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I saw the fight and I was surprised Tito did not get knocked out.

Lyoto is light years beyond him in skills.

Why is it that guys from Brazil fight real well (Shogun, Silva and Machida) while guys from the US don’t?

US fighters always get embarrassed by Brazilians.

I would like to open up a business in my town. A mixed martial arts business… where I would not teach or train, but run the business. I would like to hire a few different people to teach classes in different arts/techniques. Any ideas would be helpful.
to further explain myself… I hold a 3rd degree black belt in ju jitzu and have studied various forms, to include karate, gung fu, tai kick boxing, and jeet kun do.

It appears as if I have seen a lot about complex coaching. And invariably, when complex training is brought up, Randy Couture’s circuit is also discussed.

In case you do not know, “complex” training ( which may also be called “circuit training” in MMA workout circles) is a strategy of exercise in which you move from one exercise to the next without rest. It can be done on machines, or with different implements, but the more well-liked techniques involve only one weight a single barbell, two dumbbells or kettlebells, a sandbag, for example.

As far as Randy’s complex, it goes this way ( medium-high reps ) :

-Bent Row
-Upright Row
-Military Press
-Good Morning
-Split Squat ( left / right )
-Thruster
-Straight-Legged Deadlift

Now Randy isn’t the sole out there who uses complexes, has had success with them, or has designed superb complex-based workouts. Martin Rooney has trained a bunch of men up at Renzo Gracie’s gym, strength coach Itsvan Javorek has been using complexes for a long while “Renegade Training” Coach John Davies made great use with variations of a complex he calls the “Bear,” and I’ve even used them in my training programs.

Complexes are great for a range of reasons. First, they’re an exercise that you get the maximum “bang for your buck.” Using one easy methodology, you can train cardiovascular conditioning, muscled endurance and conditioning, strength and strength-endurance ( depending on how heavy you train ), as well as the unsubstantial factor of mental toughness. Besides they are quick! A good complex workout can kick your tail and have you in & out of the gymnasium within 20-25 minutes.

There are multiple techniques you can implement complexes into your overall SC mma workout program. What I like to do ( and did in Program one of “Working Class Fitness The Programs” ) is to do some basic full-body strength work first no more than 2-4 compound exercises. Either then ( or at a later part in the day ), come back and do your complexes. The compound exercises will help you build your strength and power, while the complexes may be employed to target muscly endurance and conditioning, as well as overall GPP ( General Physical preparedness ).

To illustrate Program 1, I revolve a basic set / rep scheme over three exercises a upper body push, and upper body pull, and a squat / deadlift variant. I then exploited the following complex :

-Thruster x 5
-Curl / Back Shrug x 5
-Power Snatch x six
-Curl / Back Shrug x 5
-Thruster x 5

An alternative way to implement complexes would be to setup 2 different workouts one with higher reps and lower ( comparatively speaking ) weight to target the previously mentioned muscled endurance and conditioning. Then setup another workout, only this time, employ heavier weight and lower reps. If possible, even have multiple weights ( i.e. Barbells, pairs of dumbbells, for example. ) at your disposal, so that you can tax each exercise as much as feasible. Alternate days of complex training, 3x / week, doing each 3x over 2 weeks. On the first week, you’d do your endurance complex on Mon, strength complex on married, endurance complex on Fri. Then, on the second week, strength complex on Mon, endurance complex on wed, and strength complex again on Fri.

Another option when designing your complexes would be to go for a mix of strength and endurability. Use a heavy weight, and choose exercises that let you use heavier weights. For those exercises that you are stronger on, just do a few more reps. Then, with some movements that you are very strong on, do a highly explosive / tough bodyweight exercise.

For example, here is a dumbbell ( DB ) complex I used years back with a large amount of good results :

-DB Press x six
-Chins ( weighted if need be ) x 6-8
-DB Bent Raise / Rows x six
-DB Snatch x eight ( each side )
-DB Swing x 12-15 ( each side )
-Explosive Push-Up x 5-8
-Jump Squat x 10
*Repeat 3-6x. Rest 45-90 secs between complexes.

