My first MMA fight coming up.
 

Bedford, Indiana at the armory on the 31st. 7 months of BJJ training.. and quite a bit of kickboxing under me. 145lbs, hopefully I do ok.. anyone ever fight in the cage have any tips for first time fighters? should be 5-700 spectators there so i'm gonna be nervous as hell.

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Boost a zc motor

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and start a strict diet of crazy horse malt liqour and orange chicken

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Just ------- do it. Don't worry a ------- bit if you lose, analyse your fighting strategy w/ video afterward. Likewise don't let it make you feel on top of the world if you win as it's just one guy and you have holes + weaknesses in your fighting style. Be like Forrest Griffin, you'll go as far as you need to.

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cool ---- man. try to get video of it, i'd love to watch.

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Pack a gun in your shorts. You can't lose.

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hahah

Yeah, just do it, that's all you can do.

Good luck.

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Hopefully you're fighting the kid you pawned the supra off on.

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I thought the fight was rescheduled for Seymour?

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As far as I know its still on at Bedford

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Still cant believe I didnt manage to meet up with ya this summer.

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My cousin is gonna try to get a vid of it with his phone.. but vid cameras arent allowed in.

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?? say what?

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You know who I am? Remember we were supposed to get some local HMT members together and meet up at HOOTERS in Jeff! Does that click? Nukka

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haha oh ---- I remember now. sorry

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Have as many amateur fights as possible before going pro. A lot of fighters jump into the big leagues immediately with 3 wins or so in the amateurs then have moderate success and can't really improve, like they hit a glass ceiling. Whereas amateur boxers and kickboxers with 50 fights under their belt moving to the pros tend to have a lot more longevity.

My tips without any cage experience: Stay calm, don't worry about it just go out there and see how you do but stay sharp. If you can not gas in the first 3 minutes you're better conditioned than 90% of amateur and low level pro fighters. Having a calm demeanor goes a lot further than running 80 miles a day as conditioning prep. For conditioning I would run sprints, lots of them. ---- long distance jogging that ---- doesn't apply here. Sprint after sprint after sprint will get your recovery up, that's how we did it in track. You're gonna get tired, the repeated sprints just make you recover faster. Being tired and gassing are kind of different things too. Gassers don't recover.

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We will attempt it again this summer I hope. Hopefully I'll be above the 500whp mark

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Sorry, it's pick on jeremy day..

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leave it in the OG forum

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Where you can't see? Hell no.

Crxmatt, just make sure you get a good sleep and a good breakfast in you. Always seems to help before I workout or train or anything.

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ORLY

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Take some Viagra cause no guy is gonna try to fight another guy with a boner. Win by technical boneage. :X

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Unless you are fighting Jeremy.

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jd loves the cack

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Thanks for the tips. I've been running 3-4 miles a day.. but haven't done sprints. My cardio is decent right now, from doing Jiu Jitsu.. I'm not actually looking to make anything of fighting. I've got a family n' ----. My wife is just letting me do this 1 time because I always wanted to do it. But u never know.. if I win decisively I might do another one. I went to some fights in Salem, Indiana last weekend and NOBODY had a ground game.. or really any standup worth a hoot. 90% of the fighters were a bunch of punks. I'm just going to TRY to stay calm and work my jab and kicks then look to take the fight to the ground.

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Need to find out where the fight is for sure so I can come watch. Jeremy and I live in seymour which is a stones throw away from bedford. Lemme know man.

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Fight is in Bedford for sure. Junior grappling starts at 6.. MMA starts at 7.. $20 gen admission 35 for cageside. First 200 spectators get a free tshirt. I'm in Sam Vernon martial arts.. we've got 4 guys fighting. my name is matt mcdonald.. watch for me i'm a 145lber

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good luck man and i hope you kick some ass/punch to the baby maker

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win or lose i'm just looking to have a good fight. I just dont wanna get stopped.. as long as it's a good 3 round fight i'll be happy.

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when you step in that cage. remeber to learn control, breath, and take your time. I know its your first match but make sure you breath the proper way (if you trained for 7 months you know what i mean) take your time. Number one thing fighters try to do is just do everything at once and go wild and throw everything out the window what they learned in sparring. Look for the right moment and take it. Don't show off you should be fine. Win or lose its a learning experiance. Don't gas yourself out and get the feel of things (when i say control). Thats the advice I have to give you. I know you'll be a bit nervous but that will go away as soon as the fight start. ;)

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Made my weight finally today.. 145lbs. just been eating light pasta, and fruit and working out like mad. ready to throw down tomorrow night. I'll post the video on Sunday.

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Good luck dude, sounds like a lot of fun.

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good luck man, i'll be rooting for you.

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Get me direction to the place and I'll see if bitchtits want to go too. I'm game, ------- nothin exciting but this going on this weekend.

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---- yeah, dude. Have fun! Some of the people there are dickholes, but you'll also meet some of the coolest people ever there.

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good luck on your first match.. kick ass!!

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Kill some fools, dude. I need to start training standup and try to get a fight before I graduate. Rolling at practice last night I rolled with a 210-220lb guy (I'm exactly 170 right now) and he couldn't do ----. I tossed him around like he was nothing, got side control, mount, north-south and played around a bit. He also has a year and a half experience in a legit gi BJJ gym where he's from, as well as HS wrestling experience. All I've done is 6 months gi in high school and the past couple semesters at the college club. I couldn't finish from mount, but he's a pretty big guy. I figure if I get there in a real situation I'm just going to start pounding anyway.

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KICK HIS ASS SEA BASS no realy man gl with the fight

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PUT HIM IN A BODY BAG

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Why are we all routing on a scammer again?