[quote]Xen Nova wrote:
That was a fun fight to watch!
I recommend dropping bodyfat then work on just getting stronger.
a lot of your technique flies out the window once you’re fighting and you resort back to just straight reptilian brain. So basically you just need more fights to be comfortable before we see what you can REALLY do. Great job though especially for just 3 weeks of real prep[/quote]
Definitely agree with Xen here. With your frame, you are easily a better fit for the 185 weight class. You already stated that your conditioning was your downfall for this fight. So definitely focus on your conditioning, and if you get your diet in check and maintain it, the body fat will fall off. Again like Xen said, once you get your body fat down, change the focus to strength gains. I’d say after all of your body composition changes, if you maintain an everyday body weight of 205lbs, maybe even 210lbs, you can easily make the cut for 185.
What weight cutting techniques did you use for this fight out of curiosity?
I am also curious as to why you are going to Japan. Sounds very exciting to go to a different country and train but Japanese MMA isnt what it was. Plus you are in Brazil which is a hot bed for MMA. It doesnt make sense to me.
What are you planning on training in once you get there?
[quote]Enders Drift wrote:
Man with your body you were avoiding a takedown? You had some serious pounds on the guy I would’ve gone straight for the take down. Especially when you earlier said you train Karate, Jiujitsu, and Wrestling… seems like you’re trying to hard to be the “Muay Thai” average MMA guy and should focus more on the strengths. Karate, Jiujitsu, and Wrestling are all by fight standards close range. Now you’re going to Japan?
My advice is master something before jumping around so much. You just hired a JJ coach and GPP trainer and now you’re leaving both to go to Japan? It just doesn’t seem logical to me. Especially when I then hear you say things like you were avoiding going to the ground with someone smaller than you.
Care to explain any of the rational behind this? Are you going to Japan to learn Judo or what do you expect to gain from it?[/quote]
Well, i gassed on the first round. The guy was a bjj purple belt, i’m just a blue people i prefered not to risk myself.
I’m going to japan to study and get fluent in japanese, it’s a life time oportunity since is going to be for free. So i’ll study half-period then train the other half-period.
I don’t agree karate is a close range fighting style, but a long range one, straight punches are made for long distance, hooks and uppercut for short, and we don’t use that very much on karate
[quote]Xen Nova wrote:
That was a fun fight to watch!
I recommend dropping bodyfat then work on just getting stronger.
a lot of your technique flies out the window once you’re fighting and you resort back to just straight reptilian brain. So basically you just need more fights to be comfortable before we see what you can REALLY do. Great job though especially for just 3 weeks of real prep[/quote]
Definitely agree with Xen here. With your frame, you are easily a better fit for the 185 weight class. You already stated that your conditioning was your downfall for this fight. So definitely focus on your conditioning, and if you get your diet in check and maintain it, the body fat will fall off. Again like Xen said, once you get your body fat down, change the focus to strength gains. I’d say after all of your body composition changes, if you maintain an everyday body weight of 205lbs, maybe even 210lbs, you can easily make the cut for 185.
What weight cutting techniques did you use for this fight out of curiosity?[/quote]
Actually, i was eating like a horse in order to boost my PR on the my lifts before the fight. Then i just watched carb intake and put them all in the post-training. One week before the weigh-in i did the basics. 5 gallons of water, cut it on tuesday, urinate all water excess then some sauna.
[quote]punchedbear wrote:
I am also curious as to why you are going to Japan. Sounds very exciting to go to a different country and train but Japanese MMA isnt what it was. Plus you are in Brazil which is a hot bed for MMA. It doesnt make sense to me.
What are you planning on training in once you get there? [/quote]
I’m going also to study japanese, i want to get fluent at it.
Actually Rio de Janeiro is the hotbed, sao paulo doesn’t have any BIG training centers.
I’ll probably have to move to Rio for Minotauro, Curitiba for AS or even to Lyoto academy in Belem
As far as Japan goes, there are very few life-time opportunities. I’ve taken a few I believed were and then discovered there are tons of these opportunities available and I would’ve been better off focusing on my goals then going to ‘diversify’ my repertoire. These days its really not that hard to overseas especially for things like teaching. Japan, China, Thailand, and Korea are hotbeds for this. I’m sure its easier for us Americans but its certainly achievable for you as well.
You seem extremely committed and obviously have some sort of networking and backing lined up that you’ve been able to train the way you have and with the people you have. Sounds in your last post that you know you’re going to go to Rio. Japan’s not going anywhere, I’d tell ya to focus on getting to Rio and training there if thats what you want out of life.* Don’t just go somewhere for the sake of going. If your career goal is in fighting stick to it and get as many wins as possible so that you can have a good career in it. If you’re looking for some sort of job that involves being fluent in Japanese and fighting is just a hobby than certainly go to Japan.
Just a little wisdom from someone that’s done his share of driftin’
Unless you’re really into Japanese women. Sex of course always supersedes life goals and planning.
[quote]Enders Drift wrote:
As far as Japan goes, there are very few life-time opportunities. I’ve taken a few I believed were and then discovered there are tons of these opportunities available and I would’ve been better off focusing on my goals then going to ‘diversify’ my repertoire. These days its really not that hard to overseas especially for things like teaching. Japan, China, Thailand, and Korea are hotbeds for this. I’m sure its easier for us Americans but its certainly achievable for you as well.
