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Becoming a Pro Fighter: The Training Regimen May 24 Becoming a Pro Fighter: The Training Regimen Jonathan Stamey Editor/Dir of Operations Posted in MMA Blog Rocky, Million Dollar Baby, Cinderella Man, Ali, and Diggstown (which surprisingly is my favorite boxing film) all have at least one thing in common: the prerequisite training montage. I’m sure Marky Mark’s upcoming portrayal of Irish Micky Ward in ”The Fighter” will be sure to follow suit as well. And with shows like HBO’s 24/7 and Spike’s Primetime/Countdown series there’s no doubt that people are enamored by their favorite star’s training rituals, well, that and the story behind it all. To me there’s nothing more interesting than to go behind the scenes and see how an elite athlete fine-tune’s their craft. Now I don’t know about ”elite athlete” or anything, but that was my attempt at a segue into my own training montage/regimen/rituals. I’ll go over what it is that I do during the week to prepare for my future first pro bout. Be...

Becoming a Pro Fighter: Seein' the Black Lights ~ Beginners MMA MMA Beginner Training May 08, 2010 Jonathan Stamey Editor/Dir of Operations They said there’s no way to learn from dominating everybody. But there’s always plenty to learn when you take your beatings. Krishna told me that it gives you pause, and that before you move forward you feel like you need to dissect everything you did incorrectly. Which he said, “Is exactly what you’ve been doing from the time you got out of the ring to this very moment, and that’s a good thing.”

Becoming a Pro Fighter: A Venerable Second Pair of Eyes...Your Trainer May 05, 2010 Jonathan Stamey Editor/Dir of Operations There’s a reason why fighters have trainers. I think for a while I thought that I could train myself just as good or better than someone else could train me. And that may be true to a certain extent, but there’s one thing I’m absolutely sure of—a fighter can never reach his full potential alone…that includes me. My main reason for bringing that up is what I experienced this past Thursday at my second training session.

Becoming a Pro Fighter: Seein' the Black Lights ~ Beginners MMA MMA Beginner Training They said there’s no way to learn from dominating everybody. But there’s always plenty to learn when you take your beatings. Krishna told me that it gives you pause, and that before you move forward you feel like you need to dissect everything you did incorrectly. Which he said, “Is exactly what you’ve been doing from the time you got out of the ring to this very moment, and that’s a good thing.”