cry...a small part of me just died

The punch he throws with the trainers motivation just has way better form and he follows through, thats why there was a difference

Very much agreed. He was a tire changer before he stepped into MMA. For someone to do that and become a star in that amount of time is amazing.

i loved how in the replay of him raging, the host was in the backround roaring with houston hahaha

His crying made me a fan, I want this guy to win his next fight badly

Reading all these comments from years ago, damn i didnt know there were so many punching experts on you tube.

I think the boost is about even, but he's much more focused when he's got his reason maybe more of a solid blow

6:18 nono, you see this goes to show it doesn't matter how angry someone is or how jacked on adrenaline they are. What matters in boxing/mma is technique. The difference between the 2 punches is his technique

The natural adrenaline is much more powerful than any medication, that was nothing, that was just a verbal trigger, had it been a real present trigger like his mum dying and her murderer infront of him, he could hit up to 3000lbs. It all depends on the situation and the cause of adrenaline.

There are couple of examples, that prove natural/emotional adrenaline is very strong stimulator. Ive heard about guy who lifted car to get to his kids. Not entirely lifted, but enough to get inside.

Some give this guy a hug....

Tears are an outlet for all emotions. The adrenaline got him so aggravated that he most likely wanted to destroy something, which is why he punched the dummy so many times. However, he forced himself to stop, so his body turned to releasing tears in order to vent the anger.

J/k Houston...you done an awesome job!!

I remember watching this episode and it just made realize a human athlete of Houston Alexander's stature doesn't need adrenaline really..

oh right! thank you that's much more clearer now! :)

Next their going to give a guy steroids or something

It also doesn't take into account whether his hand is sore from previous punches

negaws Houston and Kimbo are both great fighters. I was happy Kimbo won, but at the same time, I now have an appreciation for Houston.

He is a warrior!

@MrHomeChef Absolutely true. But I think you can go a stage beyond when you also utilize the things that cause you fear, like Houston said for example, the extreme fear of failure.

anyone that has serious anger problems or have reached that point know you shed tears you body does it by itself

Emotions can be your greatest weapon ;)

he'd rip a whole in the space- time continuum.

coulda used some of that adrenaline against Kimbo

adrenaline shot + trainer's motivation = even better results

i feel bad for him dang those emotions :o

@piepermatthew i know, i was just saying he could have hit way harder then that if he really wanted. thats all. but you're right, they were trying to see his maximum punching power.

I’ll also add That with mma/boxing It’s not always about punching power They should also test focus stamina etc Somehow if possible, reaction time… mental/physical reaction time.

At the 1000 result, the trajectory of the punch was longer, so all calculations are useless.

Speaks more about the balance of emotion and technique

Houston we have a problem!

sry for doin this but the funcion of adrenalin is to increase the take up off glucose which gives the muscles to energy work (punch in this case). his own adrenalin made him use up most of the glucose in his blood and liver (glycogen). the artificial adrenalin cant really make more glucose so the muscles didnt really have the same amount of energy as the first one

Manly tears are being shed at 5:28

Adrenaline makes you tired after it's effect stops, so I don't think this is a good tactic unless you are sure to make a KO in the first round. Even if you have the stamina to keep on going, you are still going to suddenly lose a lot of power in the middle of the fight.

The Host face reaction in back ground is hilariously funny at 5:15-5:27

This is amazing for just a straight right. He should have done a hook as well, he would have probably doubled the force.

I JUST WANNA GIVE HIM A BIG HUG!

"I can feel it running through my veins"

lmao @ 5:22 they're facial reaction is priceless especially the host xD

love your comment

The reason synthetic adrenaline wasn’t as strong is multiple things. The heart rate and oxygen intake/usage was the most similar. His focus on the fake shit was off, his straight right was stiff, he didn’t engage his hips as fluidly, and his distance was off he was closer the 2nd time. The overall performance of how he threw the cross is prolly what made the full 100lb difference #tweakinforscience

it doesn't matter what his hardest punch is-- the point of this is to measure the effect of adrenaline on his punching strength.

this episode has me so fucking pumped up..i think my bp is over 200 and I'm turning green!

