Win Your MMA Fight – 3 Steps To A Dominating Mindset

Would you like the feeling of having no doubt possible that you will win your fight and nothing can change that? If you have a few weeks till the big match then you haven’t any time to waste. Your mind should have all its energy focused on victory without a doubt and here are 3 steps to develop that.

Stay In Control By Setting Goals.

If you can take some time to type and/or write the details down of how you want to fight and the way your fight is going to unfold, you are putting power in your hands. As specifically as, possible write these details down. It will trigger your reticular activating system in your brain and your mind will picture it as already completed.

Don’t let the fight’s outcome happen by accident. Dictate exactly how it is going to play out by visualizing and living it. This can really be fun even.

Pay Attention To Completed Goals.

Enjoy the benefits of achieving any goal that you have set. This will implant the pleasures of completing them in your head, and make you want to achieve more and more to reap more rewards.

If you are lifting more, taking down opponents more, sprinting faster, hitting harder, make yourself feel good about it. Also when you have this is writing, it is much easier to measure your success.

Believe in Yourself.

Just to start, if you step in an MMA cage, you have much more gut than most men. Might as well believe in your abilities no matter who is put in front of you.

Walking into a fight unsure in your abilities is a waste of time. Forget about how powerful your opponent might be. Place all your focus on the strengths which you have and put them to use. You are a destroyer. A quality MMA training program will guide you through the mental training aspects as well to be victorious.

MMAtrainingplan.com was created as a resource for the most affordable and successful MMA training programs available. You can download their now free exclusive ebook: “4 Simple Steps to Becoming a Destroyer in the cage”.http://mmatrainingplan.com/

One if by land, Two if by sea

In 1775, Paul Revere let the colonials know that the British were coming.  It marked the beginning of our fight for freedom.  Now we have another fight ahead of us.  The UK and USA face off once again in the realm of MMA.  The new season of The Ultimate Fighter will begin April first.

To read the rest: http://www.buzzereagle.com/one-if-by-land-two-if-by-sea/

D’Arce Choke

Here is a great video I found to explain how to do an underused choke.

You Can’t Beat Me! – New eBook

Not only for the martial artists. This book will benefit everyone. Joe covers verbal disputes, arguments, as well as physical fighting. It is a must read for everyone who wants to win every
fight or avoid them all together.You Can’t Beat Me is the first in a series of books covering the art and science of fighting. This first book is for everyone. It covers the motives behind fights and the strategies to take to avoid or win at every fight. To avoid fights, you have to know how to break the cycle and Joe teaches us all how.This eBook is 5 chapters long and comes in an elctronic format.Buy now securely through PayPal for only $3.95 at www.inspiretomorrow.com/ebooks.html

Here are some recent reviews:

“You can’t beat me” by Joe Lawrence is great at providing you with the knowledge to formulate an offensive and defensive strategy whether you are on the street or in the board room.” – Chris Hubinsky, President, Hucor Technologies .

“Reading this book has taught me to look at every situation in a different way. I have employed these strategies in my life and have already noticed change.” – Matthew Carman, President, Integrity Accounting and Tax.

“Joe Lawrence reveals the art of fighting is within your own mind; that there is no difference in either physical combat or verbal debate. …A must read for the mental warrior!”
– Brian Vandersall, Fights Like a Girl – Rape Escape

You Can’t Beat Me – release date change

Hey everyone, I just got the book back from my editor and I’m performing the final edit on the book as we speak.

It will not be out until Friday, 13 March. 

I received a great comment from one of the reviewers:  “Joe Lawrence reveals the art of fighting is within your own mind; that there is no difference in either physical combat or verbal debate. …A must read for the mental warrior!”
– Brian Vandersall

Here is a peek at the cover…

Top 5 Submissions in UFC

Jesus Didn’t Tap, but many fighters who have been caught in one of these five submissions tapped.  Submission victories happen all the time, but Jason, CEO of Jesus Didn’t Tap, unleashes the top five in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Going back through the past twenty UFC fight nights over 40 fights have ended with one fighter tapping.  Jason says, “In Mixed Martial Arts to tap is to quit.”  Since UFC 76 five have grown to make Jesus Didn’t Tap’s top five list.  They are (in order of frequency): the rear naked choke, the guillotine choke, arm bar, the triangle choke and the heel hook.

