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#1 · (Edited)
Hello all, I've been mostly lurking these forums for awhile now. A little introduction: I'm 20 years old, just wrapping up doing a little world travel. While I was in Thailand I got involved with a Muay Thai training camp called Tiger Muay Thai, and trained pretty hard for a month and loved it. I decided to see where this passion can take me, and have decided to aim to fight in my first M.M.A. fight at a local amateur venue in my town called Valley Fight this coming December. This means I have a lot of work to do.

I will be training at a local M.M.A. gym called Revolution Chilliwack, as well as training with my friend who also wants to fight within the year.

I'm 20 years old, Southpaw, 6'4 about 195lbs, muscular build from years of weightlifting (I've got an enormous journal on a bodybuilding website but alas, there's no point talking M.M.A. on a bodybuilding forum, so here I am) but relatively weak cardio, other weaknesses include an occassional occurence of shin splints and contact lenses. I've only trained Muay Thai for a month and that's basically all my training besides a bit of self taught boxing.

I'm wrapping up my travels now, sitting in Bangkok for a few more days. I checked out a nearby Muay Thai gym but it was a hole in the ground with some mats and wasn't cheap, so **** it. I'm doing bodyweight exercises and shadowboxing in my room to help maintain what I can.

I go home soon so training resumes on August 1st as I enroll in the MMA gym back home and in addition begin my own training with a partner to keep the total training time to about 3.5 hours a day, 5 days a week.

Training is 4 weeks on followed by 1 week rest, each week is 5 days training, alternating between 2 days set out like this:

Day 1 - Technique
Stretch
Shadowboxing
Hit Pads
Standup Sparring
Rolling
Stretch
Go to class

Day 2 - Conditioning
Stretch
Skipping
Weight Training (Divided into Push/Pull/Leg days focusing on functional strength, explosive power, and endurance.)
Heavy Bag
Speed Bag
Stretch
Go to class

Classes are as follows:
Mon - Beginner Jiu-Jitsu
Tue - M.M.A.
Wed - Beginner Jiu-Jitsu
Thur - Boxing + Muay Thai
Fri - Boxing + Muay Thai + M.M.A
Sat - Rest
Sun - Rest

Going to ease myself into it and build momentum; first week just go to the classes, second week go to the classes and do training every second day, then by the third I'm doing the full routine. Also going to start light on my weights and build momentum over the weeks as powerlifters do.

I've also wrote up a flexible diet that I believe I can maintain pretty easily. I'll add the details once I've gone through with it for awhile in case any changes need to be made. What's important is the 6000 mostly healthy calories to exceed my maintenance level for a gradual weight gain.

Supplements are Protein/Creatine Monohydrate/Multivitamin/Fish Oil, considering a pre-workout supp like N.O. Xplode but don't really need the extra hit to the wallet or a caffeine dependency, so we'll see on that one.

I picked up all my gear to train out here in Thailand for nice and cheap. Got 16oz gloves, shin guards, wraps, mouth guard, and headgear. My friend has bought all of these things as well as some Thai kicking pads and a round timer, so we're all equipped and ready to go.

I'm aiming for December for my premier amateur M.M.A. bout. Wish me luck and feel free to pass on advice. I'm gonna tear a hole into this guy. :thumb02:

Some relevant links
Tiger Muay Thai, Phuket, Thailand:http://www.tigermuaythai.com
Revolution Chilliwack, Chilliwack, Canada:http://www.revolutionfightteam.com
Valley Fight, Chilliwack, Canada:http://www.valleyfight.com
 
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#507 ·
Lifting
Squats 6,6,6 @ 255lbs
Deadlifts 6,6,6 @ 265lbs
DB Bench 6,6,6 @ 85lbs
Weighted Chin Ups 6,6,4 @ b/w+25lbs

AB Complex
Weighted Twist Crunch 20@45lbs
Decline Reverse Crunch 15@b/w
Cable Crunch 20@75kgs
AB Plank 2:00

Finally finished all sets on bench, more weight next week. Same weights for everything else. Good workout, felt strong.

After lifting I went to hit the bag for a bit, 3 minute rounds with 1 minute rest. I'm going to focus on the same simple combos until my fight... no point in trying to master a lot of stuff now, just going to get my striking endurance up and have a simple striking game of 1-2's and left kicks ingrained in my muscle memory.

