Pimping Myself Out

Training
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[quote]Ghall wrote:
The trick for fighting a group is to immediately remove at least one person from the equation (i.e. hard kick to the nuts or punch to the throat).[/quote]

I can’t help it. Rarely have I seen a street fight where somebody was out with one strike. The only time the person got knocked out by a solid power punch that just happened to hit the right spot.

Counting youtube then there are tons, but Mike Tyson did take out two people in less then 5 seconds but I don’t think they were on the attack.

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Congrats on the new contract Filthy! Keep kicking ass.

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Congrats on the contract extension!

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Tonight, Tom Lawlor confirmed exclusively to the Underground that he has signed a 4-fight contract extension with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.

Lawlor has been in the UFC since 2008, after completing a stint on the Ultimate Fighter Season 8 reality show. He was most recently seen in action last month at the UFC on Fuel 3 event, defeating Jason Macdonald by knockout in the 1st round. The win also earned him the event’s Knockout of the Night bonus.

Lawlor sports an 8-4 overall record and is 4-3 inside the Octagon.

He is currently awaiting word for his next booking, but has kept himself busy with traveling and eating. He doesn’t have anyone in particular in mind at his weight, but would love a chance to scrap with Stefan Struve if the UFC is interested.

When asked what drives him to continue competing, he answered: “I fight to support my cats and I hope to one day be a brewmaster.”[/quote]

LOL

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[quote]FilthyTomLawlor wrote:

[quote]Xen Nova wrote:

[quote]FilthyTomLawlor wrote:
I’m willing to answer any questions you guys may have about my strength & conditioning training, cutting weight, my technical training, sparring, anything else you can think of.

-Tom Lawlor[/quote]

And since I have you here…

Making the assumption that you have encyclopedic knowledge of every fight scene ever (which I base on absolutely nothing)… I’m watching Eastern Promises and noticed that Viggo Mortensen utilizes the lead outside crescent kick to disarm a scalpel wielding attacker. Do you feel the outside crescent is a viable technique when dealing with an armed attacker in a nude-turkish-bathhouse-fight? Especially shoeless?

Thanks in advance!

(hey, you said anything)[/quote]

I rarely ever watch movies, I prefer to watch professional wrestling from Japan on youtube to get inspiration from fight scenes.
[/quote]

I was 100% (ok like…98.2%) kidding, but thanks for the legit response!

And to the rest of the forum, sorry for starting the round of hypothetical questioning guys lol

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I feel toolish asking, but I know how much you love Tnation and I’ve seen some of your youtube S&C vids and I just wonder if you’ve tried Indigo. I would be interested to see how this helps a professional fighter recover.

Also I just wanted to say I love your entrances and thought the Genki Sudo tribute was awesome.

One more thing. What would you say has been your inspiration for fighting?

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[quote]Beershoes wrote:
I feel toolish asking, but I know how much you love Tnation and I’ve seen some of your youtube S&C vids and I just wonder if you’ve tried Indigo. I would be interested to see how this helps a professional fighter recover.

Also I just wanted to say I love your entrances and thought the Genki Sudo tribute was awesome.

One more thing. What would you say has been your inspiration for fighting?[/quote]

Nope! Haven’t. I’m not huge in to supplements. I try to eat somewhat clean, use protein powder on a semi-regular basis, and work my ass off. I get 8-10 hours of sleep a night and stay well hydrated to recover.

Thanks on props for the Genki tribute, I’m willing to bet 75% of today’s MMA fans were lost.

Competition. I love competition!

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[quote]FilthyTomLawlor wrote:

[quote]Beershoes wrote:
I feel toolish asking, but I know how much you love Tnation and I’ve seen some of your youtube S&C vids and I just wonder if you’ve tried Indigo. I would be interested to see how this helps a professional fighter recover.

Also I just wanted to say I love your entrances and thought the Genki Sudo tribute was awesome.

One more thing. What would you say has been your inspiration for fighting?[/quote]

Nope! Haven’t. I’m not huge in to supplements. I try to eat somewhat clean, use protein powder on a semi-regular basis, and work my ass off. I get 8-10 hours of sleep a night and stay well hydrated to recover.

Thanks on props for the Genki tribute, I’m willing to bet 75% of today’s MMA fans were lost.

Competition. I love competition![/quote]

Hey Tom, one more question relating to the hydration point - what do you drink in an average day? Do you feel things like coffee, tea, green tea, etc. help your performance? Hinder it?

And, just for fuck’s sake, how much water you think you drink during an average day?

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Being an MMA fighter you obviously have to train with purists to perfect certain aspects of your game.
My background is Muay Thai but have had to train with MMA guys to help them with stand up and had to train with boxers to improve my hands.
Personally by far I found the boxers the toughest and most painful to deal with.
What has your experience been?

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[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:

[quote]FilthyTomLawlor wrote:

[quote]Beershoes wrote:
I feel toolish asking, but I know how much you love Tnation and I’ve seen some of your youtube S&C vids and I just wonder if you’ve tried Indigo. I would be interested to see how this helps a professional fighter recover.

Also I just wanted to say I love your entrances and thought the Genki Sudo tribute was awesome.

One more thing. What would you say has been your inspiration for fighting?[/quote]

Nope! Haven’t. I’m not huge in to supplements. I try to eat somewhat clean, use protein powder on a semi-regular basis, and work my ass off. I get 8-10 hours of sleep a night and stay well hydrated to recover.

Thanks on props for the Genki tribute, I’m willing to bet 75% of today’s MMA fans were lost.

Competition. I love competition![/quote]

Hey Tom, one more question relating to the hydration point - what do you drink in an average day? Do you feel things like coffee, tea, green tea, etc. help your performance? Hinder it?

And, just for fuck’s sake, how much water you think you drink during an average day?[/quote]

No idea, I just drink when I’m thirsty and try to drink more than I think I need.

I LOOOOOVE coffee, I drink it black, and I drink it way too much. I’m talking like 3 large from DD a day. When I have a fight coming up I start to go half caffeine/half decaf then cut myself down to one or two a day.

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[quote]humble wrote:
Being an MMA fighter you obviously have to train with purists to perfect certain aspects of your game.
My background is Muay Thai but have had to train with MMA guys to help them with stand up and had to train with boxers to improve my hands.
Personally by far I found the boxers the toughest and most painful to deal with.
What has your experience been?[/quote]

I don’t think you have to train with purists anymore. MMA has become it’s own sport/art to a certain extent. I personally train BJJ, boxing,etc separately and then do 3-5 MMA sessions a week. Sometimes working with purists is a hindrance because their understanding of the sport of MMA isn’t as applicable as some people might realize.

There are a multitude of sport BJJ moves, boxing principles, and MT techniques that simply don’t carry over well to the sport of MMA. If it were as simple as always working with a “purist” as an end all be all, then we would never have seen Randleman KO Cro-Cop, Mir wouldn’t have armbarred Roberto Traven and kimura’d Big Nog, and countless other instances.

I’m not saying working with purists is bad, but you have to be able to process the information and find what is useful/applicable to the sport of MMA.

And always always always always as a rule, a wrestler is the toughest and most painful to deal with=)

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Wrestling! Get some!