It’s suicide! You’ve seen him; you know how strong he is. You can’t win!”

Adrian-Rocky IV 

Target Weight: 185Lbs

Last week’s weight (Week 2) 207Lbs

This week’s weight (Week 3) 210Lbs 

When I walked into the gym on Tuesday, I was given an offer for my first fight. Now, I’ve been training under the impression that this is going to be a long….long process. Yes, I’ve been training hard, but I’ve also continued my less than stellar diet…(example, three successive days of a hamburger & fries order from Carrabas, after work and one day with a small pizza and meatball sub combo from Ledo’s Pizza). So when I was offered a fight in mid October, you know what my initial reaction was. Absolutely not…. 

But does turning down a fight, when you are in fact a fighter, make you soft? Well, we almost found out whether this type of peer pressure works because as much as I know I wasn’t prepared, my ego was telling me to say yes. Mind you, I’ve been watching the HBO 24/7’s all week, so I’m seeing the “highlights” of other fights train for 30 minute intervals. Easy right? Well, as these thoughts are running through my mind, my trainer continues to talk to me about the potential fight..”The guy can’t seem to get a fight. He’s a big 195lber. Real big and strong….” At this point, I can see how something like this can end. (With my friends shouting that this was just supposed to be an exhibition with me unconscious on the floor dreaming I’d trained harder). So I turned down the fight and decided it’d be best if I continued along the same timetable I started with. 

We’re four weeks down; one full month of training is complete. I’ve given up beer completely and ordered two personal pizzas’s this week for lunch. 

This is becoming addictive. I already have an addictive personality. It’s why I can have the same meal over and over; attend the same restaurants over and over, etc. This has become my latest addiction. I obsess over old fight footage, I shadowbox constantly and anytime I hear an up-tempo song, I’m considering it for my entrance music for when I fight. (Still feel as though it has to be a Jay-z track for some reason) 

Injuries 

The cage isn’t just different from a ring, in the fact that you’re locked in a cage, but also in that it’s not exactly the best idea to lean up against it. This week I had my head slammed into the cage and whereas I didn’t show it to anyone in the gym, felt like someone took a steel chair to the back of my head. We’ll add this to the already growing list of lessons I’ve learned since evolving from a Muay Thai fighter into a MMA practitioner.  

We’re pushing the pace this week coming because next time I’m offered a fight……..I might say yes.