1 - Jabs only
2 - 1-2's
3- 1-2-3's
4- 1-left kick
5- 1-2-1-left kick

No BJJ today, got my ear drained again last night and want to give it 3 days without people pressuring the shit out of it.
 
#508 ·
Burpees (5x3 minute rounds, 1 min rest)
1 - 31
2 - 28
3 - 25
4 - 26
5 - 22
Total - 132

Was feeling nauseous going into it but got 7 more than last week. Not sure how, I think I was pissed off though.

BJJ

Missed warm up, did pretty good in guard passes, two triangles. Advanced class was all rolling. First we did like 5 rounds wrestling stand up, then we did mount and back escape drills. Then we rolled. I had a great roll with Danny our brown belt who lets you play your game, I managed a smooth kimura sweep and then spun into north south and almost finished it from reverse mount. Kept position and stayed on top of side mount or turtle, then spent most of the rest of the round on his back. Won't go through all the other rounds but I was dominant against a bunch of whiteys and a blue. Got an americana from mount and armbar from guard. Good class.

I keep tweaking my right shoulder. I always post up on that side to work the kimura, and then if I get slammed down it's tough on the rotator cuff. Icing it now and it should be fine but it keeps reoccuring, going to add something to saturday's lifting to strengthen that shit.

Going to get my ass kicking in sparring tomorrow afternoon then hopefully muay thai/mma that evening.
 
#511 ·
No sparring, my trainer had my boxing gloves and wasn't going to be there. Lame excuse.

Muay Thai
Skipping, shadowboxing. Technique was combos off the side step. Sparring, got a round with Kajan.

MMA
Technique was a half guard pass and half guard sweep. Did average in rolling, got another round with Kajan. I felt pretty crappy today, everything just felt really tense and brittle and I was really low energy after the sparring.


Ladies Kickboxing
Did the 20 minute circuit with them and then ab circuit.

I keep draining my ear once a week but it keeps filling up, I'll get it done tomorrow again. BJJ tonight.
 
#512 ·
Muay Thai

Skipping, shadowboxing, 4 rounds sparring, drilling a few kicking combos, 5 or so rounds on the bag. I rarely get to hit things so much. I hurt my left ankle/shin on a weird kick but it feels okay now. Good class.

Missed class yesterday, not good. Tomorrow the gym is closed so I'll either lift, hit the bag, or take the day off.
 
#513 ·
Lifting
Squats 6,6,6 @ 255lbs
Deadlifts 6,6,6 @ 265lbs
DB Bench 6,5,3 @ 90lbs
Weighted Chin Ups 6,6,5 @ b/w+25lbs

AB Complex
Weighted Twist Crunch 20@45lbs
Decline Reverse Crunch 15@b/w
Cable Crunch 20@75kgs
AB Plank 2:05

Heavybag 3x3:00 rounds
Jabs, 1-2's, 1-2-3's.

Stopped 2 rounds short of last week's 5, felt exhausted and I'm pretty convinced that I've got a little fracture in my left shin so I'm not kicking today.

Added to DB Bench, don't think I've done sets of 90 before, and it showed with some early failure. Good day but I felt exhausted halfway into the workout. I feel nauseous at random times and often I'll get real dizzy when pushing myself. I also feel real tired and spaced out all the time except during and right after a workout. I'm in week 3 of the drug I'm trying out and things should start coming into effect very shortly, hopefully I cN train more/harder.

Got my ear drained again but it keeps filling up, looks like it'll be a weekly routine, the doctor wouldn't give me any large syringes to do it myself, and the pharmacies only carry insulin syringes that are too thin to be effective.

I got an opponenet. No name, but he's from Prince George where I'll be fighting.

A couple guys from my gym are fighting tonight in Vernon, wish I could see Kamryn and Darwin's fight, but I can't justify the expense right now.

My training partner returns from his couple months at tiger muay thai in Phuket. He's been training his striking hard so he'll be in awesome shape now and able to push me. We're already formulating how we're taking our training to the next level once he gets back to it next week, should be good.

Weight's at 215lbs.
 