@Jakeak74 he isn't a "muay thai fighter", he's just a big guy that trains mma.

Wow he purposefully punched it lightly in the first one

One time I got so angry over something and I picked up this huge machine in a weight room , like I lifted it off the ground. And when I calmed down , I tried to pick it up again and I couldn't.

Your comment made me laugh out loud. :)

I remember seeing that video. The girl jumps from stances and throws her weight into the hook while houston throws a straight right. I guess thats why she hits harder.

When he was injected with adrenaline he lost control of his punches you can compare the forms, and the with the adrenaline totally threw him off, but it did give him that killing emotion that can really only be brought out in rare cases like this which can help if controlled to a degree.

LOL!!! I love how John Brenkus had to tell the medical expert to check if he was ok -_-

holy shit this guy is so intense! gawd damn!!!

Fascinating, I was already aware of natural adrenaline being best he can even increase it, only if his in a life and death situation

@K186 unfortunately, that's a good point.

@Viruxez rampage gave a hook like punch (hook punch is more powerful) and alex did a normal jab

5:24 The "I think he's gonna kill me" look

1:14 you gotta love that. Over here they would have cancelled the show immediately, suspend the athlete for life, sue the doctor, the TV-show and replaced the program by another cookingshow. I love Sport Science!

They do all the tests before injecting him the adrenaline but he got the same thing while he gets boostet by his trainer ^^ So the effects it can have if you are not completely healthy are the same from the injectet adrenaline as from the natural adrenaline because it has exact the same effects on the body :D So they had to check him even before the second test.

Mick Doyle used to be my coach. Trust me, he knows how to get you going before a fight.

@griff297 were they the same kind of punch??

An honest question while he's injected with the synthetic adrenaline. Does the biological natural adrenaline mix into factor and double factor ? How does this work ?

Natural Super Saiyan abilities vs. injected Super Saiyan abilites... this dude is a beast and reminds me of how Vegeta lost to the Androids and built up his rage on the fact that he lost easily...

did his eyes start changin

2:10 'Houston, we have a problem''

OMFG that must be so MUCH FUN!!!

@ThElitE Apparently it was Kimbo Slice

He's a very nice guy in real life.

dang...this guy's face illustrates how many of us are in prison to our fear of failure. Myself included.

he turned into a super saiyan :)

This is real . When my older bigger brother would fight me all of the rage and anger from years of being picked on and messed with comes out and something just comes over me everything slows down even tho it’s going so fast u can think actually see where a shot is coming have time to get ready for it and counter it in a split second . Not only that adrenaline would make me stronger . Sometimes it would be too much and I would throw up after fighting

Did anybody else notice they put his first name as his last name on the monitor?

5:19 ..... THE BEAST!

makes me cry awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

If they did a better study, I suggest dosing the adrenaline down and also covering INHALING epinephrine nasally 👍

yeah. i think the emotional load was as important as the actual physiological change.

Spiff, what Houston was trying to was ruin his knee so he could work ground game on him and what I would think would be a full mount. Since Kimbo has a ban knee he was going for the kicks and going around to make him work the knee since going in circles around the mat does wear and tear on a bad knee. So basically you need to learn the sport and pay attention to the very little thing even though you say you already do...Shenanigans.

Am i the only one kinda not sure if this is correct. On his normal adrenaline punch, its seems as if he swings more from the hip with a little leap forward. And on the dosis injected he's just perfectly still when he punches it.

@kentox10 If you've ever felt incredibly intense rage you feel a flourish of emotions and he said himself that it was almost uncontrollable. That's my guess.

5:24 "aww shit just got real bro"

the kind of the punches are diffrent. u can see it in the slowmo. the 1000lbs punch go right trough the dummy. the other punches goes only on the dummy right to the face.

his angles were different when he hit, down and straight forward, and his follow through was different, also...

Now this man could break a bat!