The picture of the lightweight division grew clearer on Aug. 28 in Boston, as there is no longer any debate. MMAs lightweight king hails fro ... read more
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Tom Wright at CFL Press Conference
The UFC announced today that they would be setting up an office in Toronto, Ontario Canada just as they did a few years ago in England. It’s an interest move for the Mixed Martial Arts leaders since MMA in Ontario isn’t even yet sanctioned and premier Dalton McGuinty was quoted last year saying that MMA isn’t even on the radar for the provincial government. Read More

Cus with Tyson in the 80s
Ever wonder what a fighter feels like leading up to a fight? Legendary boxing trainer Cus D’amato tells a story in the book “The Black Lights” that sums it up nicely for any young up and coming fighter who feels fear before a big fight. D’amato was most famous for training and helping raise Mike Tyson.
“I remember the first time I got involved in what I call a waiting fight,” D’Amato reminisces. “In the neighborhood in which I lived, which was a pretty tough neighborhood, you got involved in fights all the time. Whenever you got angry, you fought or you lost respect. Under those conditions you didn’t think about being frightened. Read More

Alistair Overeem Saturday Night
As I sipped my beer and sat watching Strikeforce MMASaturday I couldn’t help wonder as a ‘hardcore’ MMA fan, if anyone outside of this group knows who Alistair Overeem is. As impressive as he has been fighting overseas for Dream and K-1 I always wonder if the casual fan has the slightest clue who some of these guys are. Compare the Strikeforce marketing to that of the UFC and it’s easy to see that more people know of UFC fighter Todd Duffee with 1 UFC fight than Shinya Aoki who just fought for the Strikeforce lightweight title. Read More
Kevin Kearns, a coach to many well known MMA stars and a contributor to MMATraining.com, is hosting a unique opportunity to learn many of the skills required to teach MMA from one of the best pros in the business. Kevin’s MMA Fitness Core Concepts, Level 1 Instructor Certification course will be held this June 2nd & 3rd in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and is open to both members and non-members. Registration for those interested is available by calling 954-533-2964. Below is the official rundown of the event from the organizers. Read More
World class striking and fitness at Massachusetts’s Sitydotong gym

If you want to become a world class MMA striker, or just stay physically fit with MMA training Mark Dellagrotte’s Sityodtong USA gym in Somerville, Massachusetts is the place for you. Offering a wide variety of programs and martial arts disciplines, this gym is for any age and any skill level.
Fighting is an extremely demanding physical sport. Practice expends copious amounts of energy from the body. A fighter will spend 2 hours a day in the gym focusing on fighting skill development and various other developmental modalities such as free weights and cardio. It should be not surprise then that the nutritional requirement for a fighter from day to day needs to quite substantial in order to support such a demand.
Canada’s newewst and most exciting MMA gym
Xtreme Couture Toronto, a 33,000 square foot facility, will be located at 700 Kipling Avenue in Etobicoke. The facility will feature instructors teaching Muay Thai, Kick Boxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Freestyle and Greco Roman Wresting, Judo, Submission Grappling, and Traditional Boxing. The gym is an unbelievable combination of Mixed Martial Arts and fitness into what is being described as the first “Super Gym”. Move over hockey, Canada is officially the home of one of the most impressive MMA training facilities worldwide.
When you’re going to the gym to do strength and conditioning work for MMA, you must bring the same level of intensity to the training session that you bring to sparring.
Notice I said training session and not workout. The difference is that a training session has a specific goal and is a part of an overall plan, while a workout is simply something you do for an hour that might be hard and might make you sweat, but doesn’t necessarily move you any closer to your goal of getting stronger and improving your power and endurance specifically for MMA. Read More
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