My return to the MMA world

[Moderately O.K.]

So over the past year i have been competing in mixed martial arts. Ultimate fighting for those who don't understand the term MMA. I have my first fight in almost 5 months, due to injury, on the 19th of May. My last fight was my first professional fight; I unfortunately lost. After the loss and it being a professional fight i realized i was no where near prepared to go into another professional fight. I injured my knee training about two weeks after the fight. I had to have MRIs X-rays the works and there was talk about possible surgery. Well after some extensive physical theropy i feel i am finally ready to step back in and fight once again. I will be fighting a semi-professional bout on the 19th of May.

[pop-up-target]

nice bro. i watch a lot of the MMA fights on Spike TV. now theres some serious shit. i hope the next fight turns out better and myabe someday we will see you in a reality series :)

[Moderately O.K.]

no reality series for me. not my way. I will work my way up the ladder the old fashioned way.

[SkifF]

Good luck man, I'm a huge MMA fan.
Kick some ass in your fight.

What discipline's have you studied? What's your strength's?
What weight class are you?

[Moderately O.K.]

Good luck man, I'm a huge MMA fan.
Kick some ass in your fight.

What discipline's have you studied? What's your strength's?
What weight class are you?

thanks.

i train brazilian juijitsu, boxing, muay thai/kick boxing, and a little bit of judo. and then of course i spar quite often in no holds barred.

I have a really good chin, i found that out in my first pro fight. I am really flexible so i don't feel pain in any submission until my joint pops or breaks. Which can be both good and bad. i have really good stand up, i have heavy hands with pretty good speed. i think my weakness is still on the ground. I am at a point where my juijitsu instructor has a hard time getting me to tap, but i always find myself on the defense. However, my instructor has sparred with guys like shawn shureck...or however you spell his name (he had a fight not to long ago in the UFC- whatever one was arlovski vs sylvia-he has also had a match against matt hughes a while back) so you have some background on who i spar with.

currently i am a light heavy wieght, however i have thought about cutting down to middle wieght...I think i would be a bit better at middle wieght than light heavy. I can hold my own at light heavy, but i think for my body type i would be best to drop a wieght class.

[Doc Wattson]

I'd kick your ass six ways to sunday.

-Gary-

[Bryant]

I saw "MMA" and thought "oh he's going back to world of warcraft" ... thank god i was way wrong

[SkifF]

Cool to hear man, good luck on the 19th!

Yeah I know who Sean Sherk is, he's pretty damn good and I was glad to see him win his last fight at UFC 59....then again I was also glad when Georges St.Pierre beat this piss out of him before that! (Gotta chear for my Canuck boys :D )

How long have you been doing BJJ? (that's Brazillian Juijitsu before someone makes a lame ass BJ joke)

I'm considering training in that.

[NewBreed]

I did a bit of Amateur MMA for awhile till I broke my collarbone (getting dropped on your head hurts)

I learned CQC from a friend of mine in the British Marines (don't remember their actual title). I did alot of boxing and olympic freestyle wrestling. My upright was good but my mat work was the best. My problem was I had very little flexibility due to muscle mass from years of lifting weight which has since turned to fat ( I really need to exercise). My other problem was I had very little true martial arts training. I mainly "brawled" and did little technique other than my wrestling mat work. I should have pursued it a bit more.


And good luck man,

I know how hard it is to get into the type of shape where you can do that.

[Moderately O.K.]

Cool to hear man, good luck on the 19th!

Yeah I know who Sean Sherk is, he's pretty damn good and I was glad to see him win his last fight at UFC 59....then again I was also glad when Georges St.Pierre beat this piss out of him before that! (Gotta chear for my Canuck boys :D )

How long have you been doing BJJ? (that's Brazillian Juijitsu before someone makes a lame ass BJ joke)

I'm considering training in that.

I have been training consistantly in BJJ for about a year. I would highly recommend it. However, be sure you find a good teacher who can explain each movement well. If you don't get the technique it will fail. Make sure to train with a lot of people too. also go slow at first. technique technique technique