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Another day at the Den

Another hard day at the Lions Den Scottdale AZ, This week I found myself with a broken nose, strained tendent and a Six pack. No! not the six pack your thinking of but the ones also known as your abdomen's. All this hard work not only sharpens my mma skills but burns mad calories! lol As I get in shape I start looking into the light to see possible fight opportunities for me. Im ready to go with a week notice, with a hunger to fight! Continue

Added by KOBE THE STUNNA on September 1, 2010 at 8:38pm — No Comments

Sad at the current loser mentality

Wrestlers win quite often in mma, many are disappointed by this. I am disappointed by the reaction of the losers and the fans of the losers. Rather than address their weaknesses, reflect on their own poor strategies, or give credit to their opposition they whine for rule changes. "This is not ultimate wrestling" is an overused statement that in my opinion makes the speaker sound ignorant and weak. If i got dominated in a specific area and could offer no resistance or ability to alter the flow of… Continue

Added by Jarred mercado on August 31, 2010 at 9:06pm — No Comments

Fight Recap

Well my first fight is out of the way, and i can say it is as much fun as i thought it would be. The fight went as planned, i got a quick takedown, got to mount, switched to side control where i was able to secure the crucifix position and finish with elbows.

I work side control a lot, thanks to Josh Ford and Christian Allen for tightening up my technique there. I like the crucifix position as it leaves the opponent helpless. It is easy to get to if you trap the far arm as t

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Added by Jarred mercado on August 31, 2010 at 9:24am — No Comments

a week back

so now that were back from a week in vegas for dominick cruzs title defence over joseph benavidez , im back in the room to two a days and working on my hand speed again i might be having a fight in december for the tachi palace flyweight title against one of the toughest guys at 125s , he a shooto champion from brazil with a seven and o record with five by dec and 2 by submission , which im hopeing that this fight falls through be cause coming of a championship camp like dominick cruzs and being… Continue

Added by DANNY MARTINEZ on August 28, 2010 at 12:08pm — No Comments

Back to my Roots

I’m hurt, I can’t train hard, and I’m enjoying a mildly-normal vacation for once. So, that night I spent with a friend from college who had since moved from Arkansas back home to Brazil. We ate more sushi than two humans should ever attempt to ingest and I introduced him to the greatest series ever, Jersey Shore. He wasn’t quite as moved as I was. I was exited to get a good night’s sleep on my

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Added by Hillary on August 27, 2010 at 5:13am — No Comments

Back to the grind

Hey all How is everyone doing? I am doing great! I am back at school....ASU, and i will be graduating this year or next december with a bachelors degree in Construction Management. All of this has become possible throuhgh alot of hard work and the help of MTX AUDIO. i have workee my butt off to become a good fighter, and becasue of MTX i have the opportunity to finish up schooland pursiue my dream of fighting in the big show. I have a grest eork ethic and i feel that one day my goals willbe reac… Continue

Added by Ryan Kelly on August 26, 2010 at 12:07am — No Comments

After a long Vacation.

Well not really a Vacation. this past month we had a busy schedule.Congrats to the team for having a great month of fights. Just got back to San Diego on Sunday and it was the longest drive ever from Vegas to San Diego. Good job Dominick Cruz in executing a great gameplan. As they say "if it aint broke dont fix it".. As for Judging in that fight. It really shocked me! I usually tend to tell my guys in between rounds if they are winning or losing. And I really had Dominick winning every round. Af… Continue

Added by alliance mma on August 24, 2010 at 3:45pm — No Comments

Back to Chandler soon........

How's it everybody, I must say it feels good having friends that I grew up with and family training with me, I've always trained with friends I've made in the gym but recently my good buddy Jesus started going to the gym with me and he can be a beast in this sport he is naturally a big guy a little conditioning and jiu-jitsu and boxing skills we might really have a future star so we will see. My older brother also started going with us and I am glad he took an interest into da sport I love and h… Continue

Added by Edgar Garcia on August 23, 2010 at 11:58pm — No Comments

I'm heading to Boston!!!

What is up to all my fans out there hope everybody is doing good. I wanted to announce that if you guys didnt know already i will be at the UFC fan expo in Boston this Fri and Sat, I will be at various booths including the UFC fan booth and Dethrone signing for da fans of course i really hope to see a lot of you guys out there and if your members of my website let me know i would really appreciate it. I will be out there with several fighters but also with my training partner and friend and WEC… Continue

Added by EFRAIN ESCUDERO on August 23, 2010 at 11:19pm — No Comments

Week 2 of my camp started today.

Working a lot of specific stuff for October 9th. Working most of my stand up at the moment getting shape staying technical. Been working most of the same stuff being my opponent didn't change. Same game plane so it makes it easy. Feel good and getting stronger every day. Still have to start sparing more and getting my timing down. Other then that all is well.

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Added by seth baczynski on August 23, 2010 at 8:55pm — No Comments

Camp is wrapped

Had my last day of sparring and now i am ready to go. I thought it was good because today i got to do a hard round with joe warren, he pushes a very hard pace so i know my conditioning and mind is right.

My body is a little beat up so im happy to start winding down and getting some rest. The next week will be spent doing some polishing and drilling fine tuning my wrestling and passes and hittng mitts.