When utilised right, complexes can be used to accomplish a wide variety of goals to improve your mma workout all you’ve got to do is use your imagination!

Train Hard, Rest Hard, Fight Hard.

Id also like to see a Mark Coleman vs Randy Couture fight. even a Couture vs Arlovski.

I have a personal trainer who put my on his version of the UFC workout, is it legit?

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic is a heavyweight Mixed Martial Arts fighter with a record of 22-4-2. That’s an awfully impressive record, but the record does not tell the whole story. However, the record is a nice starting point.

Let’s examine “Cro Cop’s” record, starting with his losses. Mirko’s four losses come at the hands of some of the best fighters in MMA history, they are (in reverse chronological order):

1) Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira – Former Pride heavyweight champion.

2) Kevin Randleman – Former UFC heavyweight champion.

3) Fedor Emelianenko – Current Pride heavyweight champion.

4) Mark Hunt – Former K-1 Grand Prix champion.

Hold on, has this guy ever lost to someone who didn’t hold the belt? To anyone who at one time or another wasn’t at the very top of the sport? No, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic is the real deal. I said earlier that the record does not tell the whole story, so let’s analyze these losses a little and see what we can figure out.

Mirko Cro Cop’s loss to Antonio Nogueira was by arm bar submission…in 2003. This is a fight that Mirko was dominating up until the submission. It was four years ago, which is a lifetime to a fighter who was, until that time, primarily a stand up fighter. It’s obvious that Cro Cop took this loss to heart as he hasn’t been submitted since.

Kevin Randleman was the next fighter to defeat Cro Cop and he did it in style. He knocked out Mirko, who is widely considered to be the best striker in the world. I have no explanation for this. Certainly Kevin Randleman is a powerful man and very fast for a man of his size, but to out strike Mirko Filipovic, that must be a mis-print. No, it’s not a mis print, however he did not out strike Mirko, he landed one big punch, timed just right and it floored Cro Cop. No excuses, no explanation, Kevin Randleman nailed Mirko and Mirko paid the price.

Fedor Emelianenko was the next man in Mirko’s short list of defeats. Many thought that this fight would either be won by Cro Cop knocking out Fedor, or Fedor submitting or ground and pounding Cro Cop. The fight did not go that way at all. While Fedor did win a narrow but unanimous decision, Mirko showed well. He avoided submissions, worked well from his back and showed that he has become much more than just a great stand up fighter. In the end, Fedor was just a little too strong and a little too talented. Today, Fedor remains the Pride heavyweight champion and is likely the best heavyweight fighter in the world, but many would like to see a rematch with Mirko.

Mark Hunt is Mirko Cro Cop’s most recent defeat. This fight took place in 2005 and personally I believe Mirko did enough to win. However, the judges gave a split decision to Hunt. Let’s remember that in this fight Mirko was fighting a K-1 Grand Prix champion, so it’s not surprising that most of the fight was standing up. It’s also not surprising that it was very close as two of the worlds best strikers (and the man with the worlds hardest head) were fighting. Hunt is nearly impossible to knock out.

Mirko has also won twenty two fights, his last five in a row and won the Pride open weight tournament held in 2006. He won that tournament by defeating Minowa, Yoshida, Silva and Barnett. While Minowa was expected, Yoshida is a Judo gold medalist, Silva is the pride middleweight champion (middleweight is up to 205 in Pride) and Josh Barnett is a former UFC heavyweight champion. He defeated both Silva and Barnett in the same night.

It ’s Mirko’s fight against Silva which spawned the title for this piece. He was so overwhelmingly dominant in all aspects of that fight that it is difficult for me to picture any MMA fighter, in any weight class defeating Mirko Cro Cop at this point. Certainly I don’t see any competition in the UFC. Once Mirko wins the UFC heavyweight title (he will win it), Dana White will need to stop looking for someone who can beat Tim Silvia and start looking for someone who can compete with Mirko “Cro Cop”! Can anyone say “Fedor”!

Keep following the fights!

Ya know, where the fighters come to train for the UFC in the episodes.

I have a personal trainer who put my on his version of the UFC workout, is it legit?