Tips for people getting into fighting

Things to lookout for and whatnot. Post em if you got em.

1st thing I can think of is give the DJ your walkout music personally. A minute of face time can make a big difference. If you count on someone else to do it for you, especially someone you dont know, it will probably get replaced with something else by accident. Dj was missing before my last fight so I gave it to someone to give to him, then the order of fights was switched around and surprise, I had to walkout to some super low energy song from the 70's. I shouldnt have let it piss me off seconds before a fight but it did. I still think he may have been bribed to screw it up. Its a conspiracy theory now

If you dont have a 100 friends and family coming to your fights and getting tickets sold so the organization loves and looks out for you, make yourself stick out so people will remember you. I cant remember half the people I even see fight unless they are in my weight class, have a huge finish or look different from everyone else. I cant remember more than 2 or 3 faces from each Ultimate Fighter show season. All the fighters start to look the same very quickly.

-be easy to deal with don't pull out of fights, in winnipeg its hard to get fights because everyone cancels 5 times. Promoters don't like this the ideal promotion would know exactly who is fighting who months in advance but people always back out this causes stress.

-make sure your conditioning is there, i.e the fight might go to round 3 makes sure you still will have energy.

-don't do massive last minute weight cuts unless you can get the fluids back with iv drip

-don't skip ammy to go pro. even ronda rousey had 3 ammy fights first, are you better then her? no? then don't skip ammy


-pick a corner with experience that isn't freaking out and yelling random things non stop if they are calm you will be calm if they are frantic you will be frantic


-The more douchy your walk out strut the more likely you are to be nocked out

I only have 1 current pro fighter under me he was 5-1 in ammy and 3-0 in pro now I have 2 more people making there ammy debut in November/December

1-Research the promotion your fighting for and if you agree to a fight stick to that opponet dont let promoters do last min switches this usally means your orginal fight was never gonna happen and they needed you to get handed to a higher level fighter to pad his record and or cause no one will fight them with knowledge of there record.

2-RECORDS DONT MEAN SHIT!!!! cant say how many times i have seen people lie about these and or fight for promotions that dont turn in official records so on paper they have wayyyyy les fights then they really do.

-be your own hype man, you have how many fighters at your gym and you want your coach to handle all the booking sponsor hunting, dealing w promoters? he's gonna be a busy bitch, do the leg work yourself, (with your instructors permission)

-sponsors, finding a sponsor/s helps with everything and makes you look like a serious competitor

-know the enemy research everything

all great info!! if you want a serious pro career be critical and honest with yourself and be conscious of why you take certain fights and for who especially as a pro big difference in being 3-0 and 2-1 also bring something new to the table each session coaches can give hundreds of techs or ideas a day but its on the fighter to take it in an apply it, also it is a business stay proffesional stay aware and shit learn your trade:) and a lil off mr.hemp,try to fight promos that count or could lead you in the right direction to many shiity promos who will misuse you if they can it is the fighter's job to be aware, also on a side note those of us who corner you are your coaches not your towel boys or waiters bring your shit to the event or ask coach and im sure they will tell you what you need if its your first time. your ammy fights should be to test yourself but should still be pro-minded do that and have fun and work your ass off:)

Make sure you see your opponent weigh in. Dude stepped in the cage with me at 174 and I got smashed. Kentucky is very shady, plus at that time they didn't require blood work.

Can help to bring some puzzle mats with you. Warm up areas are often small and crowded, or have no mats at all. Having to wait your turn to work on some grappling can be annoying or trying to stretch with someone throwing combos right next to you



Most likely your opponent or his coach is studying any video they can find on you. Think of how to use what they expect you to do against them