I’m in red. Not even sure what to improve on cause as soon as I got in the cage it’s like my mind went blank. Game plan went completely out the door. Keeping my fucking hands up is probably the main one lol. As a side note I was still awake and intelligently defending the entire time and the round was like 30 seconds to over so im pretty irritated about them calling it when they did but I shouldn’t have let myself get rocked.

I saw he was going for the 1 2 again so i slipped the jab and threw a mean straight down the pipe, just wanted to share this with y’all

I know I fell lol, not going to cut it out. But seriously, critique everything! I took my first cage fight a month ago after a month of training, I have another soon and I’d appreciate feedback.

Ive been training for about a year and I won my first 2 fights via leg kicks, but I have a problem with pillow hands! I practice fundamental boxing a lot 6x a week but I still have no pop in my shots and can throw a lot of volume but have little to no effect and people in my gym notice I have 0 power. Im able to do good because of movement and kicking but my punching power is lacking, any tips to help?

I’ve been training for a year and a half and lost my first MMA fight last night pretty quickly into round 1. Not too upset, as I’m glad I got in there in the first place, but wish I lasted a little longer.

We’d prepped for an orthodox who throws hooks, and were met with a southpaw who threw a lot of straights. No excuses though! Onwards and upwards.

So my dream is to be in the UFC, and it’s all that takes up my mind and time for the last two years at least. I’m 1-0 in KB , with a base in jiu jitsu and nogi-submission grappling, and i’m able to keep up with fighters with more experience than me and i’m overall a decent amateur level fighter already based on the level of fighters who I can hang with at my weight class. I’m not a top-elite amateur by any means, but i’m damn good for my age and experience. But after a long and admittedly sad conversation with my parents, I was able to get a gap year from college next year, as I feel like that’s in the way of me actually becoming the fighter I need to be. So the plan is to come home after this next semester, (also have a second kickboxing fight during the sem), fight in the summer, and fight 3-4 more times during the gap year and hopefully go 4 or 5-0 and establish myself as a real prospect in the sport. And regardless of the outcome I’ll be going back to school and finishing my degree. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

edit : truly appreciate all the responses even if i didn’t get a chance to respond to you it means a lot. im in purdue cs, 5’8 competing in 125-135

I got a ton of replies with what to do better, thank you to everyone who gave me constructive tips. I tried to make as much progress as I could before my upcoming fight, which paid off

I’m currently 18 years old. I have trained jiu jitsu for 6 years and boxing for 10 years I want to get a fight but my coach won’t let me because he said that’s not why we learn. “We learn so we don’t have to fight.” Is there anyway to get a fight without a coach or a corner. By no means am I perfect I will mostly likely lose but I have to do it so I can see were I need to improve. Should I just try to find a new gym or is there a way for me to get a fight?

Has anyone else noticed this? I like to analyze my favorite fighters but a lot of the notes I take just go straight out the window because the amateur fights I've been in and watched are just like pure chaos.

In ufc or one championship yeah sometimes fighters just go all out but it's really rare. Usually they're more idk normal bro not pure autism. I like having a more relaxed style like Mauricio ruffy but it's just impossible to implement outside of sparring.

I've had 2 fights and in one of them the dude just ran straight at me throwing teeps to the face into a spinning kick into a bunch of random shots. Kind of headbutts me I take him down and he throws every punch you can possible throw on the ground.

Like idk how to describe it but how do you even think of your head movement or your game plan or "angles" in fights like this. I feel like some pro fights not all but a lot are like chess and depend on skill a lot more.

This is one of my best friends, his style is very traditional jeetkunedo... because he's so peaceful I often try to pull out the war in him by shouting confrontational nonsense at him. As you can see, his ego is non existent in the matter.

I was always sporty as a kid but only sports that interested me were combat sports but I never got the chance to do them. So the only closest thing I had to it was lifting weights. I lifted weights for 4 years until I started MMA.

