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Update: Fight Results...First Smoker Fight July 19th!!!
Hello I have my first Smoker Fight July 19th its, very very amateur, we're wearing head gear and normal MMA gloves. I might as well introduce myself. I've been training MMA roughly 6 months 4-5 times a week. Weight train 5-6 times a week. Cardio before and after 3times of weight training days. I’m 6'2 around 215lbs. My MT is pretty solid, BJJ defense is good but sweeps aren't great and I know basic Subs. I’ve only been training bjj for about 2 months. My wrestling is terrible! I just suck at it... Take Downs, sweeps etc! Once on the ground I move around very well and keep the 3 points well. But nothing special by all means. For my job I always travel, so sometimes I’m home training MMA 2-3 weeks straight and then have to miss 3-4 classes outta the week which is one of my main weakness. My main weakness seems to be cardio... my breathing is the worse. I breathe out on everything and try to control it but I get winded. I can’t jump rope to save my life despite trying very hard to learn. I can do it for about 3-4 mins and then just can’t seem to move the rope around fast enough or jump or skip high enough. But I try! I do steps and sprints for cardio to make up for my inability to jump rope. But I still train as hard as I can only working on techinque, and honestly rarely muscling my way outta things. Another problem I have it my ability to turn on that angry mean fighting mode. I’m always relaxed, moving off my heels, blocking, shrugging my opponent off me, sprawling and blocking kicks. But I see some people just turn into monsters and get this burst of energy.... I know poise is great but being a noob like me sometimes that adderenaline rush is huge. But as side that I’m just nervous and training hard. Id appreciate any helpful comments and ideas. Thanks and wish me luck!
The Fight:
July 19th…. 700am I get up and go for a light job and a lil jump roping. I’m back home by 740am, I decided that I want to weigh in heavy and hopefully get someone who will outweigh me and I’ll have the speed and gas tank upper hand, so I down some oatmeal and about a gallon of water and leave for weigh-ins. I’m wearing shorts, jogging pants, 2 t-shirts, and sweatshirt. In my hands and pockets I have wallet, keys, work keys, cell, Zune and gallon of water. My friend turns her head; I step on the scale and BaM!!! 223 ready lbs! LOL I smirk and leave to go back to my house since I have over 2 hours till our meeting. I get home I down a protein shake and relax till I have to go back. I get there I see tons of fighters I’ve never seen before, a few friends and BS till the meeting. No elbows and No knees…. I’m not too happy about it but what can u do… New Jersey AMT rules. So I watch some really good fights, my nerves are good, I have no idea who I’m fighting bc I don’t recognize his name and I’m too concerned. As a joke I jump back on the scale and weighed 208lbs. I’m fight number 14, so around 10 I’m warming up. Before I know it I’m hitting pads with a friend at a high pace, and I hear my name! I could have sworn they were on fight 11 or maybe 12 but there on 14! I run to the cage a little gas-ed and panicking and see my opponent. He’s about 2 inches shorter and stocky and has some flab to lose. As I get to my corner with my instructors and friends give me some info on him; he’s a wrestler, with a few more months’ exp and has a few yrs of Taekwondo… at this point I’m nervous! But figure I’ve trained harder than him, and I have reach and my boxing skills are up to par. So the bell rings and in all honesty I knew deep inside I don’t want to get hit, I don’t want to lose… so I’m going to hurt this guy till someone taps or see the back of their eye lids. I come in with a solid inside leg kick. He attempts to jab and leg kick, but I’m very fast on my feet and doesn’t land any. Finally I decide it’s time for me to start, he does a loopy jab/hook I slip get hit a lil but not enough to stop my 2,3,2. As I swing the last cross I see his eyes are shut and he’s going down, but to my surprise he’s shooting for a single on the way down! I think to knee but remember I can’t. I go to sprawl but it’s a little late and I work for under hooks and cross face. I get him up to about chest level and turn him into the cage. We go back a forth turning until I post on him against the cage and land a solid liver shot. He shots again for that single. This time he gets me and