Training

Who does it? What exactly do you train? How often do you do it? When's your next fight? What weight class do you fight at?

I train BJJ 2 nights a week with the Texas A&M Team. I'm looking at hooking up with an additional gym to up it to 3-4 times a week. I'm probably going to start working on my stand up pretty soon too. I don't plan on actually fighting, but I do have a grappling tournament at the end of Feb. I'm debating trying to cut the 155. I walk around at the mid 170s.

I still box, but do very little rolling unless it's helping my kids out. Cardio 6 days a week and the bowflex replaced weights (Other than some dumbbell work) a long time ago. "Approaching" middle age and a broken neck have forced me to alter my approach to what I do and how I do things. It's all about staying fit and eating right for an old bugger like me. I have never had the urge or need to step in a cage myself... Even if the sport was big when I was of proper age to compete.

I did amateur boxing for a couple of months when I was 16.

And up til a few months ago, I had been training at a local gym in Thai Boxing, BJJ and doing their MMAFit cardio program for a few months. I ranked up to a blue belt in BJJ through working extremely hard at it for the 3 and a half months I was doing it.

I had to stop training because I lost both of my jobs and thus I no longer have any income.

I had one amateur fight that I won via submission in the 2nd round.

I want to get back into training but cant til I find a job.

I trained full time(5 days a week) for a year and a half at Buckeyemma in columbus ohio. Trainer finally told me I was ready for my first amateur fight and I find out he'd been overcharging my brothers account. To this day he owes my bro over a hundred dollars and I bet he never sees it. It crushed me cause I love that place but I can't train with a guy who ripped my family off ya know.

So now I'm training independent style at the only place with a mat in my town with a couple other amateur fighters that live here. Looking to compete in the arnold classic grappling tournament in columbus on march 7 at 168

NoRegret wrote:

I did amateur boxing for a couple of months when I was 16.

And up til a few months ago, I had been training at a local gym in Thai Boxing, BJJ and doing their MMAFit cardio program for a few months. I ranked up to a blue belt in BJJ through working extremely hard at it for the 3 and a half months I was doing it.

I had to stop training because I lost both of my jobs and thus I no longer have any income.

I had one amateur fight that I won via submission in the 2nd round.

I want to get back into training but cant til I find a job.

What did you sub your opponent with?

Like LTFG, I do cardio training cuz I'm old and I'll get fat if I don't.

I have cut back on training the last year due to my business taking off and the birth of my first child. I trained 4-5 times a week at USA stars,Tko gym and AMA. I train boxing,Muay thai,Wrestling and jui jitsu.

I have 7 fights(6-1)and prefer to fight at 170 i walk between 195-205

i have 18 amatuer boxing matches from toughman to smokers.

MMAEYES wrote:

NoRegret wrote:

I did amateur boxing for a couple of months when I was 16.

And up til a few months ago, I had been training at a local gym in Thai Boxing, BJJ and doing their MMAFit cardio program for a few months. I ranked up to a blue belt in BJJ through working extremely hard at it for the 3 and a half months I was doing it.

I had to stop training because I lost both of my jobs and thus I no longer have any income.

I had one amateur fight that I won via submission in the 2nd round.

I want to get back into training but cant til I find a job.

What did you sub your opponent with?

triangle choke.

im a bjj blue belt, been training about a year. I started doing muay thai, boxing, and greco roman in the fall. I injured my finger in december and haven't been able to train much since then so i've been working on my cardio and lifting. I plan to return training full time in about a month and then compete in a grappling tournament in April in NJ. the place i train at is called Hudson Valley Jiu Jitsu and it's run by Brian Mclaughlin who is a bjj brown belt under Rob Kahn of Gracie Tampa. There's 3 pro fighters and 2 current ameteures. Got great trainers in all areas and some of the guys train at AMA quite often.
I do plan on fighting at some point but not until i know im ready.

oggy420 wrote:

im a bjj blue belt, been training about a year. I started doing muay thai, boxing, and greco roman in the fall. I injured my finger in december and haven't been able to train much since then so i've been working on my cardio and lifting. I plan to return training full time in about a month and then compete in a grappling tournament in April in NJ. the place i train at is called Hudson Valley Jiu Jitsu and it's run by Brian Mclaughlin who is a bjj brown belt under Rob Kahn of Gracie Tampa. There's 3 pro fighters and 2 current ameteures. Got great trainers in all areas and some of the guys train at AMA quite often.
I do plan on fighting at some point but not until i know im ready.

Thats really cool bro. Alot of times at the amateur level, you will get guys that have little to no training background in several areas of MMA. This was the case against the guy I fought in my first and only amateur fight.

Dude had great wrestling for the amateur level, and had good muay thai but had no jiu jitsu experience whatsoever.

Once we finally got to the ground it was only about 15 seconds or so before I locked in my triangle and tapped him out.

How long did it take you to obtain your blue belt?

about 6 months. Yea i mean i know i want to at least have an amateur fight by next year. My plan is to do a couple bjj comps and maybe an amateur boxing match or 2 before my first mma fight. If i had to put a date on it i'd plan on my first mma fight being sometime next winter, hopefully.

Yeah dude, im really hoping I land a job soon. I just emailed this lady today about a warehouse job where I would make about $12-15 an hour if hired. Im really hoping to hear back about that.

If I do, im definately going to get back into a gym quickly.

Do you know if I switch gyms if I will have to start back out as a white belt since itd be under new ppl? I never thought to ask about that.

im not sure actually.

but yeah dude, im going to try to make a weight cut down to 155 for fights if I do start training again.

