MMA/Kickboxers

hotttsauce · Jun 7, 2008

I wanted to let any kickboxer or mma fighters know about an opportunity that will be happening in my area.

A local friend of mine is a physician (who also competes in Jiu Jitsu) and opened a fight center and is having MMA fighter Josh Sonders and World Kickboxing Champion Hector Penna in on June 15th - the 20th for seminars and sessions.

Our area has a world kickboxing champion and for some reason is becoming a hot bed for mma fighters as well.

I have been fortunate enough to work with some of the athletes and thought this would be a great educational opportunity for those in the sport to have unlimited access to these professionals.

The facility is still under construction but almost complete with gym equipment coming in weekly.

Hope this is not against board rules and I have nothing in on the seminar, just recognized the benefits for athletes competing in this sport. Feel free to PM me about additional information and I will give you his contact information

Big Bapper · Jun 7, 2008

Sounds intresting. Your lucky to live in such a good location Bro.

hotttsauce · Jun 7, 2008

Thanks BB! We live in a smaller area but seem to have a lot of MMA athletes. I figured it was ok to post since it is about MMA/Fighting and not about working out/diet.

Just know it is an awesome opportunity to have such contact with these professionals.

Some pix of the studio, hopefully complete in time for the seminar

hotttsauce · Jun 7, 2008

hotttsauce · Jun 7, 2008

MAINEVENT · Jun 7, 2008

Looks pretty cool. Ill have to go up there with you sometime and check it out.

healthfreak79 · Jun 7, 2008

where is the location?

hotttsauce · Jun 7, 2008

mainevent said:
Looks pretty cool. Ill have to go up there with you sometime and check it out.

yea, dave still wants to meet with you too and is getting me a key made this weekend. gym equipt. is still coming in but there is enuf there for now. ran into mike s.when I was there. he is gonna be training there for his fights. guess his knee is better and is ready to defend his belt. not sure if mma dude jorge(? spell) is making it in from cinci for this one or not but dave has several other pro's getting lined up for once a month seminars.

hotttsauce · Jun 7, 2008

healthfreak79 said:
where is the location?

Vienna, West Virginia

hotttsauce · Jun 7, 2008

LiLSaVaGe said:
That is a sweet ass gym Hott!!!! You are lucky to have that type of access...I would kill to have that type of hookup!!!

It's gonna end up pretty nice and I am looking forward to working with more of the local fighters, they are well disciplined and very attentive to detail for sure. The team he is with travel all the time to seminars and he decided why not have a locale of their own and have them come in instead of traveling!

Sad part is, the people he's mentioned I know I have seen on UFC and stuff but really have no idea who they are ....lol!

Ashop · Jun 9, 2008

hotttsauce said:
I wanted to let any kickboxer or mma fighters know about an opportunity that will be happening in my area.

A local friend of mine is a physician (who also competes in Jiu Jitsu) and opened a fight center and is having MMA fighter Josh Sonders and World Kickboxing Champion Hector Penna in on June 15th - the 20th for seminars and sessions.

Our area has a world kickboxing champion and for some reason is becoming a hot bed for mma fighters as well.

I have been fortunate enough to work with some of the athletes and thought this would be a great educational opportunity for those in the sport to have unlimited access to these professionals.

The facility is still under construction but almost complete with gym equipment coming in weekly.

Hope this is not against board rules and I have nothing in on the seminar, just recognized the benefits for athletes competing in this sport. Feel free to PM me about additional information and I will give you his contact information

I have much respect for the MMA fighters. Sounds like great opportunity.

hotttsauce · Jun 9, 2008

Alin said:
I have much respect for the MMA fighters. Sounds like great opportunity.

They really impress the hell outta me. Train like madmen on a mission and beat the crap outta each other in drills! I thought we were hard core!

It is a great opportunity and I appreciate him letting me work with him and the local team and getting to meet the fighters and gain some knowledge from them in their training regimes when they come into town to do seminars.

Plus I get free reign in the private studio to train anyone I want if the other gyms I am a member at get too busy.

haze324 · Jun 9, 2008

nice gym, but he really needs to set up a fence around those mats if he's gonna have any guys competing. Makes a huge difference in training.

Good luck to your friends gym

hotttsauce · Jun 9, 2008

haze324 said:
nice gym, but he really needs to set up a fence around those mats if he's gonna have any guys competing. Makes a huge difference in training.

Good luck to your friends gym

His plans are to put up a part (like corner section) to work on ground/against the fence drills. There is a full cage set up about 2 miles away and his is being used for more of the wrestling/jiu jitsu end of sparing/practice.

But yea, there def. needs to be some wire soon.

Big Bapper · Jun 9, 2008

Alin said:
I have much respect for the MMA fighters. Sounds like great opportunity.

Agreed the work these guys put in demands respect.

irish_sd · Jun 10, 2008

Big Bapper said:
Agreed the work these guys put in demands respect.

check out the physigue on thiago

Big Bapper · Jun 10, 2008

Looks good bro, who says you cant have a good physique and also do MMA.
He could be a bit bigger suppose but don't tell him it was me that said that. LOL

Respect.

hotttsauce · Jun 17, 2008

Had an interesting convo tonight with Josh Sonders Pro fighter in the IFL and Hector Pena. We discussed nutrition, fight prep, workouts etc.

It was kinda funny, I figured their diets were pretty strict like a bodybuilding diets but in some cases they are exact. Of course it depends on how much weight needs to be cut for a fight (Josh generally drops 35 lbs. to get to 156) etc., but in his case the water depletion, carb cycling and yes ....... a garbage load the night before with moderate food intake the day of the fight are the same as a lot I have seen as for someone getting ready for a bb contest.

As for the workouts it is mostly core work, for strength and explosive power, pretty much like power lifting. Not to put on bulky size but more of raw power, working with chains and bands, bench, deadlifts, etc.. Cardio is basically mat/ring/cage time and some running.

I had been doing some research and thought I had a pretty good feel on what the local guys needed for both training and diet and it felt good to hear from him as well as Hector Pena, the world champion kickboxer, that my ideas were right on track.

Just thought some would find it of interest that our worlds are not that far apart.