he’s in my guard. My BJJ is decent so I don’t feel so uncomfortable. I keep his posture low enough to get an arm through. He panics because he knows I’ve got a triangle with his name on it. Right as I go to pull down his neck he’s saved by the bell. Now I’ve been training very hard for this fight; sparring, sprinting and tons of cardio, but never felt as bad as I did after round one. My heart was pounding, my body was fatigued as hell but my breathing and mind were sharp. I thought to myself and figured this is Adrenaline Dump! But when I looked across and my opponent was in worse shape to me I just tried my hardest to get my heart rate down and ready for round two. At the sound of the bell I start strong, again with a sick inside leg kick and dodge his 1,2,3. He attempts a front side body kick, I dodge wanting to instead eat it and catch it but didn’t. Instead I went for my own body kick and ended up hitting his hip and he shot for a single again! This time don’t sprawl fast enough and he swings me down after I try and hop around a bit. I work from guard to sweep him but he eventually gets half guard. He attempts a key lock or whatever I defend and start to work in body shots from the bottom. Yes I’m tall and lanky, lol. I eventually hip out and am back on my feet but as soon as I get up onto my back foot he’s shooting in again! This time he got mount! Now I control his hands and try to bridge him but he’s heavy… very heavy. And it’s much harder when their punching you in the face. Lucky I defend till the bell. Next round my corner says “bro you’ve fought such a better fight then him, but he’s had position over you 2 rounds… KO or Submit!” So I go out a little higher pace hoping for his mistake. I land a few jabs, he shots in I this time I back up fast and as he’s standing back up I land a 1,2 that broke his nose. He now it keeping distance and he breathing heavier. I close distance and he shots again. This time I decide I’m not going to the ground so I cross face him and he’s pushing. I go towards my corner and I start giving him body shots and face shots as he’s driving me into the cage. I notice he’s blocking his face more bc of his nose so I keep going body, body, face, body till his guard is low and I slip in my left arm across his neck and take his back, sink hooks and he falls to the mat. I bridge, sink in deep and he’s fighting my one arm. I slip my right (stronger) arm in over his neck, and lock it in deeper and bridge. He turns purple and taps!!!!
I’ve never been more excited in my life for a long time; I’ve trained my ass off, and was beat to hell. I made a lot of mistakes and have a lot and I mean a lot to work on. But at least I won a hard fought war!
Hello I have my first Smoker Fight July 19th its, very very amateur, we're wearing head gear and normal MMA gloves. I might as well introduce myself. I've been training MMA roughly 6 months 4-5 times a week. Weight train 5-6 times a week. Cardio before and after 3times of weight training days. I’m 6'2 around 215lbs. My MT is pretty solid, BJJ defense is good but sweeps aren't great and I know basic Subs. I’ve only been training bjj for about 2 months. My wrestling is terrible! I just suck at it... Take Downs, sweeps etc! Once on the ground I move around very well and keep the 3 points well. But nothing special by all means. For my job I always travel, so sometimes I’m home training MMA 2-3 weeks straight and then have to miss 3-4 classes outta the week which is one of my main weakness. My main weakness seems to be cardio... my breathing is the worse. I breathe out on everything and try to control it but I get winded. I can’t jump rope to save my life despite trying very hard to learn. I can do it for about 3-4 mins and then just can’t seem to move the rope around fast enough or jump or skip high enough. But I try! I do steps and sprints for cardio to make up for my inability to jump rope. But I still train as hard as I can only working on techinque, and honestly rarely muscling my way outta things. Another problem I have it my ability to turn on that angry mean fighting mode. I’m always relaxed, moving off my heels, blocking, shrugging my opponent off me, sprawling and blocking kicks. But I see some people just turn into monsters and get this burst of energy.... I know poise is great but being a noob like me sometimes that adderenaline rush is huge. But as side that I’m just nervous and training hard. Id appreciate any helpful comments and ideas. Thanks and wish me luck!