My weight is low so i dont have to do too much cutting, just maintain over t… Continue

Added by Jarred mercado on August 21, 2010 at 6:15pm — 2 Comments

Another Week In The Books: Training Camp

One more week down in the books for my training camp leading up to UFC 121. October 23rd doesn't seem like it can come soon enough! Training thus far has been great. I would like to say thank you to Team Wildman for teaching me some new things as well as helping me train. They are really pushing me hard and I feel better everyday. I would also like to give a shout out to Marc Montoya and Brent Chapman at Factory X. They have been great coaches and my game is really rounding out. I have also had… Continue

Added by Chris Camozzi on August 21, 2010 at 3:48pm — No Comments

Weekly reflections

I am going through a tough transition right now. I am trying to learn how to put things together with a new style that will be better for me in the long run. I know the lumps I am taking right now are merely stepping stones to an elevated performance in the future. It is hard not to beat yourself up over the mistakes you make on a day to day and practice to practice basis. I am trying to advance my game to be one of the most dynamic fighters in the sport, but coming up short to any true competit… Continue

Added by lew polley on August 20, 2010 at 6:33pm — No Comments

MY NEW OPPONENT!!!!

HEY EVERYBODY I WANT TO FIRST TELL JOHN GUNDERSON GOOD LUCK IN HIS FIGHT, I WAS TRAINING REAL HARD SO WE COULD GO OUT THERE AND PUT ON A GREAT SHOW FOR THE FANS I WISH DA BEST OF LUCK TO YOU VS YOUR NEW OPPONENT. I WAS THEN BUMPED UP TO DA CO-MAIN EVENT TO FACE MATT WIMAN BECAUSE MAC DANZIG HAD SUFFERED AN INJURY DURING CAMP WHICH IS NOT RARE AT ALL BECAUSE WE PRACTICE HARDER AND WE PUT OUR BODIES THROUGH MORE PAIN IN CAMP SO WHEN THE FIGHT COMES AROUND WE WILL BE READY AND NOT MISS A STEP. I FO… Continue

Added by EFRAIN ESCUDERO on August 19, 2010 at 7:28pm — No Comments

Congrats Dom for defending your belt

want to congragulate Dominick Cruz for defending his belt last night at WEC 50. As you may know friend and teamate Danny Martinez has been in California helping Dom train for this fight for a few months. And it showed last night. In my personal opinion Dom dominated the stand up, pushing the action, landing cleaner and more effective strikes, and absolutly dominated the wrestling. I think he only got taken down one time. Great takedown defense. And he added a takedown every round to cement his d… Continue

Added by Jason Karpel on August 19, 2010 at 1:39pm — No Comments

Conditioning is on point

Had a great night of practice and it was exactly what i needed and wanted. First i had a hard mitt session with mycoach christian allan, i always feel likei get better instantly when working with him on my stand up. After that we did some mma grappling, and then strikes with takedowns. Oncewe wre done there i did three rounds of a really hard circuit. Sprints with resistance bands, sprints wihtout resistance bands, pushups with weights, jumping shoulder presses, pull ups, and medicne ball smashe… Continue

Added by Jarred mercado on August 18, 2010 at 9:31pm — No Comments

Good Lukc Dominic Cruz

About 4 years ago i was aksed to give a guy a ride to tucson from PHX. I said yea without thinking too much of it. The guy i was giving a ride was Domininc Cruz and ever since that day we have been friends. I have been out to Alliance to trainwith him and most recently my good freiend and fellow MTX team memeber Danny Martinez has been helping him get ready to whoop up Benavidez. NO ONE ihave ever seen works out as hard as Cruz. He knows what he wants and he works out like a man who is going to… Continue

Added by Ryan Kelly on August 18, 2010 at 5:58pm — No Comments

Not even thinking about the fight

We are less than two weeks out and really when i am practicing i dont even think about the fight. I feel every time in the room i am learning and developing my skills, polishing my strengths and building up my weakneses. Its an amateur fight and i dont know much about my opponent and my game plan is rather simple so i just keep working on positions and situations ill likely be in during my fights but i dont have one exact game plan.

I work a lot on my striking but ultimatley the goal i… Continue

Added by Jarred mercado on August 17, 2010 at 7:23pm — No Comments

WEC

WEC 50, ahh da WEC i will always have fond memories for that place because it is where i so far have had my best win, it was over Hiromitsu Miura he was coming off a war vs da champ Condit dat lasted i believe 4 rds where he lost and i went in there a nobody and knocked him out in 72 seconds i really dont think nobody ever expected that. I still remember the day and da feeling when it happened that was just a night i will never forget and know i am working my ass off to get back and get that fee… Continue

Added by Edgar Garcia on August 17, 2010 at 3:03am — No Comments

Winner and Other good stuff!!!!

I WANT TO THANK ALL MY FANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN MY CONTEST TO SEE WHO I WAS GNA FLY OUT HERE TO TRAIN AND KICK IT WITH BEN "SMOOTH" HENDERSON AND MYSELF FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE ERROR ON DA VIDEO. THE WINNER ULTIMATELY WAS SCOTT SIEG FROM ILLINOIS CONGRATS BUDDY AND I HAVE GOTTEN YOUR INFO AND WILL BE FLYIN U OUT PROBABLY WHEN I GET BACK FRM THE FAN EXPO IN BOSTON IN DA END OF THE MONTH. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE EFFYESCUDERO.COM. IF U SEND ME UR ADDRESS ON MY WEBSITE… Continue

Added by EFRAIN ESCUDERO on August 17, 2010 at 2:20am — No Comments

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