You seem extremely committed and obviously have some sort of networking and backing lined up that you’ve been able to train the way you have and with the people you have. Sounds in your last post that you know you’re going to go to Rio. Japan’s not going anywhere, I’d tell ya to focus on getting to Rio and training there if thats what you want out of life.* Don’t just go somewhere for the sake of going. If your career goal is in fighting stick to it and get as many wins as possible so that you can have a good career in it. If you’re looking for some sort of job that involves being fluent in Japanese and fighting is just a hobby than certainly go to Japan.
Just a little wisdom from someone that’s done his share of driftin’
Unless you’re really into Japanese women. Sex of course always supersedes life goals and planning.[/quote]
I liked your * advice, it’s my dream since a children to live in japan and besides i’m very young i’m only 22 years, so it’s not that i’m going to japan only to get women and booze(of course they are included in the package) and i will left training and education aside.
I think that most of us, Brazilians, don’t value education as Americans does, that’s why we have superb athletes but uneducated ones, and America have superb and intelligent athletes. I’m striving for both things, excel at sports and i also dream to become a polyglot in order to better understand and be able to communicate with different cultures.
I dont think 170 is out of the question get your conditioning and body comp in order.
Pick what you want to do get big, or fight , the two are not mutually exclusive.
But where your at right now just focus on one.
[quote]punchedbear wrote:
I am also curious as to why you are going to Japan. Sounds very exciting to go to a different country and train but Japanese MMA isnt what it was. Plus you are in Brazil which is a hot bed for MMA. It doesnt make sense to me.
What are you planning on training in once you get there? [/quote]
I’m going also to study japanese, i want to get fluent at it.
Actually Rio de Janeiro is the hotbed, sao paulo doesn’t have any BIG training centers.
I’ll probably have to move to Rio for Minotauro, Curitiba for AS or even to Lyoto academy in Belem[/quote]
Sao Paulo is freaking huge there has to be great training places there. The lure of the big academies is always there but unless your one of the top guys your better off at a smaller place with a trainer that gives you time. I wouldnt worry so much with getting in with guys like Anderson Silva and Lyoto as much as how much quality time I was getting with a good instructor and solid training partners. Isnt Maia in Sao Paulo? I could have sworn I saw him in Sao Paulo on the prefight show for the UFC.
As for going to Japan have fun. Traveling to other countries is always a fun thing to do but if fighting was your goal I would be staying in Brazil or coming to the USA. Like people said if fighting is just something you do for fun then enjoy the hell out of going to Japan. But Japanese MMA right now is not very good. Not where I would be heading for training.
[quote]punchedbear wrote:
I am also curious as to why you are going to Japan. Sounds very exciting to go to a different country and train but Japanese MMA isnt what it was. Plus you are in Brazil which is a hot bed for MMA. It doesnt make sense to me.
What are you planning on training in once you get there? [/quote]
I’m going also to study japanese, i want to get fluent at it.
Actually Rio de Janeiro is the hotbed, sao paulo doesn’t have any BIG training centers.
I’ll probably have to move to Rio for Minotauro, Curitiba for AS or even to Lyoto academy in Belem[/quote]
Sao Paulo is freaking huge there has to be great training places there. The lure of the big academies is always there but unless your one of the top guys your better off at a smaller place with a trainer that gives you time. I wouldnt worry so much with getting in with guys like Anderson Silva and Lyoto as much as how much quality time I was getting with a good instructor and solid training partners. Isnt Maia in Sao Paulo? I could have sworn I saw him in Sao Paulo on the prefight show for the UFC.
As for going to Japan have fun. Traveling to other countries is always a fun thing to do but if fighting was your goal I would be staying in Brazil or coming to the USA. Like people said if fighting is just something you do for fun then enjoy the hell out of going to Japan. But Japanese MMA right now is not very good. Not where I would be heading for training.[/quote]
Yes, actually i do train with Demian, his academy is awesome in terms of jiu jitsu level, i’ve seen him submit guys that are freaking strong monsters and very technical like Claudio Godoi(former partner of Macaco) and did an awesome battle with Murilo Santanna.
Japan is also good because it’s just one step away from Thailand, they have a good camp there for MMA, Baroni is over there right now. The Tiger MMA Muay Thai Camp something like that
i just have my ticket, i didn’t even reserved a place to stay in los angeles besides my friends house at torrance.
I was thinking about learning more about bodybuilding and powerlifting, is there a place to train in Los Angeles that you guys know and recommend? I would prefer powerlifting style, but if is a good bodybuilding place i would love to learn from there too
[quote]kaisermetal wrote:
Just signed up at 24h gym for only 39.90 dollars a month.
I’m amazed by how things are cheap here at USA, i’ve also ordered supplements from Biotest for the first time, i’m so happy[/quote]
Welcome to California - and to American capitalism. See, it makes you happy. Look around for the strongest dudes in the gym, and ask to train with them.
I’m so amazed, i went there it seemed to be a commercial gym, but there was a guy squatting ass to grass on the power-rack(HOLY FUCK THEY HAVE A POWER-RACK).
Tomorrow i’ll start training like a horse on that rack!
all things must be bathed on the governator’s blood, because they are much heavier. And there are a lot of HUGE GUYS, today i saw 2 guys that i’m pretty sure were bodybuilders.
One guy, was the double of my back, and the half of my waist. He looked like a cartoon, HUGE MEASURES and TINY waist.(i thought it was funny because he went to take a piss wearing his belt for deadlifts and squats)
i can buy muscle milk on the academy for only 4 DOLLARS and that means 50g of protein on each one.
Look around for the strongest dudes in the gym, and ask to train with them.