What I’ve learnt from fighting: 1. It depends on who your fighting doesn’t matter where to win 2. Ucmma and cage warriors usually produce some of the best of England top level athletes. 3. The best renowned shows are belllator and ufc in terms of fighters housing grounds it’s assumed you fight there or against someone from there you really made it to the top not always necessarily true. For instance a former proposed Bellator opponent John Ross 2-2 I was meant to fight in 2022 as a warm up he managed to gain two wins as a pro and get a Bellator fight and had a balanced Professional record of 2-2 with 15 losses as an amateur. My other former opponent Liam Etebar 8-3 tougher than most B grade fighters can operate at grade A level and has success against more skilled opponents therefore him being scheduled for that show. My team mate Amir Albazi fought Jose Torres a UFC fighter on brave fc and despite losing opened the door for the UFC and showing that he could compete at that level despite his other highlight being fighting on Bellator 200. Another example would be Israel adesanya getting knocked out on glory kickboxing by Alex pereira (6-1) that also opened doors for him and he become UFC champion as he was a fantastic striker and thoroughbred. Pavel Dorftei fought on Ucmma and defeated a ufc fighter and showed his impressive ability as well. 4. You need to have money to sustain yourself and 24 hour care like rich boxers to hit great levels in terms of optimum performance to focus and make that your life and to some feel some satisfaction ideally for more mixed martial arts this would be ideal to be more driven and to prosper from MMA and for it to be worth it financially. A heavyweight title fight in boxing can generate millions and MMA mere couple hundred grand. I think a fight like Joshua v Usyk they took 30 mill each. Francis Ngannou took 400 grand for a heavyweight title fight … e.g. Floyd Mayweather does 24 hour training around the clock to be honest I could afford to do that and I did whilst younger. MMA establishments don’t really have that pulling power financially over the majority compared to boxing and after a few mill that boxing can generate. Boxers realise boxing becomes more feasible long term and they realise it’s worth it too. 5. It’s a certain skill level of artists (grade a,b,c,d) I realised even with the grade of athlete people like Khabib, Jon jones and GSP still maintain a gap between them and even grade A athletes. A grade athletes are usually thoroughbred live and breath MMA and can mix it up at the highest level usually almost all UFC and mostly majority of Bellator athletes compromise of them and from other shows or just fighters at that level. But then you have b level athletes who can take A grade athletes and borderline with them as phenomenal athletes also but they can have records where they succumb to people with average win-loss ratios. Remember this would also depend on the opposition they have fought. Then c grade athletes usually used for performance building definitely have the capability but perhaps haven’t trained at better gyms or some are just rather naturals or prove to be a threat also and can also upset the odds but generally pretty susceptible and generally lose. Then D grade athletes are usually where they are used to give athletes experience and very occasionally on the larger shows. Generally speaking these athletes succumb easily however a lucky shot or something practised as they are in there for a reason does mean they have the capability. 6. Generally numerous ways to lose in MMA with so many possibilities in fights and inevitable unless your like Khabib or Jon jones etc . I guess they perfected style with generally no weaknesses. 7. With boxing one art can be winged along and utilised against more opponents with less infinite possibilities to encounter against. 8. Everything is about timing right amount if input from yourself and coaches and resources given to you at the time also you the need right gym and people to be a champion and sacrifice many years of your life unless you start early or plan how you want to do it. It is hard to do it in MMA with no money as driving factor and usually must be just determination or wanting to succeed in general. 9. Too much talent in the room benefits everyone skill wise but some are neglected or resources can’t be utilised on them and some aren’t even sellable. Also not enough talent in the room means some make it who are just pushed and perhaps not the best at their craft. Persistence is key and longevity to succeed at all generally. 10. Records matter but generally the main factor is the fighter himself there’s some guys out here with better records than the phenomenal Henry Cejudo 16-2 with records like 12-0 or 14-0 who may have had cuddled records with suited opponents to get recognised not saying they aren’t tough or haven’t had tough bouts. But my team mate Marvin Vettori fought Israel Adensanya almost straight away on the UFC promotion. Some of these fighters have a rough way up and some are elected opponents to build either way when they generally at that level bombs can go off on game day on either side. Also key to note the calibre of opponents they generally succumb to not always true as we can all have a blip on game day but generally an indication. 11. You need goals to kind of get what you want and figure out which direction you’re going or what you want from your career or as a recreational athlete. That helped me understand what I wanted or needed to get and to find out what industry I was in. So grateful to just be apart of it and still kind of deciding on what more I want to do. I decided if I were to fight in MMA would need an incentive with regards to where. I would consider grappling matches in the future also. 🙏🏽
