May 13th

From today I have one month left before my next fight. Training has been awesome. My knee is back to one hundred percent , I feel hungry, confident and have been doing nothing but training and teaching martial arts since I got my mobility back in February. I will be fighting against a guy who I really know nothing about.. John Fraser. He hasn’t fought in a while, and is apparently good on the ground. I don’t really care. I am going to worry about my preparation, and if I come in physically and mentally prepared it doesn’t matter who I fight they’ll be in trouble. My biggest concern right now is that I’m 170.8 lbs and scheduled to fight at 145. Gotta up the cardio and lower the cals… Read More

At UFC 97 Montreal fans will get their first taste of one of the brightest young stars of the Canadian North when TJ Grant takes on Ryo Chonan. With a 13-2 record with 11 submission wins Grant will look to build on his 4 fight winning streak when he enters the UFC’s octagon for the first time.

MMATraining.com writer and professional fighter who has trained with Grant and has fought alongside him at TKO events, Jeff Harrison, sat down with Grant to discuss his thoughts just 10 days before UFC 97. Read More

Last weekend in Gatineau at the Robert Guertin Arena, a new promotion exploded onto the Canadian MMA scene… and it exploded in style. It was one of the most action packed fight cards I have witnessed in some time. 4 of my team mates from Renzo Gracie Ottawa were getting in the cage that night. When you’ve worked so hard, trained, bled, sweat, puked, and watched them work until complete exhaustion in the gym, that’s when an MMA show takes on a different light. It’s not just entertainment any more. It’s the last 8 weeks of your life coming down to a 15 minute max. Being a corner man is a different challenge all together… Read More

So what is real MMA Training all about?

You’ve watched these guys go three rounds solid and still seem like they have enough gas left in the tank to race past Seabiscuit. How? Simple - insane training discipline and routines. We checked in with TKO contender Jeff Harrison three weeks before his upcoming bout against Tim Wadsworth to find out what it’s like being a professional fighter. Looking to drop 20 pounds in three weeks to make weight, while improving on his striking and ground game, Jeff often follows a training program much like the one described below. Try it out and see if you have what it takes.

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Most of us have seen Cro Cop clipping countless victims in the head, rendering them into darkness. Likewise, we all remember the not so subtle irony when Mirko laid corpse like and folded in half, with his toes facing the wrong way. We can’t help but remember Pete Williams clipping Mark Coleman in the chin from a perfect angle with the top of his wrestling shoe. A lightening quick Wanderlei Silva switch kick dropping Kanehara. Josh Thompson turning into Yves Edwards leg and falling to the mat. They all had that stunned look in their eye. A look that could only mean one thing; a shin bone has just flipped that invisible on/off switch.

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At MMATraining.com we have a cross section of fighters and trainers that we follow daily to give our fans a taste of what it is like at the top as well as working your way up the field - and all of the training that goes along with it no matter where you rank. The following is the latest from one of our fighters - Jeff Harrison. Read More

From the get go I knew it would be violent. I knew that this new sport was going to be controversial, but had no idea just how far the drama would be taken. A new striking event with all the rules of Muay Thai and MMA stand up that excludes the ground but allows take downs - basically a cross breed of wrestling and Muay Thai. Sounds great! No one knew that it would be Read More

About a year ago, Stephan Patry, a poineer of MMA promotion in Canada, former presedent and CEO of TKO MMA and UCC before that, dropped a hint at me that the wheels were in motion to create a promotion that would feature the stand up martial arts in Quebec. I expressed my excitement at the thought of this and promised him my undying support if this idea ever came to fruition. Read More

It pays to be loyal. This is a premise that flies directly over the head of many MMA competitors. Find a good striking coach, a good grappling coach, a good group of training partners under the same instructors and stick with them. Building a synergy between yourself and an instructor is not something that can be done in 8 weeks. When I hear about guys taking off for this camp or that camp for one specific fight, I have a hard time truly believing that the coaches involved have true invested interest in that fighter. Read More

Follow along as MMATraining.com’s Jeff Harrison documents his training program from his home base at MAS Thai in Cambridge Ontario to Renzo Gracie - Ottawa. From BJJ, wrestling, muay thai, core strength and cardio training, Jeff’s daily workouts are here to give our subscribers a taste of what it is like in the life of a fighter rising up the professional MMA ranks.

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