The Fight:
July 19th…. 700am I get up and go for a light job and a lil jump roping. I’m back home by 740am, I decided that I want to weigh in heavy and hopefully get someone who will outweigh me and I’ll have the speed and gas tank upper hand, so I down some oatmeal and about a gallon of water and leave for weigh-ins. I’m wearing shorts, jogging pants, 2 t-shirts, and sweatshirt. In my hands and pockets I have wallet, keys, work keys, cell, Zune and gallon of water. My friend turns her head; I step on the scale and BaM!!! 223 ready lbs! LOL I smirk and leave to go back to my house since I have over 2 hours till our meeting. I get home I down a protein shake and relax till I have to go back. I get there I see tons of fighters I’ve never seen before, a few friends and BS till the meeting. No elbows and No knees…. I’m not too happy about it but what can u do… New Jersey AMT rules. So I watch some really good fights, my nerves are good, I have no idea who I’m fighting bc I don’t recognize his name and I’m too concerned. As a joke I jump back on the scale and weighed 208lbs. I’m fight number 14, so around 10 I’m warming up. Before I know it I’m hitting pads with a friend at a high pace, and I hear my name! I could have sworn they were on fight 11 or maybe 12 but there on 14! I run to the cage a little gas-ed and panicking and see my opponent. He’s about 2 inches shorter and stocky and has some flab to lose. As I get to my corner with my instructors and friends give me some info on him; he’s a wrestler, with a few more months’ exp and has a few yrs of Taekwondo… at this point I’m nervous! But figure I’ve trained harder than him, and I have reach and my boxing skills are up to par. So the bell rings and in all honesty I knew deep inside I don’t want to get hit, I don’t want to lose… so I’m going to hurt this guy till someone taps or see the back of their eye lids. I come in with a solid inside leg kick. He attempts to jab and leg kick, but I’m very fast on my feet and doesn’t land any. Finally I decide it’s time for me to start, he does a loopy jab/hook I slip get hit a lil but not enough to stop my 2,3,2. As I swing the last cross I see his eyes are shut and he’s going down, but to my surprise he’s shooting for a single on the way down! I think to knee but remember I can’t. I go to sprawl but it’s a little late and I work for under hooks and cross face. I get him up to about chest level and turn him into the cage. We go back a forth turning until I post on him against the cage and land a solid liver shot. He shots again for that single. This time he gets me and he’s in my guard. My BJJ is decent so I don’t feel so uncomfortable. I keep his posture low enough to get an arm through. He panics because he knows I’ve got a triangle with his name on it. Right as I go to pull down his neck he’s saved by the bell. Now I’ve been training very hard for this fight; sparring, sprinting and tons of cardio, but never felt as bad as I did after round one. My heart was pounding, my body was fatigued as hell but my breathing and mind were sharp. I thought to myself and figured this is Adrenaline Dump! But when I looked across and my opponent was in worse shape to me I just tried my hardest to get my heart rate down and ready for round two. At the sound of the bell I start strong, again with a sick inside leg kick and dodge his 1,2,3. He attempts a front side body kick, I dodge wanting to instead eat it and catch it but didn’t. Instead I went for my own body kick and ended up hitting his hip and he shot for a single again! This time don’t sprawl fast enough and he swings me down after I try and hop around a bit. I work from guard to sweep him but he eventually gets half guard. He attempts a key lock or whatever I defend and start to work in body shots from the bottom. Yes I’m tall and lanky, lol. I eventually hip out and am back on my feet but as soon as I get up onto my back foot he’s shooting in again! This time he got mount! Now I control his hands and try to bridge him but he’s heavy… very heavy. And it’s much harder when their punching you in the face. Lucky I defend till the bell. Next round my corner says “bro you’ve fought such a better fight then him, but he’s had position over you 2 rounds… KO or Submit!” So I go out a little higher pace hoping for his mistake. I land a few jabs, he shots in I this time I back up fast and as he’s standing back up I land a 1,2 that broke his nose. He now it keeping distance and he breathing heavier. I close distance and he shots again. This time I decide I’m not going to the ground so I cross face him and he’s pushing. I go towards my corner and I start giving him body shots and face shots as he’s driving me into the cage. I notice he’s blocking his face more bc of his nose so I keep going body, body, face, body till his guard is low and I slip in my left arm across his neck and take his back, sink hooks and he falls to the mat. I bridge, sink in deep and he’s fighting my one arm. I slip my right (stronger) arm in over his neck, and lock it in deeper and bridge. He turns purple and taps!!!!
I’ve never been more excited in my life for a long time; I’ve trained my ass off, and was beat to hell. I made a lot of mistakes and have a lot and I mean a lot to work on. But at least I won a hard fought war!