#514 ·
Burpees (5x3 minute rounds, 1 min rest)
1 - 35
2 - 28
3 - 26
4 - 24
5 - 24
Total - 137

Went on a tear and got 5 more than last week, lovely. My training partner is back from thailand and looking lean and mean. Held pads before class for him and he tore them up. Hes 6`5 and going to middleweight.

BJJ drilled armbars from guard, bump sweep and reguard, knee on belly to armbar and the escape. Did alright in guard passes. In advanced we spent like 45 minutes going over rules and after sitting around that long my body just seemed to shut down and I wasnt going to risk an injury for some rolling.

I have to work tomorrow so no sparring, muay thai and mma tomrrow evening.
 
#515 ·
Today I felt awful, tired but couldn't nap after work, hungry but couldn't eat without feeling nauseous. Mostly went away once I got training, thank god.

Muay Thai

Skipping, shadowboxing, sparring, kick drills. Did okay in sparring, training partner is definitely faster, more technical, and has better endurance than me now. It's for the best. The back of my lower left shin is still hurt but it's bearable so long as I don't get any weird connections on it.

MMA

Guard pass and pound, upkick - axe kick - sickle sweep, technique was pounding from top of half guard and sweeping from the bottom with a half butterfly. Not going over it today, I don't think it's going to be effective for me. We rolled starting from half guard and then rolled straight up. I won my rolls except for Kajans at the end. Today I reached the point that I imagine every fighter fears - I mentally gave up. Fatigue makes cowards out of all of us and I tapped to a rear naked choke and a guillotine that I could have resisted better. I finished Kajan with an armbar from back and ground and pound from mount but you can tell he gave it to me to boost my self esteem. I'm kind of beating myself up about mentally caving today but in proper perspective, that point of quitting is what I should be actively seeking out more often so that I can extend it further and further. Baby steps.

Ladies kickboxing tomorrow 6am then BJJ that night. Might go in early with training partner to work some shit. Kajan's coming out early on thursday to work with the 4 of us amateur fighters more one on one so this is my reminder to get in at 3:00 on thursday.
 
#517 ·
Well I couldn`t get back to sleep oddly, but I felt alright.

Went in early to do pad work with training partner. 3 rounds boxing and 3 rounds muay thai. Goddamn he`s sharp now, it`s good because he has lots of pointers for my slop. Taught me how to keep better balance when doing consecutive kicks, improved my lead push kick, my sloppy lead hook, etc. Despite these few changes I did really well in the pad work and my striking endurance seemed to pull through. Make no mistake about it though, it took alot of effort.

Then did BJJ. Guard passes without hands, turtling as they pass your guard, taking back from turtle. In advanced we shark tanked the guys going in the next tournament. That meant me. I did awesome from the bottom and my endurance was solid the whole time. Pendulum sweep was killing em! Then we rolled like 5-6 rounds and I did great. Once again just killing people with the pendulum sweep and dominant positions. Lost to a purple belt in a close match and had a very uneventful roll in my last round. Regardless, great training today, and feel ******* good.

Two sessions tomorrow evening with Kajan.
 
#518 ·
Fack, got called into work this morning so I'm under slept, good thing I always used to be under slept and can live with it.

Private with Kajan

Extensive warm up with a bunch of acrobatics that gassed me hard, I'm too big for this shit. Shadowboxing with lots of takedowns and sprawls. Consecutive sprawls. Alternated hitting the pads and the bag. I felt like a big bag of dicks today and was quite clearly gassed, but pressed on anyways. I'm a little disappointed that Kajan has only seen me on my shitty days this week. Anywho, I feel my body telling me to take a rest so I won't be heading back in an hour for the public class. Going to go get my ear drained again as it's getting huge, and hopefully get an early start on sleep. My mental state feels a bit fucked right now, super spaced out mixed in with feeling good.

Tomorrow I got tickets to the event that I was supposed to be fighting at ago but we decided against it because of it's retarded structure. So I'll go in 6:00 tomorrow morning to work some shit with the training partner and rest that evening.
 