Seventeen fighters have tasted defeat in the grips of the rear naked choke.  This choke is very tough for another to set up but once they do it is even tougher to shake them.  The difficult escape will secure its number one slot for quite some time.

In fact, chokes take three of the top five spots.  Most people have very little pain tolerance in the neck area and those who do freak out when they experience the choke sensation.  Arm bars and heel hooks attack the elbows and ankles.  Many fighters exhibit the ability to fight through these attacks and can actually slip out to avoid the tap out submission.

To avoid the pain and anguish of a defeat on the record, be sure to train on avoiding these top five winning moves.  Better yet, learn to use them to make the other guy tap.  Don’t be the statistic; instead make another be the poor sap on the next poll.

Jesus Didn’t Tap is growing right along with the popularity of the MMA industry.  To learn more about this company and brand go to http://www.jesusdidnttap.com/.

Core Exercises For MMA Using the Heavy Bag

When you think of a core exercise, most people think of doing situps, crunches, and the hundreds of variations of these exercises. These exercises are good for when you’re on your back in MMA, but aren’t as applicable to developing your core for striking power.

To develop your core so that your punches and kicks get harder and faster, you need to train your core in a standing position.

The medicine ball is the perfect tool to use to develop explosive hands because it develops your rotational power. But using the medicine ball requires you to be able to throw it – something not possible for many people who train in the gym (or have to train in the gym in winter, like here in Canada).

To get the same benefits as using a medicine ball, you can use a heavy bag.

You’re going to learn 2 exercises that will really develop explosive striking and you can do them at your MMA club.

Here’s the first one:

Heavy Bag Chest Throw

 

1. Stand in front of a heavy bag and push it up until it’s at a 45 degree angle and you’re holding your body at an angle
2. Take a wide stance and bend your knees to get in a quarter squat position
3. Throw the bag up and forward and catch it and repeat immediately

 

This exercise gives you the sagittal plane stability that you need to keep a solid base when you lean into a punch and connect.

The next exercise gives you the transverse plane stability for generating explosiveness in your strikes:

Heavy Bag Hand-to-Hand Pass

 

1. Stand in front of a heavy bag with a wide stance and bent knees
2. Keep good posture throughout
3. Throw the bag with one hand to the other as hard and fast as you can without losing your posture
4. Keep your abs tight (braced)

 

Now for each of these exercises, you want to do them quickly and explosively, but never lose your posture. Maintaining your posture is how you train the core muscles, once you lose it, the muscles you want to be working stop.

Instead of doing these exercises for reps, do them for time. Do as many as you can in 10-15 seconds, rest a minute between sets, then repeat for 3-5 sets each. You can also superset them, depending on your current fitness level and what you want to get out of the training.

Sometimes it can be tough to follow exercises from descriptions, so to see exactly what I’m talking about, click the following link to watch a video of these two exercises: => Core Exercises for MMA Using the Heavy Bag Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Eric_Wong

Who Wins? BJ Penn or GSP?

According to a question posted on Yahoo Answers…

Who will win UFC 94 – BJ Penn or Georges St. Pierre (GSP)?  The fans tell all…

GSP gets 9 votes and BJ receives 7.  Fans are pulling for GSP. Do you agree with their answers?

Answers are:

–          I say it’s going to be a real close fight but I’m going with youth and not just a real flexible dude w/BJJ, GSP has dominated people from the last fight when he still won, victory is victory, but BJ Penn is real good and much credit to trying to capture 2 belts!

–          BJ Penn

–          GSP for sure as long as he can keep the fight standing up. On the ground is a tossup cause even though BJ’s BJJ is good GSP’s wrestling is good and he’s got more lbs. in muscle than BJ considering he has to cut to make welterweight and he’s way too lean to make lightweight. He just might be able to overpower ‘The Prodigy” on the ground as long as he does not allow for even the slightest mistakes for Penn will most definitely be looking to capitalize on even the smallest of things.

–          I think that GSP will win because his wrestling is so good and, he will no doubt push the pace against BJ Penn, Penn is very good but if you look at his last 3 fights they’ve all been against guys who were at least 3 inches shorter than him (Pulver, Stevenson, & Sherk) and had a 3 inch reach disadvantage which resulted in him throwing a lot of jabs to set up other combos, but because GSP has a 3 inch reach advantage along with using kicks, I think he will be able to keep BJ at bay long enough to get some takedowns and punish him on the ground, plus 4 or 5 rounds w/ GSP is going to be tiring for anyone especially Penn. I see the fight resulting in GSP winning by decision again, because I don’t think that he will TKO or submit BJ. I think GSP’s wrestling will be the difference.