Im at about 180 right now, and I wasnt really big enough for 170 which made it tough for me in my first amateur fight.

cutting down to 155 I'd be a huge LW, but thats alot of weight for me to cut lol

What's your biggest pain in the ass for cardio? haha

NoRegret wrote:

MMAEYES wrote:

NoRegret wrote:

I did amateur boxing for a couple of months when I was 16.

And up til a few months ago, I had been training at a local gym in Thai Boxing, BJJ and doing their MMAFit cardio program for a few months. I ranked up to a blue belt in BJJ through working extremely hard at it for the 3 and a half months I was doing it.

I had to stop training because I lost both of my jobs and thus I no longer have any income.

I had one amateur fight that I won via submission in the 2nd round.

I want to get back into training but cant til I find a job.

What did you sub your opponent with?

triangle choke.

Nice

oggy420 wrote:

I do plan on fighting at some point but not until i know im ready.

Smart man. Same here.

Oh yeah I forgot to mention that buckeyemma is were Jason Riley trains. You know that unknown guy that fought Timmy on HDnet fights that Timmy KTFO in the first. Yeah Jasons a great guy but he def wasn't ready for that step up.

After practice last night my instructor let us know that Chad Kight, a brown belt under Royce Gracie, is doing a seminar this weekend for us. I'm pretty pumped.

Farmer1906 wrote:

After practice last night my instructor let us know that Chad Kight, a brown belt under Royce Gracie, is doing a seminar this weekend for us. I'm pretty pumped.

That's sick man. How much do they charge for them seminars?

MMAEYES wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

After practice last night my instructor let us know that Chad Kight, a brown belt under Royce Gracie, is doing a seminar this weekend for us. I'm pretty pumped.

That's sick man. How much do they charge for them seminars?

$20 for 2 hours is the plan. I figure its pretty cheap because they guy is an Aggie and most of the people coming are Aggies as well.

Farmer1906 wrote:

MMAEYES wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

After practice last night my instructor let us know that Chad Kight, a brown belt under Royce Gracie, is doing a seminar this weekend for us. I'm pretty pumped.

That's sick man. How much do they charge for them seminars?

$20 for 2 hours is the plan. I figure its pretty cheap because they guy is an Aggie and most of the people coming are Aggies as well.

Chad Kight used to teach my daughter's BJJ class, he was a purple belt at that time. Now she's trained by different coaches but the owner of the gym is an MMA fighter named Chad Robichaux, he's undefeated and a black belt.

Farmer1906 wrote:

MMAEYES wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

After practice last night my instructor let us know that Chad Kight, a brown belt under Royce Gracie, is doing a seminar this weekend for us. I'm pretty pumped.

That's sick man. How much do they charge for them seminars?

$20 for 2 hours is the plan. I figure its pretty cheap because they guy is an Aggie and most of the people coming are Aggies as well.

That's not bad at all. I bet you could learn alot in 2 hours with a gracie brown belt. Worth every penny

Bigs03 wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

MMAEYES wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

After practice last night my instructor let us know that Chad Kight, a brown belt under Royce Gracie, is doing a seminar this weekend for us. I'm pretty pumped.

That's sick man. How much do they charge for them seminars?

$20 for 2 hours is the plan. I figure its pretty cheap because they guy is an Aggie and most of the people coming are Aggies as well.

Chad Kight used to teach my daughter's BJJ class, he was a purple belt at that time. Now she's trained by different coaches but the owner of the gym is an MMA fighter named Chad Robichaux, he's undefeated and a black belt.

Yeah he's opening a gym in Sugar Land now. I used to live in that area and would probably give it a try if I still did.

Farmer1906 wrote:

Bigs03 wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

MMAEYES wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

After practice last night my instructor let us know that Chad Kight, a brown belt under Royce Gracie, is doing a seminar this weekend for us. I'm pretty pumped.

That's sick man. How much do they charge for them seminars?

$20 for 2 hours is the plan. I figure its pretty cheap because they guy is an Aggie and most of the people coming are Aggies as well.

Chad Kight used to teach my daughter's BJJ class, he was a purple belt at that time. Now she's trained by different coaches but the owner of the gym is an MMA fighter named Chad Robichaux, he's undefeated and a black belt.

Yeah he's opening a gym in Sugar Land now. I used to live in that area and would probably give it a try if I still did.

Both Chads are really nice guys. Kight is a bit of a surfer dude type but he's very good on the mat. I have no doubt you'll learn a thing or two.

Bigs03 wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Bigs03 wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

MMAEYES wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

After practice last night my instructor let us know that Chad Kight, a brown belt under Royce Gracie, is doing a seminar this weekend for us. I'm pretty pumped.

That's sick man. How much do they charge for them seminars?

$20 for 2 hours is the plan. I figure its pretty cheap because they guy is an Aggie and most of the people coming are Aggies as well.

Chad Kight used to teach my daughter's BJJ class, he was a purple belt at that time. Now she's trained by different coaches but the owner of the gym is an MMA fighter named Chad Robichaux, he's undefeated and a black belt.

Yeah he's opening a gym in Sugar Land now. I used to live in that area and would probably give it a try if I still did.

Both Chads are really nice guys. Kight is a bit of a surfer dude type but he's very good on the mat. I have no doubt you'll learn a thing or two.

I totally understand when you say he's a "surfer dude type". The guy is skilled though. We worked a lot on tightening up the arm bar from mount & transitioning to a triangle too if they block the armbar. We also learned a neat arm bar from side control. A few other things and some takedowns too. He really crammed a lot of stuff in 2 hours, but not too much where I'll forget it all tomorrow.