iwanttofight's = Mutant MMA Training Log

[iwanttofight]

Hey this is iwanttofight here. As of today I will be writing a daily log of my training. This is not going to be your normal run of the mill training log that you see on every lifting forum. I am not your normal cookie cutter kind of guy. This is going to be something very different from that. "So iwanttofight what are you going to be logging about"? I will be logging my MMA training and what I go through for my next professional MMA fight.

Six months ago I dislocated my arm in a cage fight in Atlantic City. I was fighting a very good brazilian jiu jitsu fighter that also wrestled in college. While I was raining down punches to my opponents face, he wrapped his legs around my arm and applied a very tight armbar. As the pressure on my elbow was getting tighter and tighter, I knew I had to do something fast. So I tryed to roll out of the armbar over my right shoulder. Midway through my roll to get out of the armbar, my arm snapped in half like a dry piece of pine wood. The referree saw this and stopped the fight instantly, and the medics took me to the hospital to pop my arm back in it's rightful place. After 18,000 dollars of insurance money on doctors bills and rehab, here I am. For the past six months I have been taking it easy. My lifestyle has completely changed. Instead of going to the gym 2-3 times a day, I have been watching alot of movies, playing online poker, and started a new job. I also have been eating alot of very delicious and tasteful foods. I weighed in at 169 pounds the day before I had my fight and to believe it or not I weigh 212 pounds right now. Wow 43 pounds in 6 months, I am a fat motherf*cker lol. So I got alot of work to do to get myself in the kind of shape Rocky was when he fought Apollo Creed. Yooooo Adriannnnnnnnn!

I am going to push myself like I have never been pushed before! I am going to try to turn myself into a Mutant, a human weapon. As you may know, much is needed to become superb at MMA. Being strong and having a sexy sculpted body of Greek god is great, but there are many more attributes that I must and will attain. I have sparred with an abundance of extremely muscle bound guys that would give Arnold Schwarzenegger a run for his money in a bodybuilding contest, (when he was younger). Many of them could not punch harder than my friend's sexy sister or they had the stamina of male virgin banging a Playboy centerfold, do you understand grasshopper? Speed, flexibility, timing, mental fortitude, power, explosiveness, and stamina are just some of the attributes that I will be working diligently on. I will also be training extensively in many disciplines of the martial arts required for MMA. I specialize in muay thai, brazilian jiu-jitsu, boxing, taekwondo, and wrestling.

I will be posting pictures and videos along the way showing my progression to fight time. Tomorrow I will be posting my stats with weight, height, reach, ect.

There are alot of very smart and bright people on this forum, from all over the world. I would be honored if you have any diet tips, workout pointers, and technique recommendations to offer me. The more you give in life the more you get back. Let's say for example if you are a bodybuilder or a sprinter, and you have some good exercises that worked for you. Write them in the log below and I promise I will try them out. Then I will critique and write about it in my training log below.

Muhammad Ali said that when he did sit-ups he did not start counting until it started to hurt, because that is when it counts. This is the mentality I must have.

 

[morepoonplease]

I have never trained mma a day in my life, nor boxing... i am 6' 4'' 273lbs and the last guy who called me out to a fight said i was finished as soon as i stepped outside of the bar and that he was a fvcking cage fighter. I knocked him out in less than a second, broken orbital & nose, so i guess lifting weights helps a little seeing as thats what i train in.

 

[PokerStar]

I have never trained mma a day in my life, nor boxing... i am 6' 4'' 273lbs and the last guy who called me out to a fight said i was finished as soon as i stepped outside of the bar and that he was a fvcking cage fighter. I knocked him out in less than a second, broken orbital & nose, so i guess lifting weights helps a little seeing as thats what i train in.

hahah

he probably wasnt a fighter at all. usually MMA fighters dont boast or talk **** about it. they usually show you with there skills.

i hate it when dudes train a week or two in a mma gym and they think they can take one anyone.

ughh

 

[Bible_Belt]

the last guy who called me out to a fight said i was finished as soon as i stepped outside of the bar and that he was a fvcking cage fighter.

