Muay Thai. Fighting at 76kgs. Put my hand up about 7 weeks ago thinking is have till April or May but was told about 6 weeks ago it would be march 15 and confirmed tonight that it’ll be 76kgs. I walk around between 78-80 (generally closer to 78) at 184.5cm (approx). I was assuming I’d weigh in anywhere from 70-73kgs but I guess this is the match up thy could get.
Any tips on what I should be doing or what to expect? How I should go about it? Should I just hold my weight from here and not really worry about it or should I even try and start eating more?
It might end up working in my favour since I won’t have to worry about cutting and how I’ll feel going into my first one. Though I was liking the idea of all but knowing is be the taller fighter.
Quick history - started training feb last year but only 2-3 times a week, last 6 months (since footy season finished) I have been more like 4-5 times a week. I’m running 4.7 km in 18:10 or so (weird distance but it’s the recognised running track so that’s my time trial) so my fitness is good.
Just lookin for some feedback, will I shit myself on the night no matter what? Haha. Feel fine about it at the moment, no doubt I’ll get more nervous as it gets closer.
For me, i think you are in a wonderful sitiation- you can train extremely hard and eat to avoid the pain.
See it as an advantage!
Nerves are natural.
This is your mind expressing to you physically the significance of this fight to you.
Don’t see nerves as negative as they can consume you.
Embrace them, become familiar with them and learn how to make them work for you.
[quote]donnydarkoirl wrote:
For me, i think you are in a wonderful sitiation- you can train extremely hard and eat to avoid the pain.
See it as an advantage!
Nerves are natural.
This is your mind expressing to you physically the significance of this fight to you.
Don’t see nerves as negative as they can consume you.
Embrace them, become familiar with them and learn how to make them work for you.[/quote]
Great advice, I agree you are in a great position.
Keep training, you don’t have to worry about cutting weight or anything. You will have a ton of energy for the fight because you won’t have to do a ton of dieting.
Yeah it’s good knowing I can get the most out of every session and I’ll feel myself in the lead up.
Why do people cut weight then? Or is it specifically an advantage in my situation because it’s my first fight? My trainer said that for the first fight it’s good not cut too much.
because they take a fight in a class they are too big for. We have a guy fighting this weekend who is a little fat, being completely honest, he is fighting at 185 and has had to loose 24 pounds to do it. I walk around about 194 and have fought several times at 170. Most of the weight you loose is water. You are just dehydrating yourself to weigh whatever weight for long enough to get on the scales and then you go on about your life. It can be an advantage to be a bigger guy in your fight, for me I found that I can do pretty good at 185 and don’t really have to cut weight very much to get there. That being said there are plenty of people bigger than me who can make 185 so I might have to fight some big dudes. Luckily for me fighting don’t pay the bills so if Cung le signs up I aint fighting him because I have a choice.
I don’t think as an amateur and especially for a first fight that you need to be concerned with loosing weight. There are Way Way more things that you can loose to besides that. If they had a 195 lb class I would fight in it but that weight would put me in the light heavy category and I am not going there so I loose some weight and fight 185.
Yeah cool. I thought the idea was always to be the bigger fighter, so to try and cut a decent amount.
At first I was worried there might be a size difference, but I’m looking at it the way you guys have said. It means I can get the most out of every training session, recover quicker and feel ace in the lead up. Which is probably the most important thing, is going into this feeling as normal as possible.
[quote]Kirks wrote:
Yeah cool. I thought the idea was always to be the bigger fighter, so to try and cut a decent amount.
At first I was worried there might be a size difference, but I’m looking at it the way you guys have said. It means I can get the most out of every training session, recover quicker and feel ace in the lead up. Which is probably the most important thing, is going into this feeling as normal as possible. [/quote]
Both guys are going to be the same weight at the weigh in.
The difference is- who can make the most of their weight.
Lets say you fight at 170lbs. You want to be the leanest, most efficient 170lbs you can be.
You will lose weight during a good training camp. This can be fat, fluids and indeed muscle.
For guys in a constant state of training, its not unusal their weight rises between fights. The extra body mass makes training tolerable- for both the muscular and immune system.
They then cut before fights- as they are not at their optimum weight while training.
Thats the theory. But how many strikers have you seen cut effectively and how many have you seen suffer from “weight drain.”
You have the advantage here.
[quote]Ranzo wrote:
Great job! How did it go? How many rounds. I would love to hear about it and your thoughts on your experience.
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It went well. 3x2 mins. I went in with the plan to clinch as much as possible and let my opponent gas while I then took over in rounds 2 and 3. But I ended up forgetting to do anything except clinch. It sound funny, but I almost forgot to throw punches or kicks.
I didn’t get anywhere near as nervous as I thought I would. So I was worried it was going to hurt cos I was expecting more of an adrenaline rush. Started off trading leg kicks then I managed to clinch and land knees every round.
Is there a trick to handling the after effects? Not immediately after, but when trying to sleep, due to the adrenalin crash (which I didn’t really feel) I couldn’t control my temperature and couldn’t eat anything. I was getting cold flushes and woke up drenched in sweat a couple times.
After a fight usually a proper soak in epsom salts and then rehydrating with some ors or dioralyte always has me feeling good.
Nothing hurts when you’re winning, eh?
Hmm I have had the adrenaline crash before but within an hour I am usually good to go. Never had sweats or loss of sleep at all. Probably all mental. Its amazing how much things play in your mind.
Maybe a good warm shower or a Epsom bath like Donny suggested. Normally I am stuck at the venue for the whole night and they normally wont have more than a regular bathroom so I just wash the sweat and blood away change clothes and hang out.
good job again. Seems like your training kicked in and you went with techniques you were comfortable with.
