Got my first Ametur MMA fight coming up...

Does anyone have any tips or pointers?

Hands up and keep your chin tucked! haha!

Naw man in all seriousness, good luck...I hope ya do well.

Got any info on the guy you're fightin and some background info on yourself?

look eye, always look eye

NoRegret wrote:

Hands up and keep your chin tucked! haha!

Naw man in all seriousness, good luck...I hope ya do well.

Got any info on the guy you're fightin and some background info on yourself?

The guy I'm fighting is a pretty tall guy. He is 6'2, I'm 5"10. Supposedly he is a pretty good kickboxer.

As for myself I am a blue belt in BJJ and my boxing is pretty decent since I started boxing when I was a kid. My wrestling sucks, but its getting there.

Do you know if this guy has any background in jiu jitsu?

NoRegret wrote:

Do you know if this guy has any background in jiu jitsu?

I have no idea.

Damn. Well that makes it kinda tough man, you just gotta play to your strengths. Its hard to determine your strengths though when you dont know anything about the guy other than his size and his kickboxing.

Im sure your gym will help you gameplan, just from what ive read on here i'd try to get in close and take it to the ground. But Idk what kinda jiujitsu the guy has lol

Awesome Ninja. What event are you fighting at? What weight?

I had pretty much the same fight my first amateur fight.

I'm 5'11 and the guy I fought was 6'2. He had really good standup, okay wrestling but he had no jiu jitsu experience.

I had trouble taking him down because my wrestling isnt great either, but he made the mistake of taking me down in the 2nd round and I submitted him shortly after.

Idk why they wouldnt let you know if this guy had any experience in jiujitsu though, thats weird.

NoRegret wrote:

Damn. Well that makes it kinda tough man, you just gotta play to your strengths. Its hard to determine your strengths though when you dont know anything about the guy other than his size and his kickboxing.

Im sure your gym will help you gameplan, just from what ive read on here i'd try to get in close and take it to the ground. But Idk what kinda jiujitsu the guy has lol

Ya, that's basically the gameplan that was set for me. Close the distance and get the takedown.

oggy420 wrote:

Awesome Ninja. What event are you fighting at? What weight?

A local event out here in Pennsylvania. I'm fighting at 170.

Philly? Wouldn't happen to be Matrix Fights would it? My boy has a fight on that card at the end of the month so i was just wondering.

oggy420 wrote:

Philly? Wouldn't happen to be Matrix Fights would it? My boy has a fight on that card at the end of the month so i was just wondering.

Nope, its not in Philly.

Rua, The only thing i can say is pace yourself through the day its going to be a long one. Try sleeping in that morning oh and if you have a good double mouth piece wear it.. I love singles but got my nose smooshed once and was going against a hard hittin fool and it sucks trying to breath blood through a smash nose... I would say double mouthpiece for the first time. Might get split lips but if the nose starts gushing you will thank me..

K well Good Luck and keep us posted!

yeah ninja good luck, the only real advice I can give you is tell you the mental part of the game is huge. I have never fought MMA but I can tell you I lost a majority of my wrestling matches before I ever got on the matt. Don't think that guy is better then you for a second and make sure you come into the fight with your head right. Good luck man.

aw man .. i would want to see the fight ..

you should make some flyers advertising this place to handout at the event.

My tip is research this fighter better than you have Melvin Manhoef.

OUSOONERSOU wrote:

yeah ninja good luck, the only real advice I can give you is tell you the mental part of the game is huge. I have never fought MMA but I can tell you I lost a majority of my wrestling matches before I ever got on the matt. Don't think that guy is better then you for a second and make sure you come into the fight with your head right. Good luck man.

This is good advice.

Do whatever you can to get yourself hyped up for the fight. Dont doubt yourself at any time and always feel like you have things under control.

I wouldn't go with the doubt mouthpiece. It is too hard to breath with it. You don't wanna gas. If you wanna work your BJJ then work on your takedowns. Close the distance, cover up, and get that fucker down.

Cardio!

redvexx8 wrote:

Cardio!

Cardio is great, but not always necessary for the amateur level.

Fighting MMA at the amateur level more times than not is more about matchups than in pro MMA. Alot of times in amateur MMA you will get guys that are strong in one area but weak in another and you utilize that to your advantage.

Now if you go into a fight with terrible cardio then by all means you will gas quickly, but as I said its not always required at the amateur level.

Good Luck Ninja.

Ninja, are you going to be able to get a tape of it?

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Ninja, are you going to be able to get a tape of it?

i would watch.