training for my first MMA cage fight (day 19)

today was my last day of hard grappling. Next week is rest week since i fight that saturday. I still train til sunday but only workouts not fighting after tomorrow.

Well i ran 3 1/2 miles. Then i was going to do the kickboxing class but i decided to wait and train jiu jitsu.

My main sparring partner came in. He is my weight class but is ranked number 2 in blue belts jiu jitsu in arizona in my weight class. He beats me about 70% of the time. We are both about 126 pounds. He is 5 foot 4 im 5 foot 6.

We decided to do a fight where we dont stop until someone is either asleep or gives up.

We fought hard for about an hour straight. I broke my little toe on my left foot. Then i fracture (i think) my middle knuckle on my left hand.

We kept fighting. Eventually he got on my back and was choking me. I kept fighting it. Got it his legs off from around me and escaped.

He put me in a triangle choke. I picked him up and slammed him. He let go enough for me to slip out. I got on top and was trying to bend his arm in a straight arm lock. He fought out and swept me over. i went for a sweep back and he passed my guard and was on top of me.

We fought that position for a while.We were both exhausted since this was about 45 minutes in. I eventually recoved my guard and had my legs around him again.

I faked a triangle choke and ended up sliding behind and taking his back.

I sunk in the choke after a hand position battle.

My arms felt like jello by now. 50 minutes or so in the fight.

We fought and fought and fought. I couldnt finish the choke but he couldnt get away.

He rolled to his knees.

I flattened him out.

Squeezed with all my strength i had left.

He started passing out. He tapped right before he totally fell asleep.

Felt good. Hand is swollen, toe is broken, can barely stand. But i won that match.

8 more days til my real fight.

today was my last day of hard grappling. Next week is rest week since i fight that saturday. I still train til sunday but only workouts not fighting after tomorrow.

Well i ran 3 1/2 miles. Then i was going to do the kickboxing class but i decided to wait and train jiu jitsu.

My main sparring partner came in. He is my weight class but is ranked number 2 in blue belts jiu jitsu in arizona in my weight class. He beats me about 70% of the time. We are both about 126 pounds. He is 5 foot 4 im 5 foot 6.

We decided to do a fight where we dont stop until someone is either asleep or gives up.

We fought hard for about an hour straight. I broke my little toe on my left foot. Then i fracture (i think) my middle knuckle on my left hand.

We kept fighting. Eventually he got on my back and was choking me. I kept fighting it. Got it his legs off from around me and escaped.

He put me in a triangle choke. I picked him up and slammed him. He let go enough for me to slip out. I got on top and was trying to bend his arm in a straight arm lock. He fought out and swept me over. i went for a sweep back and he passed my guard and was on top of me.

We fought that position for a while.We were both exhausted since this was about 45 minutes in. I eventually recoved my guard and had my legs around him again.

I faked a triangle choke and ended up sliding behind and taking his back.

I sunk in the choke after a hand position battle.

My arms felt like jello by now. 50 minutes or so in the fight.

We fought and fought and fought. I couldnt finish the choke but he couldnt get away.

He rolled to his knees.

I flattened him out.

Squeezed with all my strength i had left.

He started passing out. He tapped right before he totally fell asleep.

Felt good. Hand is swollen, toe is broken, can barely stand. But i won that match.

8 more days til my real fight.

I sprained my big toe today.

I somehow feel a connection to you, like I can relate to your pain.

@tunaburn: I bow to you. That shit seems intense, I wouldn't be able to but love watching! Good luck with your fight!

wow sounds good.

@Zacagawea: toe brothers. broken toes arent that bad.

@LethalKi11ler said:

@tunaburn: I bow to you. That shit seems intense, I wouldn't be able to but love watching! Good luck with your fight!

itll be posted online a few days after the fight. so ill let you all watch it. hopefully to see me represent.

I wouldn't have the balls to fight in MMA, I was thinking about taking courses but not sure I think it is worth the injuries.

Damn dude, 126lbs? That is pretty light. I guess fighters are usually pretty cut but that would hurt to take a body shot at 126lbs.

@big_jon: dude it sucks to be this small. i had 3 broken ribs and a seperated collar about a year ago. it was brutal. but its part of it. deal with it and move on. im slowly gaining weight. trying to make it all lean muscle. i was much smaller before i started training.

@tunaburn said:

@big_jon: dude it sucks to be this small. i had 3 broken ribs and a seperated collar about a year ago. it was brutal. but its part of it. deal with it and move on. im slowly gaining weight. trying to make it all lean muscle. i was much smaller before i started training.

Yeah, if you are burning lots of calories every day as it sounds, it will make it even harder to put on muscle mass.

10 pounds in a year is hard, putting that on while doing heavy cardio is even harder, you better eat a lot, and a lot of that had better be protien.

@big_jon: well i started training 2 1/2 years ago. i was 100 pounds. so ive gained about 25 pounds in that time. i do mostly cardio but doing jiu jitsu you use a lot of muscle to move guys around. especially bigger guys. i do the mma workouts which are push ups, lunges, squats, all that shit. i HATE THAT PART.

@big_jon: also dont be scared to try mma. you dont have to actually fight. you can get the workout and learn some cool stuff. and once youre comfortable you can spar with boxing gloves and headgear. its not that bad.

@tunaburn said:

@big_jon: well i started training 2 1/2 years ago. i was 100 pounds. so ive gained about 25 pounds in that time. i do mostly cardio but doing jiu jitsu you use a lot of muscle to move guys around. especially bigger guys. i do the mma workouts which are push ups, lunges, squats, all that shit. i HATE THAT PART.

25lbs in two years is impressive, but depending on age, and how much you have naturally grown will impact that.

A lot of people think that when they put on weight that it is all lean body mass, when in fact it is often half fat and half muscle. Not to take away from your progress by any means because hard work pays off as I am sure you have seen, I just think that if you really want to put on more weight you should research on how to do it healthy, as it will help a lot. Calories play a huge part in weight loss and gain, as well as protein, carbs and of course working out.

Congrats though, it takes heart to get beaten up and stick at it.

@tunaburn: A big part of the reason that I am iffy on trying it is my Crohn's disease, I am not sure if I can take a hit anymore, the other thing is that dudes in my size and weight range (210lbs) who know what they are doing would be quite dangerous to spar with I imagine.

@big_jon said:

@tunaburn: A big part of the reason that I am iffy on trying it is my Crohn's disease, I am not sure if I can take a hit anymore, the other thing is that dudes in my size and weight range (210lbs) who know what they are doing would be quite dangerous to spar with I imagine.

dude.... youre probably not going to believe this but i have crohns disease also. my uncles and aunts have it. one of my 3 sisters have it. it sucks majorly. mine doesnt seem to be as bad as some of the people around me. my uncle and aunt have no intestines left. my uncle is one surgery away from a colostomy bag. :(

enough sad talk, i do need to eat healthier for sure. im 26 so my metabolism is slowly slowing down. i just started honestly cooking home food. before i was ALL FAST FOOD. i gave up smoking, drinking, and caffeine a few years ago. im working on it.

@tunaburn: Wear something with the GB logo. Get the brand out.