That's the problem with amateur mma these days - they let anybody do it. The promoters are so bad that they think good matchmaking is putting together guys they've never seen who weigh about the same.

No one who is talented at martial arts picks bar fights. I'm trying to think of an exception, maybe it could happen on the sloppiest dunk night of their life, but I have still never seen it happen. When someone brags like that, you can bet they're an idiot. Sh!t talking and talent are inversely related.

And to the OP, great thread idea, good luck with everything.

 

[ArcBound]

the last guy who called me out to a fight said i was finished as soon as i stepped outside of the bar and that he was a fvcking cage fighter.

That's the problem with amateur mma these days - they let anybody do it. The promoters are so bad that they think good matchmaking is putting together guys they've never seen who weigh about the same.

No one who is talented at martial arts picks bar fights. I'm trying to think of an exception, maybe it could happen on the sloppiest dunk night of their life, but I have still never seen it happen. When someone brags like that, you can bet they're an idiot. Sh!t talking and talent are inversely related.

And to the OP, great thread idea, good luck with everything.

Exactly, usually there is some bark making up for the lack of bite.

Good luck iwanttofight, looking forward to hear about how one trains MMA

 

[iwanttofight]

Monday 1-16-12

Official Weigh-in = 208.5 pounds; I must of took a 3 and a half pound sh*t today because yesterday I was 212 pounds on the same scale d*mn.

Today I am reborn. This is the day that I start, Live to Fight ^ Fight to Live. After 6 months off from training after my elbow dislocation I can feel my flexibility and my chi is way off. Bammmmm Yoga was the first thing that came to my mind.

Yoga= So I attended a hour long yoga class. After the first ten minutes in the class I can feel that my flexibility is not what it used to be. I used to be able to kick a target over my head with no problem at all. Now I call feel my ligaments stretching while I am in a warriors pose, ohh jesus! After a whole lot of Down dog, scorpion, crane, and other animal poses the class is over. The yoga lady teacher said that tonight was the biggest class that she has taught at the gym thus far, 19 people Bammmmm. The class was comprised of about 16 milfs and 3 men in a dark room with candles. Not too shabby lol. I feel better already.

Shadow Boxing = Today I also did 4 (5) minute rounds of shadowboxing. When I shadow box I imagine that I am fighting somebody, (the winner gets to live). Just like the gladiators did in the coliseum, in Rome. There are thousands of spectators cheering my name, iwanttofight!!!!!! I feel the adrenaline coursing through my veins, and I it makes me feel alive. I do this because it makes shadowboxing very intense. Just like a real cagefight where you have to win so that you can eat and pay your bills. The body can achieve what the mind perceives. When I shadowbox I set the timer to 5 minute rounds because that is how long the rounds are when I fight, makes sense Daniel son?

Today was a superb day. I am really looking forward to my next fight. I am going to hit my opponent so hard that he is going to have to use a shoe horn to put his hat on.

 

[iwanttofight]

the last guy who called me out to a fight said i was finished as soon as i stepped outside of the bar and that he was a fvcking cage fighter.

That's the problem with amateur mma these days - they let anybody do it. The promoters are so bad that they think good matchmaking is putting together guys they've never seen who weigh about the same.

No one who is talented at martial arts picks bar fights. I'm trying to think of an exception, maybe it could happen on the sloppiest dunk night of their life, but I have still never seen it happen. When someone brags like that, you can bet they're an idiot. Sh!t talking and talent are inversely related.

And to the OP, great thread idea, good luck with everything.

Thanks for the pat on the back, I appreciate it. It's been a long 6 months. Because MMA has gotten soo mainstream it seems that everyone wants to be a mma fighter now lol. Alot of these people do not have a clue what being a real mma fighter is. I see a handful of fat, overweight kids wearing Tapout sweatshirts everyday saying they are mma fighters. I say "Oh cool good luck with that, have a great day" and leave with a smile on my face. I do not tell them that I fight, but alot of people probably know because my right ear is all mangled up (cauliflower ear). Most true mma fighters do not get into street fights. Why would they risk breaking there hand on some stupid f*cks head. This would set them back 6 months with minimal amount of cash $ flow. You do the math, no fight = no money.