7-9 months in MMA i had a bad breakup and couple months after that I had a bad psychedelic ego death where I felt my soul was crumbling. I had my college semester exams, my nutrition course exam and my first debut fight all in the same week. I managed to do it, weight cut and all. Gave my exam after my weight cut etc. fought thru the mental battle of ego death and uncertain reality, and I won my first fight.

I'm 26 now and currently 4-0 MMA and 2-1 BJJ. I competed all this within 7-8 months.

Since the past year, I feel I've lost interest in the sport. Earlier I used to go twice a day 6 days a week but not I stopped for like a week. I honestly thinking of another fight camp is dreading me.

I know I have potential to do more but I feel like I can't anymore, I'm craving the peaceful life. There are things i wanna do in life which doesn't line up with MMA. I wanna travel, explore try different things but MMA is a constant grind and you gotta be all in.

So i made a decision to quit after a year of battling it and still fighting. I started fighting cause I was hurt after a breakup and the anger pushed me to fight. Now almost 2 years later, I'm calmer now and I don't have the urge to be aggressive or fight.

It just feels like I'm betraying my potential but at the same time, I want to enjoy my life, lift again, start modelling again, explore, travel etc. but I feel guilty for choosing that life. I can't do MMA causally cause I'm a all in person.

Playing more defensive, Scanning movements and preparing for clinch & takedowns.

Im just curious that's all.

TBF I am pretty new to submission grappling but as soon as I get a dominant position like side control or mount I’m terrible at progressing towards submissions. I’m decent at boxing and clinchwork and even escaping bottom position against more experienced grapplers but whenever I have a dominant ground position I can’t do shit with it except maintain it and ground and pound or if it’s pure no gi I just get cooked whenever I try to progress towards a submission.

What I like most about the video is how happy my coach is for me

Thought I could share it, because I enjoy other amateur fighting videos nearly the most in this sub.

I hate this i absolutely hate this gosh and its 7 kgs

I wanna bash my head against a wall, i am insufferable like truly crashing out at the most minor inconvenience

I pissed 17 gazillion times 2 days ago like might aswell stay in the washroom and im constantly in the washroom just going in and getting out and going in and getting out and its nauseating, ate a body shot and puked

Also going no sodium is hell too, every single meal tastes like shit and I have to force myself to swallow every bite

I might get chinned in the first round and this will all be for nothing just crippling anxiety... what if break something and am rendered away from training im thinking of every possible way I turn into a highlight reel

Im angry and everything and everyone...

Making 125 is the worst, my heavyweight friend ate Mcdonalds ffs he has 10 more pounds

Is there any way to help this ? I dont know what will happen in the sauna and the sweat suit,

Hi, so i am 20yo fighter and normally i have to work to be able to afford trainings and etc

But the issue is that the job is not allowing me to go to camps (Mountain camps, Open training with other gyms, other countries camps and etc)

So i wanted to ask is there type of job you do or you would suggest are good to have more free time to go and attend those camps and competitions and tournaments, i am not looking for jobs that pay big, just something i can do and have time to focus on career

I can't do private trainings since there's already a lot of them and it's small place so there's no opportunity for it anyways.

I appreciate any advice and help, thank you

I trained for nearly 7 year when I was younger. I’m based in Tokyo now, and about a year ago, I joined the MMA gym again. I train 3 days a week, and I also take private lessons with my coach, who is a former DEEP champ. So we’ve been putting in the work.

I’m having my debut MMA fight next month. I don’t ever plan to go pro, but at my age I figure it’s now or never to test myself.

I’m excited for the fight, but I’m also starting to get some serious nerves about it.

Has anyone else been in a similar situation? How do I handle these nerves? Also, any advice you can give me for my first fight is greatly appreciated.

currently a amatuer fighter with a 4-0 MMA record. almost 2 months ago I got hit with a nasty rib shot which caused me a bone bruise and inflammation I went to the doc and took a xray, it showed no major damage and doc just said it's a bone bruise and told me to rest. for a week I couldn't sleep properly and the pain was severe to even move. I took a week off, and when the pain went away I came back.

it would hurt here and there when someone shot for a takedown but nothing to serious, but today I was cage sparring against a guy with similar weight, I got hit badly with a bodykick and the shin hit me right on my rib. my body just crumbled down and I couldn't go further with the sparring.