#520 · (Edited)
Lifting
Squats 6,6,6 @ 255lbs
Deadlifts 6,6,6 @ 265lbs
DB Bench 6,6,5 @ 90lbs
Weighted Chin Ups 6,6,6 @ b/w+25lbs

AB Complex
Weighted Twist Crunch 20,20@45lbs
Decline Reverse Crunch 15,13@b/w+5
Cable Crunch 20,20@75kgs
AB Plank 2:05,2:05

Good lift day =)

Heavybag
1 - 1's
2 - 1-2's
3- Push kicks
4- 1-2-3s
5- 2-3-2 + punch out drill

Leg still sucks to kick with, give it a little bit longer then I'll start working the kicks.

I watched the fights for the silly tournament mma. God some of those fighters were awful. Me and my training partner would have likely cleaned out the lightheavyweight and middleweight divisions respectively and had two cheap plastic belts today. It was actually painful to watch.

Makes me feel ******* good about my fight though. I'm on pace to kill this poor motherfucker. Good week!
 
#522 ·
Burpees (5x3 minute rounds, 1 min rest)
1 - 34
2 - 27
3 - 25
4 - 24
5 - 24
Total - 134

3 Short of last week but great workout. Guard passes, then I got shark tanked on the ground, then I got shark tanked on the standup. Then some conversation on rules.

There was a conversation today about some politics about who will be managing me. I'm not even sure who 'manages' me now. In Kajan I trust, so whatever he says to do.

Sparring tomorrow, then Muay Thai + MMA.
 
#524 ·
Sparring 3 rounds standup then 3 rounds mma. I did them all with Thiago Gonclaves. Did better in the standup but on the ground he took me down at will, held position and pounded me. Also armbarred me twice. That's okay, he's way above my level and the experience is valuable. Luckily he's a cool dude and not there to hurt you.

Hopefully a nap then muay thai + mma tonight.
 
#525 · (Edited)
Muay Thai

Skipping, shadowboxing, drilled some combos. Hit the bag instead of clinch work because I'm a wimp about my ear. Knees.

MMA

Hip escapes, then we did submission escapes. Guillotine from guard - protect neck with nearest hand, jump up and stack them, digging shoulder into their throat, then change from shoulder pressure to a crossface, sit back on one leg, pulling head out diagonally. Armbar escapes. Then a simple rear naked escape, turn chin into their elbow, shrug shoulders and lift their arm over your face. Then we did 3 or so rounds of rolling from take down. I got the big guy and was mostly dominant.

Doing gi and no gi tournaments at our gym saturday/sunday. Taking wednesday evening and friday off. Thursday is probably another private with Kajan.

Wednesday morning lady's kickboxing - did abs and drilled some combos with them.

God damn I'm tired and underslept and sore.

Got my ear drained again, god it's annoying waiting an hour every week for this. Got to do blood tests this week and the rest of my physical may 15th for my fight.


Goddamn sleeping aids are kicking in. I'll edit this in later I got an early morning with the ladies kickboxing tomorrow.
 
#526 ·
Private with Kajan

warmup, some acrobatics, shadowboxing with wrestling, alternating combos on the pads with hitting the bag. Stretch.

Gotta get that striking endurance up!

Tomorrow I'll probably go in to work some last minute jiu jitsu review before the tournaments this weekend. Will try to get video but my friend is working so no guarantees.
 
#527 ·
Did an hour of last minute review before tournaments Saturday and Sunday. Gi is tomorrow. The weight class is up to 220 or so with gi on so I'm gonna try to put some water on overnight. Planning on pulling alot of guard tomorrow, as long as I don't injure myself and get pwned like the last tournament at my gym, I'll be happy..
 
#528 ·
Won the heavyweight division in the gi. There was I think 6 guys and I beat 3 on points to win gold. Went in the open weight, won my first match in a snoozefest and then got tapped by a guy with a bow and arrow choke to take third. Video's coming, I just need a cord from my friend.

No gi today, they had nobody even near my weight class, 40lbs off was the closest guy. I told them I'd just go lift.

Lifting
Squats 6,6,6 @ 255lbs
Deadlifts 6,6,6 @ 255lbs
DB Bench 6,6,5 @ 80lbs
Weighted Chin Ups 6,6,6 @ b/w+25lbs

AB Complex
Weighted Twist Crunch 20@45lbs
Reverse Crunch 15@b/w+15
Cable Crunch 20@max
AB Plank 2:10

Weight is 210.
 
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