Comments on: Coach’s blog – Shut up and get on the f’ing mat

By: Poker

Poker — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:34:07 +0000

if you are a fighter or fighting, definitely heart plays a major factor aside from Skill.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:53:17 +0000

For sure man – lots of guys want the quick fix, but the key is consistency and effort!!

By: Ray Stevens

Ray Stevens — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:46:31 +0000

Some of you know that I work at SSF and if you listen to Coach he will take you far.
I’ve seen the work he puts into his fighters first hand. It’s a family once you prove you’re serious about training to Ron and the Team.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:49:44 +0000

I have 4 fights and 3 wins, all ammy. Ron, you are spot on in your thoughts about training and conditioning. My introduction into mma was strictly fun and for the commraderier that helped me relive past glory in my life. Day 1 I weighed in at 235lbs, trained hard, had a blast. The first year went by so fast and before I reliesed it, I was traing for my first mma match at 185lbs. Cardio was through the roof and I walked through my first to matches wanting more and beleiving I was invincible. Fight #3 I started to feel the mat toe, tweaked knees and sore everything! Training like a pussy for 4 of the 6 weeks I had prior to this bout. Starting out strong in round 1, delivering the beating of a lifetime to this kid! Before I could relize what happened, I was on my back gasping for air, thinking of ways to end this punishment I had been receiving. I’m not tooting my own horn, but a fighter without heart would have given in and tapped or made himself open to punches or submissions, just to stop the beating. Back to the point! With conditioning, I Finnish this fight in the 1st round. Without heart, I lose in the second. Again, Ron, you are deadly accurate with your statments.

By: promma

promma — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:52:05 +0000

I guess if you can come back after dying…. well, what can you say to that?

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:20:34 +0000

Great Article!

This is very true, conditioning is a huge part of the mma game. We’ve seen this time and again from many UFC events like Tito Vs Forrest for example. It was a split decision because Tito did do a lot of damage but gave the whole third round away to Forrest because he gassed out. When your conditioning sucks , even if you’re a wrestling or a muay thai prodigy you’ll get your ass kicked by a better conditioned guy. Oh, and speaking of speaking prodigies I honestly believe that BJ Penn could have defeated Matt Hughes at UFC 63 if he had not gassed out.

This is exactly why condditioning should be a top priority in every mma training program. Thanks for the article coach Ron.

By: Kids Coach

Kids Coach — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:22:36 +0000

at SSF the kids train just as hard, in most cases they run out of class time before they run out of steam. We have a young girl who fought jiu-jitsu for 6 x 3-minute rounds non-stop against 3 male fighters who were either 3 or 4 years older then her who rotated in and out against her. She had tears coming out of her eyes but refused to quit or leave the mat because her team mates were out there fighting as well. How many of you could do 6 back to back 3 minute rounds, no-breaks, giving up 25% of your body weight to your opponents who are fresh and remain a threat the whole time! Throw up, man up and get back on the mat because those kids are coming for you when they are old enough. Fighter Rule# 1: someone is training harder then you!

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:58:51 +0000

Great post!!! I totally agree man!!!