Fight week

The nerves are here the stress is on the only thing thats a positive feeling is the excitement. The prospect of winning, getting my hand raised at the end of the night. Theres something magic about walking into the cage, feeling the canvas, and the bounce of the ply wood underneath my feet. It is a chaotic moment in anyones life, but out of chaos comes order a strange calm takes over. There's no reason to be afraid anymore theres no going back, he's only a man, and he has nothing thats going to stop me. Confidence is the biggest thing now no fear, no doubt, but your still nervous. You see your opponent across the cage staring you down like a bear looking at its meal. So many emotions going through me I don't know wether to smile or throw up, I decide to smile and stare back at him. The cage door closes you can hear the clank of metal, all of a sudden its just you him and a referee. My stomach feels light like its full of air, but there actually butterflies. The referee says are you ready? FIGHT! The bell dings, and any fear or nerves fade away.

 Only the weak minded are affected by a stare down, anyone can stare tough its backing it up thats what counts. Confidence, even false confidence, is needed to fight. I watch Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, all of the greats I watch them talk trash, and somehow in a weird way it builds my confidence. I put everything physically and mentally that I could into this, whats the worst thing he could do to me? The worst thing is he embarrasses me, but since I'm in there I wont let that happen. I fight on sat wish me luck(i hope my parents don't read this blog before then) but you will all find out how I do very soon.

Camera shy

I wasn't able to get any pictures or videos of myself doing fight training this week but i do have a video that some of you may like. If you do not like blood DO NOT watch this video these are some of the bloodiest fights in the UFC. Sorry they aren't me i will work on getting a video of me hitting mits or doing some sparing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAH1AamxCuk&feature=related

injuries

I had a minor injury earlier this week, i was allowing someone to do a move on my and they kneed me in the elbow. Which dislocated the elbow, thankfully my head trainer Dave, who is some what of a doctor was there and popped it back in immediately. This happened wednesday night so i was forced to take the day off of training on thursday because of the injury. I’ve gotten a lot of injuries and seen a lot of people get injured so id like to take the opportunity in this blog and tell you how i believe its best to heal from a combat sports injury. RICE it, rice simply stands for Rest, Ice, Compress, and Elevate.  So rest, simply keep it away from any stressful activity for example, if you hurt your back don’t lift heavy objects. Ice is the most effective way to stop swelling, and within the first 24 hrs after the injury happens. that is the time that will determine if and how much swelling there will be. Compress, rap the injury not to tightly that it cuts off your circulation but enough to where it feels comfortable. Elevate, a lot of people don’t realize that when we say elevate it doesn’t mean just stick it up in the air. It means to simply elevate it above your heart promoting good oxygen blood flow. Next week i will talk to you about training methods and moves and i might even get a picture.   

fight preparation

The preparation for a fight is as important mentally as it is physically. To be strong and in shape is great but if you don’t have the competitive mindset theres no point in fighting because you will lose.  But if you are a spectator of the sport which is who i am writing this to you don’t have to worry about your mindset before you watch fights. The reason i say you will lose is because either you are all in or all out before a fight if it is in the gray area then your mind isn’t in the right place. I try to base my training camps on how the pros do, trying to duplicate there success for myself, but at the same time my training is basic. Just hard work. I show up to train and let my coaches do the rest, i trust there training that ill be ready for the fight. I work hard because i don’t know how else to be successful, if any of you figure out another way to be successful please let me know. I usually train between 10 and 14 hours a week, so between working 15 hours a week school 13 hours a week, plus homework my schedule is pretty full. I enjoy being busy though it keeps me focussed and allows me to ignore any distractions. I am still in deciding wether i will fight oct 2nd against my parents will or not. I need to decide soon i am preparing for the fight physically like i’ve decided, but like i said i need to be all in mentally.