(Part 3) Top products from r/MMA

It's really tough. As far as grappling goes, you really need training partners resisting at reasonable levels in order to learn your best. This is what sets grappling aside from other MAs. You can train live and not get hurt.

That said: there are absolutely things you can do, but they most revolve around building the body/physique of a MMA fighter. You can run, do circuit training, shadow boxing and other things to better yourself while you look for a training partner.

You really gotta find a place to train, but in the meantime, try Training for Warriors. It has some great weight training and caveman stuff to keep you busy.

tl;dr - There are things to do, but you really need a partner/school to make it worthwhile.

I found this to be quite helpful
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Martial-Arts-Nutrition-Precision-Fighting/dp/080483931X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1473952542&sr=8-3&keywords=teri+tom

It's written by a nutritionist that works at Wild Card boxing with Manny Pacquiao and used to work with Andrei Arlovski and Amir Khan too. So it's a little boxing heavy but it teaches a great method of working out how much you should eat.

I also track with My Fitness Pal, it's free and you can easily check if you're hitting your macronutrient goals

It's a tough topic though. So many different ways to approach it, many of them conflicting.

i couldn't put down Big John McCarthy's book. The guy was there in the beginning and was involved behind the scenes with regulation, getting rules established, and has a lot of interesting insight into big fights from the old days. I read the entire thing in less than a day. You will learn so much about MMA, how the UFC started. and how it evolved from Big John. He does a great job writing as well.

Amazon link

Ken shamrock's - Inside the Lion's Den is a good read.

Sam sheridan's MMA books are all riveting reads. he was with big nog for the fedor fight.


I feel the need to mention Tank Abbott's "fictional" trilogy "Bar Brawler" as well.

Mark Hunt: Born to fight

Forrest Griffin: Got Fight?, Be Ready When the Sh*t Goes Down

John McCarthy: Let's Get It On!

Stich Duran: From the Fields to the Garden

Chuck Liddell: Iceman

John Kavanagh: Win or Learn

Brian Stann: Heart for the Fight

Chael Sonnen: The Voice of Reason

Bruce Buffer: It's Time!: My 360-Degree View of the UFC

GSP: The Way of the Fight

Jeremy Stephens: Who the fook is that guy?!

Yes. In one of the UFC 194 embeddeds the camera focused on this book in his house which is all about conquering anxiety. In my opinion Rockhold has clear symptoms of general anxiety disorder which manifest in an inability to clearly express himself. I know because I have it and have learned to deal with it.

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths is the easiest starting point. That or just google greek myths.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Hidden-Reality-Parallel-Universes/dp/0307278123

In a world of infinite universes, there's also one where Randy "Macho Man" Savage is the p4p, and Demetrius Johnson beats Fedor in PRIDE

Amazon I think has some

https://www.amazon.com/Sleeping-Through-Night-Revised-Toddlers/dp/0060742569

He's a decent writer actually. Here's his book.

http://www.amazon.com/Into-Cage-Rise-UFC-Nation/dp/077103654X/ref=la_B00H6VVJ0G_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451109817&sr=1-1

http://fightland.vice.com/fightland/fightlandArticle/author/author_id/nick-the-tooth-gullo/Article_page/10

Don't take my word for it.

http://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Commas-Difference/dp/0399244913

obligatory

Or he has a book to sell!

My wording was probably too rigid. However, this social class cost that acts as a filter for one-in-a-million type of sports dreams is a pretty foundational theory in the sociology of sport. There are exceptions, plus, as others have said, MMA is fairly new and a sociological study of MMA hasn't been done yet. However, the most recent big study to look at a combat sport, The Urban Geography of Boxing: Race, Class, and Gender in the Ring by Benita Heiskanen (Routledge, 2012), reiterates all of this and explores the dimension of urbanity and globalization. Again, perhaps, MMA is different. It's not my academic field of discipline, but I am looking forward to someone to do a study like Heiskanen but for MMA. (Dissertation alert!)

edit: forgot to add that the BJ Penn example actually falls in line with the sociology of sport and class theory. If in fact he was a multimillionaire at 20 or whatever, then risking it all on BJJ/MMA is little compared to what most of us as middle class young adults would have risked (college, degree, start career) if we had done the same thing.

The Fight by Normal Mailer is a really good book, it's about the Ali, Foreman fight https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Norman-Mailer/dp/0812986121

> due process of law in a public court system

Does Guantanamo ring a bell? What about Bagram Air Base? Show me one prisoner of war who has been tried in a US court in the last two decades.

> international coalition against rogue states.

That idea has long been rubbished. Only three countries committed troups, Poland, Australia, and the UK. The rest of that coalition were the likes of Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau and Solomon Islands.

> Dissent isn't a crime here

There are entire books written about how dissent is a crime in the US - http://www.amazon.com/Crimes-Dissent-Disobedience-Alternative-Criminology/dp/0814752276

>but i think that's coming from the perspective of trying to crowbar in doubt after removing context from the night instead of looking at the situation reasonably and impartially.

You mean some standard like "within reasonable doubt?" There's an entire book on the subject. If you really cared to be informed on it, go read it: http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Intentions-Mike-Tyson-Story/dp/030680669X Otherwise, there are plenty of areas for doubting the allegation: her story changed repeatedly and is inconsistent with her general demeanor. Not to mention, this one woman has a track-record of making false rape accusations in response to regretting her sexual decisions. All of that raises reasonable doubt to pretty much anyone without an ax to grind.

Or if it's a black guy that does something wrong he's a "thug".

I know r/mma hates when Woodley brings up the topic of racism but it absolutely exists in sports and has been extensively studied. (source 1, source 2, source 3, source 4). That being said Tyron just rubs people the wrong way in general.

Don't be too shy to promote your book!

I'm guessing you plan to write another, since this book ends early into your career. Have you started writing the follow up?

I haven't had a chance to read the book yet, but skimming through it it seems very detailed and specific. Is it adapted from`a journal you kept or did you just keep very extensive notes?

You've fought Tara LaRosa three times, including beating her at her peak. Does being familiar with your opponent change your approach to the fight at all?