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Stupid question, but I just want to learn how to knock someone out in a competitive fight in the amateurs.

I trained boxing for a year and I was thinking if mma would be better for that goal because of the gloves.

There are more knockouts in amateur mma compared to boxing, right?

EDIT:

Firstly, I mean in a competition. I never hard sparred with anyone lol.

I did boxing and I did BJJ, wrestling and rugby.

I don’t want to actually hurt people.

I am ALSO just asking. I am not doing Boxing or MMA to KNOCK someone out. I have been doing boxing for years on and off. Knockouts don’t really matter to me that much.

I am asking where is it more likely to happen.

Hello, I’m still relatively new to the MMA scene, having been training for just a month now. In striking classes or basic MMA classes, I’ve been using my left hand for training exercises. This has caused quite a bit of frustration among my fellow fighters, as they either can’t block it or find it difficult to move with it. Yesterday, the trainer pulled me aside to informed me that I must fight right-handed throughout all striking classes. He explained that he can’t train me with my left hand, and doesn’t want to demonstrate how to train with me to the students.

My question for the Reddit should I try to train my left side on my own time and continue classes. I understand that most trainers don’t like left handed, but does anyone have any advice they could share, thanks.

It’s by weight, I’m fighting lightweight and I am 156 at 6’1. I do BJJ, Wrestling, and Kickboxing as my big 3. My buddy who’s joining me is 6’1 and same weight, but he’s a straight kick boxer. He has 70 inch reach and I got 72. Are we cooked? It’s mainly people our age 15-19. Am I too small for lightweight or too big? I’m so confused

What are some of the techniques that have their space to be effective that are simply not used at all?

Some of them that I can think off top of my head:

Movsar Evloev/Shogun Rua Achilles tendon kick against the cage vs Diego Lopes/Tyson Pedro.

Andrei Arlovski bitch slap against Travis Browne.

Chepe Mariscal/Bas Rutten palm strikes VS Ricardo Ramos/Pancrase.

Can you think of anything else?

Been training for two months in the beginners class and my friends have mostly gotten promoted to the intermediate class. My coach said “ im forgetting things alot and so am progressing slow”. Feeling really demotivated and demoralised because i really enjoy training MMA and am quite consistent but feel like im not cut out for it now

I like to eat tender lamb meat in breakfast daily and would like to have different young women to choose from at night. I would like to travel on private plane and ship to around the globe for business and pleasure. I would like all people to obey me and work for me and get paid handsomely and be loyal to me. I like power to be able to control a part of the world and wage wars with the other part of the world. I want to be king. I want to conquer the whole planet and bring a unified single rule of law.

I d like eat good tender meat daily and have young wives to choose from every night. And defeat other nations and conquer them.

What is the method to achieve this. Will MMA help. Which MMA technique will help me achieve this quicker. Or shall I just do boxing.

I don’t specifically do MMA, I wrestle 3x a week and Muay thai 3x a week at 2 different gyms.
I’ve been trying to lift 5 days a week but mostly I end up doing 4 Days of weight lifting. And this is what it currently looks like

Sunday-
Weighted Pull throughs KB
Squat
Single Leg RDL
Front-loaded Split squat (ATG)
Skullcruhers
Hanging Leg raises
Neck training

Monday-
Pull ups
Bench Press
Barbell row
Bicep EZ bar curl
Hammer curl
Landmine Rotations
Wrist curl

Wednesday-
OHP
Bulgarian split squat
RDL/ Deadlift (I rotate every week)
Lateral raises
Reverse fly
Cable crunch
Neck training

Friday-
Power Clean
Front Squat
Pull ups
Meadows row
Inclince curl
Wrist curl
Landmine Rotations
Reverse squat

Saturday-
Bench Press
Zercher carry
Cable crossover
Trap bar jumps
Suitcase carries
Tibia raises
Plate hold
Plate flips

I mainly do 4 of these each weeek

I do Wrestling on- Wednesday/Thursday/Friday
Muay Thai- Tuesday/Wednesday/ Saturday

Am i feeling too sore? Not really
I do Plyometrics just add them here and there in my weight workouts.
But idk how else should I plan it.
What do u guys i mean who are trying to compete in their respective sports do? How do u train? I feel like 5 days in the weight room is getting too much for me. As i have to work as well. And Study 2 days week. I’m trying to do the best i can

I train MMA 3 times a week, and since i started it lifting weights became so boring and honestly i felt ass i was more stiff because of it.

So I stopped it and started just running and doing pushups on my off days of MMA. Now my question is what to actually do?

I am thinking on doing that bs workout of just pull ups push ups and squats, then either rope jumping or running, but i want to hear your experiences and recommendations

Been doing BJJ and Muay Thai for a few years now, and about 2 years ago I started wearing barefoot/minimalist shoes (zero drop, wide toe box) for daily life and lifting. I wasn't even thinking about martial arts when I made the switch, but I've noticed a real difference in my balance and foot/ankle stability on the mats since then.

I know that most martial arts (outside boxing and wrestling) have you training barefoot anyway, so it seems like a pretty natural crossover to wear barefoot shoes the rest of the time instead of undoing all that foot strength in a pair of cushioned sneakers. I know GSP has talked about training his feet specifically because they're the first point of contact with the ground, which stuck with me.

I’m curious on how many other martial artists also use barefoot/minimalist shoes, and I have a few questions for anyone who's into this:

1. Do you wear barefoot/minimalist shoes regularly, in or outside of training?
2. If yes, what got you into it, and did you notice any actual difference in your game?
3. If no, is it just not on your radar, or is there something that's kept you away from them (price, look, break-in period, etc.)?

I’m genuinely curious how common this is in the community, as the minimalist shoe space is pretty niche.

Like surely after getting damaged that much in a fight it would take ages to heal but clearly not

I've been training mma for a little over half a year and I absolutely love it. I train around 5 times a week and just do plain mma classes and although right now I'm very very new to the sport I'm excited to keep learning more.

The problem is maybe I'm having a little too much fun. Whenever I spar I'm always smiling whether I'm winning or losing but I'm worried people misunderstand this as me being cocky or whatever. I've had times where people I'm sparring who started off pretty respectful have thrown massive overhands or generally strong punches in response to if I hit them with a cool combination and then look extra happy.

Is this a behaviour I need to change? I know it can make it seem like I'm really cocky when honestly I'm not. I understand that I'm less good than 95% of people in the class I just really enjoy sparring and will naturally get a little extra happy if I land something that I thought was cool or I'm pleased about. If I'm being honest it can like it ruin sessions for me if I'm getting punched too hard especially in the head as I then get headaches following the session so idk what I should do.

Hi all, i recently started a mma gym and we got the pads out and they smelt bad and when we finished the coach didn't tell us to wipe them down nor is there any anti bacterial spray available

It's a good gym but im worried about the hygiene standards.

Is this normal? Do they clean at the end of the evening, surely if they did it wouldn't smell

As part of our warmup on grappling day, we did rolls (all variations) for about 10-15 mins without breaks round the mat. Felt a little dizzy but did not puke. The next day woke up feeling a bit disoriented. I've never felt disoriented even when I took breaks before. Only difference this time was the longer duration of the warmup. Is this normal?

Have mostly done grappling in the past and am looking for a new place to train fully in MMA, but something I’ve noticed is a lot of the places, at least in my area, that seem to have fighters perform the best are only striking 3ish times a week which I initially found odd. Was just wondering what y’all’s experiences were