 

[iwanttofight]

Tuesday 1-17-12

Prison Workout: I just got done the infamous prison workout. D*mn I feel like a gangsta. This workout takes very little room and requires no equipment so this workout is a favorite among prisoners. I learned this about 10 years ago and absolutely love it. What I do is I get a full deck of playing cards and spread out the cards face down on my carpet. I alternate between pushups, situps, and squats. If I flip a 9 over I do 9 pushups. If I flip a jack over I do 10 situps. If I flip a 4 over I do 4 squats. So on and so on until the entire deck of cards are flipped over. Oh Jesusss!!!
I added up all the cards in the deck and the grand total was 260. So you are roughly doing about 85 pushups, 85 situps, and 85 squats give or take. I love wearing orange when I do this workout.

Heavy Bag: I did 4 (5min) rounds on the heavy bag. The heavy bag is used to develop power. I use all my weapons when I hit the bag, fists, elbows, knees, legs, ect. It feels good to hit something after all the shadowboxing I did yesterday. While I was striking the heavy bag a guy was next to me on his laptop. He put a dvd in and then started working out while watching it. Im trying to small talk with everyone now. So I go up to him and ask if you are working out to Insanity, and he says he was. He starts telling me how great it is and then proceeds to tell me about all the good things Insanity has done for his body (I was thinking to myself, are you a salesman for Insanity wtf lol). So we start talking about healthy choices at fast food restaurants. He says that he has an oatmeal from Mcdonald's every morning and chicken from Bojangles every night. All in all a pretty good day. Peace the f*ck out.

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
Albert Einstein

 

[iwanttofight]

Wednesday 1-18-12

Rowing Machine: Tonight I had some fun on the rowing machine. At the gym I workout at, they have the Concept2 rowing machine. The concept2 machine has alot of features that other cheaper models do not have. It has a game mode where you can race against the computer, you can play darts, plus they have a bunch of other games I have not tried yet. It's a fantastic workout. Here are some of the benifits of rowing:
■Low-impact (easy on the knees and ankles)
■High calorie burner (because it uses so many muscle groups)
■Great for joint health (joints move through a wide range of motion)
■Upper body (completes the stroke)
■Lower body (the legs initiate the drive)
■Works the back and abs too!
■Superb aerobic fitness (great for cardiovascular fitness)
■Relieves Stress (for overall health and well-being)

After that I did some shadowboxing. I paid extra attention on slipping, bobbing, and weaving. Float like a butterfly sting like a mofo'ing bee. At my new job today I had to lift and process 278 big boxes. It was a great workout in itself. D*MN I get paid to workout, I love it lol. I was offered a job as a car salesman 2 days ago. I met with the general manager of the company, but I declined his offer. He wanted me to work from 8:30 in the morning to 8:30 at night. I like sales because it gets you talking with people, and works on your persuasian skills. If I took this job that is all I would be doing all d*mn day. Does that sound boring to you? Any car salesmen out there like their job?

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
Abraham Lincoln

 

[dispatch]

I'm not into mma but I do practise martial arts, and I am loving kettlebells at the moment.

 

[Rubirosa]

Most true mma fighters do not get into street fights.

Amen !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l54abRTlgbQ

 

[iwanttofight]

I'm not into mma but I do practise martial arts, and I am loving kettlebells at the moment.

Thanks dispatch; I love kettlebells also. I will be trying to add kettlebells to my workout regimen. kettlebells build man strength along with retard strength. Can you imagine a retarded grown man with man strength, oh jesus!. Like those crazy russians that are not too muscle bound, but are strong as a gorilla.

 

[dispatch]

Thanks dispatch; I love kettlebells also. I will be trying to add kettlebells to my workout regimen. kettlebells build man strength along with retard strength. Can you imagine a retarded grown man with man strength, oh jesus!. Like those crazy russians that are not too muscle bound, but are strong as a gorilla.

wtf did this mean?