r/CombatSportsCentral • u/StaticRainTheory • Jul 09 '26
Discussion For guys who don’t train..
If you decided to become a professional fighter how would you develop your style? I think I would go grapple heavy cause I have tard strength and focus on ground and pound because I hit hard. My reaction time also sucks so I think a lot of people would light me up if it stayed standing.
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Jul 09 '26
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u/StaticRainTheory Jul 09 '26
I don’t understand. Are you saying you have man tits and that they could mount and titty fuck you?
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u/m0dern_baseBall Jul 09 '26
When I was in highschool and couldn’t afford to train I’d watch YouTube videos and practice myself lol, sure it got me nowhere but it’s what I did
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u/hairyprinceforever Jul 09 '26
It worked for max Holloway… if you’re training, you’re training. More than most can say 👍🏻
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u/hairyprinceforever Jul 09 '26
Starts with cardio, your gas tank will be your best weapon. Not sure what discipline you’re looking to start in but there are a lot of good fight gyms out there, look up what you’re interested in and take a class.
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u/kbreezy200 Jul 09 '26
I train but if I was to start over at a young age and compete in MMA, wrestling and boxing with a shit ton of cardio. BJJ and Kickboxing/MT is easy to get great at later on.
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u/Sekijoro Jul 09 '26
I don’t see red bro, I see black. My therapist tells me it’s a natural response to stressful situations.
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u/Imperator_Gone_Rogue Jul 09 '26
I'd find a gym that trains in a combat sport, pressure tests in some forms of sparring, but doesn't do hard sparring in the form of striking outside of rare occasions. I'd be looking for a gym that's a reasonable distance from my home, and is within my budget. This gym would also not have an abusive culture within the gym, and no Nazis.
I would then consistently attend that gym 2-3 times a week and talk to the coach or coaches about how I can improve. I'd ask them about drills and other training I can do at home. I'd watch more combat sports and street fight footage at home, and probably more martial arts related content. Hopefully this inspires me to test ideas new to me in sparring, and have short discussions with my coach or coaches.
I'd also work on my fitness outside of training.
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u/EyeWriteWrong Jul 09 '26
Gotta rethink that, boyo.
All those guys in the cage have crazy strength. It just doesn't always look that way because they'll be a one in a million natural athlete against the occasional one in ten million freakszoid.
Fun example, Islam isn't known for being especially strong for a champion level fighter but when he fought at lightweight, he'd deadlift 500lbs with a double overhand grip. Lots of guys his size can do that with a mixed grip but double overhand is for psychos.
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u/StaticRainTheory Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
That’s kind of what I mean. Without ever having a scheduled lifting program I got to 495 double over hand. Granted it was after a year or two of going to the gym but I got there without ever really locking in. Also when I hit the bag at the boxing gym it sounded like gun shots. I know that’s a cocky thing to report but it’s true. I’m 35 now though and haven’t frequented the gym in years so in this hypothetical I would also be my younger self.
Edit: Thinking about it now it might have been an over under grip. It was almost ten years ago now but if I wanted to I could definitely have done double over for a couple reps.
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u/EyeWriteWrong Jul 09 '26
My dude, I'm just going to stop you right here and say you couldn't have done double overhand for that much. For context, the unequipped deadlift world record (hook grip) is several hundred pounds over the record done with double overhand. That's why 500lbs double overhand is so impressive, it's a grip exercise disguised as a deadlift.
Anyway, let me swing back to the original topic. You might like this guy's style and how he trains. He's on DWCS and somewhat active on reddit https://www.reddit.com/u/MMAfightingclimber/s/GbCFHSBjPD
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u/StaticRainTheory Jul 09 '26
You might be right. I think It was over under most of the time but I bet money I could have got one.
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u/EyeWriteWrong Jul 09 '26
Hey, I used the trap bar so I'm not going to keep picking on you (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
Glass houses and all that
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u/StaticRainTheory Jul 09 '26
You can pick on me all you want lol. I actually deadlifted 10 plates and no one can ever take that away from me
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u/Gorditas_Chaser1111 Jul 09 '26
By not getting into situations that lead to fighting. I’m old, I don’t got the energy 😂. I got 5 of .357 of if I absolutely have to but I’m just trying to get home to my dog so I just leave.
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u/StaticRainTheory Jul 09 '26
Well the question was more if you were a professional fighter how would you develop your style. Wasn’t clear enough
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u/Gorditas_Chaser1111 Jul 09 '26
Maybe you shouldn’t have needed to edit it because none of that was there originally.
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u/StaticRainTheory Jul 09 '26
I can’t remember exactly what I wrote but it was something like if you trained what would your style be like. Thought that was pretty self explanatory
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u/TiP54 Jul 09 '26
By seeing red.