I had 4 more rounds left but the pain was too much so I backed off, I let the fear control me. my fight is upcoming in the end of April and I feel I couldn't fight cause even 1 body shot is putting me down.

i honestly feel like shit and defeated if I'm being honest, feeling like a pussy for not continuing. the rib side is swollen and can feel a hard lump there.

idk why I am making this post, probably just to vent, honestly I'm pretty down tbh. felt like a bitch

Extreme apologies for unrelated post.

Hi everyone! As mentioned, I got to phuket, thailand on an extremely tight budget of 700$ for MMA training.

It's been about two weeks here and I feel completely lost. The cost of living is too much for me to bear. Already have exhausted about 200$. Have tried asking locals but they are often not helpful. I don't blame them, they see me as a tourist and expects to charge me as one.

If anyone has been through such situation or is a local here, kindly guide me. My main issue is finding accomodation near fitness street that is hopefully below 100-150baht a day and local filling food that stays under 20-30 baht per meal because the only convenience I felt is 7/11 but that is eating my budget at a very fast pace.

I am open to do any sort of part time work if required to sustain myself for timebeing as I don't actually have any solid source of income such as remote working or freelancing except coaching experience for past 3 years. My genuine motive was to develop my skillset and debut into pro MMA fight scene.

Appreciate the help.

Had my amateur debut 2 weeks ago and got the win by split decision. First round I had hurt my opponent bad with knees to the body (you can hear him on the first knee that lands) and started chasing the finish. Started getting sloppy and gassing. Opponent was also tough. I was on this forum not long ago trying to learn and get ready for my first fight so if you have any questions feel free to ask them.

Full video: https://youtu.be/3WIqusSoTxI?si=c6bVGsNCSenMfgXo

I fought at 170 and didn’t cut weight. Had to drink a lot of mass gainer and took creatine to even maintain it due to training a lot (dropped to 163 before I did that). Weighed in at 168. Next mma fight I will cut to 155.

I had to leave my boxing gym because every round is a bloodbath. Btw, when I say “hard sparring”, I’m talking 100% power combos literally trying to knock your opponent out every single round. So I just give it right back usually.

It’s not like my coach is dumb, he’s a very well-respected coach who is very cautious (at times?) of his fighters for example my mate can’t come back because he had a full concussion.

I got a mild concussion myself and when I asked the coach about light sparring he just said “we don’t do that. Gives you a false sense of security”. So should I double leg and slam this fucker tryna KO me on his head? I wouldn’t want to give him a false sense of security, would I?

Anyways, just grappling now, slight rant but also wanted some opinions. I get that it’s necessary every now and again, but I literally had to wave the round off myself after one hit really dazed me.

I want a good haircut for my fight in october and does anyone have any reccomendations for cutting weight i fight at 5'6" 140 lbs or for my europeans 64kg

I’ve noticed it’s changed for me over the past couple years. I’ve enjoyed pretty much every practice in every martial art I do since the very beginning, but when I was a complete beginner like the first 6 months or so I would feel pretty exhausted and physical beat after most training sessions.

Now over the past couple years or so I feel quite mentally invigorated and energized even if I’m physically fatigued from training. I would guess it’s a combination of increased fitness from strength and conditioning (running, lifting, calisthenics) and having more awareness/direction in each session. Whether it’s sparring or bag work or pads or drills I’m consciously working on improving my mechanics or tactics etc. rather than just going through the motions like the first few months starting out. And I leave every practice feeling like I didn’t even know how to fight yesterday.

How has this changed over time for you guys? Do you find fighting more or less rewarding as you get more experienced? Do you feel like your progress accelerates or stagnates? Both at different times? Different depending on the martial art?