–          This is an easy question. Penn is going to win this with ease. People may not agree…… here are some things you may want to consider, First thing is in the first GSP Penn fight Penn was very dominate with GSP being 100%. Reason Penn lost was due to gassing out. Stamina was not up to par. With Penn being as focused as he now he can’t lose. I heard a video of Penn stating that he was looking to kill G in the ring not kidding. Will he do that, of course not? But with that mentality it will be hard for him to lose. GSP and Penn are my two favorite fighters don’t get me wrong I’m not a hater. With being said GSP is training with Olympic wrestlers from Beijing so his wrestling is the best in the UFC. BJ is slacking on the ground with BJJ. stand just about equal BJJ may edge. Bottom line we are in for a great fight enjoy and Penn will stop GSP with no problem. mark my words.

–          I would say GSP he is conditioned more, just look at his figure. BJ Penn is not so much even at 155. BJ Penn does not use kicks. GSP has a karate background so he has no problem sending a few kicks to the head. BJ BJJ is good but GSP stand up is good. So GSP has a advantage from the start, so BJ would have to take him down.
But any fighter can win anytime, because they make mistakes, but I’m rooting for GSP

–          St. Pierre will win. Although Penn’s skills have improved, St. Pierre is all around the more conditioned athlete. He out-wrestled two decorated wrestlers, and he will not get caught in a stupid submission. He’s learned by his mistakes in the past, and he’ll be able to out-last Penn.

–          GSP IS GONNA WHOOP THAT ***!!   It’s going to be like GSP/Serra 2

–          Georges St. Pierre is going to win

–          GSP Will win no doubt

–          I think Penn is going to take the belt at UFC 94.

–          I’m going for Penn on this one even though GSP is on his game, I just don’t think he will beat Penn again

–          Toss up both good fighters I will go with Penn he is so relaxed when fighting and GSP is great but a lil’ stiffer

–          GSP via 5 round decision. I’m going to go 49-46 on the score cards.

–          BJ Penn all day he’s going to knockout GSP ugly *** out

–          I love BJ Penn!!! He will win by a submission!!!

UFC 94 – U Pick Contest

UFC 94 is right around the corner and we are ready to have another contest!

Simply, email me (joeylaw34@gmail.com) who you think will win each fight and in what round.  Whoever has the most correct fighters wins.  The round numbers are only for tie breakers.

I am still securing a prize for the winner.  Last time: Ed H. won a T-Shirt from NoSubmit.com.  The more people we get, the better the prizes…so tell everyone!

The top five fights and fighters:

George St-Pierre vs. B.J. Penn
Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva
Stephan Bonnar vs. Jon Jones
Karo Parisyan vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Nate Diaz vs. Clay Guida

Email me at joeylaw34@gmail.com

By the way trash talk is highly encouraged 🙂

Strategies of Fighting…(excerpt You Can’t Beat Me!)

There is a video on the Internet titled, “The Battle at Kruger.”  In this video there is a herd of water buffalo in the African wild approaching a pond for some refreshment.  Off to the side there is a pride of lions crouching and waiting to make their move on the herd.  The herd migrates closer and closer to the lions until all of a sudden one buffalo spots the lions.  He turns and runs and the herd follows.

 

The lions pursue the herd and find a straggler.  There is a baby buffalo that falls behind and becomes the focus of the lions’ aggression.  The lions tackle this little guy into the water.  They get him under control and begin to drag him out of the water when a crocodile latches on to his leg.  It is now a tug of war between the lions and the crocodile.

 

The lions finally pull him free and onto the shore.  Meanwhile the herd of buffalo discovers the little guy is missing and returns to help.  The herd surrounds the lions and they begin to remove the lions one by one.  Finally, the baby buffalo is freed and the lions are chased off.

 

Don’t worry I didn’t ruin the video, if you decide to view it you will still be amazed.  The reason I told you all of this is that this video exemplifies the strategies of a fight.  There are three and they are offence, defense and to remain neutral.  We are familiar with what these three words mean already but this chapter will relate them to a fight and give you the knowledge to determine what strategy is best for the moment.

 

 

More to come…