yup, Trinidad all the way babyy

Boxing is great, but it fails against MMA.

For instance, slipping punches is great, against another puncher, but when you have the possiblity of someone kicking you or taking it to the ground, it's not that great of a reaction.

MMA is the closest to a real fight you can find, and the closest you can to testing yourself fighting without going to jail.

What makes you think the a grappler is fightng by himself?

This is an old argument by those who don't know ground fighting. I have a better chance of controlling it on the ground than a fighter who doesn't. If you don't train for all ranges of fighting, then you will never be a complete fighter.

I'm training for my first MMA fight 5 days a week, and rarely get a black eye, contusions, etc... It's training, not all out fighting.

did u have any fights before this one in any other disiciplines?

btw if you dont spar all out your going to get winded in the real fight 90%

MMA, is great, but i still like to watch a good boxing match especially the lighter divisions, those guys are non-stop.

sorry to go back to this but I have never seen a fight down town last onger than 10 seconds. The minute anyone is on the floor, theres his friends stamping him, his friends stamping him, bouncers/police pulling/hitting him etc etc

I merely meant that it isn't as close to the real deal as people try to make out.

And I personally, down to taste, don't find it as fun to watch as striking (thai, boxing, kickboxing)

A few sub grappling tourneys, alot of judo tourneys when I was younger. This is my first MMA fight.

btw good luck in your fight Anthony ;)

If it gets filmed, let me know (my non adult site www.fight-vids.co.uk)

I never said I don't spar hard, just I don't get black eyes, contusions, etc...

Those are injuries from not sparring smart, with pads, head protection, et al.

Not to sound condesending to you, but just because you haven't seen it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. :)

Cheers Mate. It will be webcast, so I'll make sure you get a copy.

Before this goes out on a MMA vs Boxing thread...

I train in Boxing almost daily, and love it. It's one part of my MMA training. :)

True, you do need boxing as a part of the MMA package.
Anthony hit me up when you get the vid of that fight. I'd like to put it up too if you don't mind. Plus I'd just like to see you fight! Good luck! :thumbsup

thanks man, awesome! :)

" It's training, not all out fighting."

Bro... i love MMA and I was at a huge event at tristar gym yesterday... and I am pretty happy since 4/5 of guys from my gym that I wanted to win won. The only guy who lost ... it was his second fight and I felt that he got a little emotional and disfocused towards the end...He got a bit winded..and thats what I meant by sparring hard... he did not spar hard and that was part of the problem.
mista David "the Crow" showed up for the event!
Georges Saint Pierre was not there but I did see him training hard on monday :)

hey man, professional boxers don't spar all out. You gonna tell B Hops and Marco Barrera what they're doing wrong next time you see them? :1orglaugh

Kick some butt big guy and make sure you get video .. been dying to see you in action since you lost all the padding ;-)

Break a leg - preferably one of his.

:winkwink: :thumbsup

Shit, missed that post before I hit send on my last post.

Hit me up brother and LMK date and time and URL for webcast.

:winkwink: :thumbsup

you sure? cause there a few pros at my gym and when they spar it looks like pay per view when they spar :)

Have you ever trained at a real fighting gym... cardio boxing does not count :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Maybe it's a bit more advanced than just cardio boxing ...

Tai Bo ?

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Hey BOSS1, where do you train if you don't mind me asking? you can PM me if you don't want the world to know. I train in the east end. Be kinda cool if we presently trained at the same gym, I might be a good sparring partner for ya! :thumbsup

Did you catch the fights at the Casino last night?

Muhahhaha

I train at Tristar Gym ( http://www.tristargym.com)
I was watching the Fight Quest MMA show there last night so I missed all the saturday night boxing events :(

I would like some new sparring partners :)

You got to use at least 16 oz leather gloves and headgear is up to you but I am wearing mine

no worries I don't spar to prove a point, just to work over technique, I wear headgear too!

Hit me up next time there's a gala at your gym, I'll go check it out, thanks man :thumbsup

Six days a week is intense.

Saw the vid. Keep that right hand UP.

You ducked that left hook good. Had he been faster and
more powerful you would have seen stars.

Started young too?

My mom had me in karate/kung fu when I was around 4 years old.

I'm unusual in that I was middleweight until I hit my mid 30s and then heavyweight from then on. Always had superfast hands and endurance. Had to pump iron to get the strength. Guys could never lay a glove on me as reflexes too quick. My dad used to do everything under the sun to keep me from fighting. I would hit guys twice my size and they'd end up knocked out or in a hospital needing treatment.

Then one day a friend of my mom's who was a heavyweight boxer and trainer sat me down and showed me why my punches were so lethal. He then showed me how real boxers train. Some doing 1,000 pushups a day.

Martial arts my legs are the deadliest. I can kick over 7ft from toe to toe straight up. I've got cousins that tall and it came in handy.

I come from a family well heeled in boxing and martial arts so it works well for me.

As for kickboxing my friends are all over that. We even had a school in NY in our art studio where we taught comics, animation and kickboxing. One of our teachers was the Thai kickboxing champ.

Now for wrestling, nothing beats a fight with a wrasslin' man. You have to be bad assed at boxing or kung fu to hold off a wrassler. Once he gets a grip you got a fight on your hands for sure.