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Many people remember seeing the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) on TV back in the mid-nineties when it was marketed as an anything goes bloodsport, and that image, though it should be credited for what it did in terms of building the brand from scratch, has haunted the UFC for years. Even after adding weight classes and new rules, as well as getting the sport sanctioned all over the country, many people still see it as cockfighting. Some people think every contact sport is too brutal, but I’m not talking about those loons.

I’m talking about the football and boxing fans still bash the UFC and say that the fights are too brutal, when in comparison, boxing is actually more dangerous for the fighters. Boxers take incredible shots to the head over and over again, and when they get knocked down by a punch, they are allowed ten seconds to get up and keep fighting. The only option in a boxing ring is to get knocked out/tkod, get a knockout/tko, or fight to a decision.

Football is basically a sport where giant men run full speed into each other over and over and over again. Football players of all ages sustain career ending injuries, and some have even died during play.

By comparison, the UFC doesn’t seem nearly as dangerous, let alone deadly for the participants.

In the UFC, the fighters aren’t forced to constantly trade punches. Due to the fact that MMA includes wrestling, Brazilain Jui-jitsu, boxing, and kickboxing, there are more ways to finish the fight. Sometimes a fight in the UFC will finish with neither fighter taking any punches, due to the ability of the fighter to take their opponent down and apply for submissions on the ground.

For those who would still disagree with me, think about this: At least one boxer dies every year in the ring. No fight in the UFC has ever resulted in a fighter being seriously injured, and a fighter has never died in the Octagon.

The fact is, the UFC is the most entertaining sport to watch, and it is a shame some people can’t see it for what it is: a physical chessmatch.

What’s the Borneo Monster MMA & boxing fitness conditioning tactic*?

So here’s the story…

The biggest guy I know (well he was the biggest guy) literally showed up at the boxing fitness club after we hadn’t seen him for a year with a rock-solid chiseled body and six-pack abs…

We immediately rushed to “interview” him so we could learn his secrets. His nickname at the boxing fitness club is now the borneo monster because he was so overweight and now he’s an MMA & boxing monster with an awesome body.

So how did the borneo monster lose so much weight so fast and literally chisel his body? It’s because he learned the secret fitness techniques of professional MMA & boxing fighters…

Here, I’ll let him explain:

“hey guys and gals, to lose weight and/or get super ripped without having to resort to tactics that could put you in danger just simply follow the pros!

I suffered from health problems because of my poor fitness…So things had to change for me quickly.

This made me go on a journey to discover the pros deepest MMA & boxing fitness secrets…because I know these guys and gals get results fast.

Getting in touch with an actual professional MMA & boxing fitness trainer, I deciphened the secrets mixed martial artists & boxers use to get their physiques…And fast!

These 5 secrets are pure gold…

1. It’s all about intense workouts that aren’t boring. If you have a boring workout, you’ll give up. We’re human and we need a little excitement.

2. Also, you need an intense workout that you can do at home or at the gym. A flexible workout. Sometimes I would just get up off my computer and start doing them…In the house.

3. All you gotta do to get a level of fitness and physique that people would truly admire (those of pro MMA & boxing fighters) is train effectively – 3 days a week for 1 hour. Not bad at all…

4. The secret you can’t ignore to losing weight and getting ripped super fast is to do exercises that train the entire body and your core at the same time. That’s why boxing fitness is awesome!

5. Have a simple nutrition program to ensure that your body is getting lean even while you’re not working out…A system that works on pure autopilot.

Plus, if you have exciting workouts you’ll actually look forward to doing them. So that’s the real trick. MMA & boxing fitness exercises are great because you’ll have a lot of fun and you’ll be learning real skills.

Hence, after my research I realized that MMA & boxing workouts were #1 for fitness and losing weight. Diets suck! Trust me, I’ve tried em all!

A great exercise that professional fighters use is the 1-arm tripod row: Take a dumbell in one hand. Put your free arm out and find something to lean that up against so your body, arm, and ground form a triangle. Pull the weight up to your lats. This forces you to heavily engage your core and pulling muscles.

Try doing 1 set of 50, then mix it up. The next week do 4 sets of 15. Then get back to 3 sets of 10 with more weight.

Even a giant monster like myself can lose weight and get super lean, super fast…Without taking b.s. supplements.”

So there you have it. The borneo monster speaks.

Teens rising up in troubled neighborhoods usually come across by themselves drawn into seedy predicaments versus their will. Whether or not it is peer stress, or a sensation of despair for the foreseeable future, lots of of today’s youth fall prey to the allures of gangs, violence, and medication. An individual of the most productive approaches to circumvent this calamity is by producing guaranteed these kids keep energetic in right after-school plans.

A single of the greatest actions for young children and teenagers to participate in are the fitness plans held in their educational institutions or neighborhood gyms. There are community fitness centers like these all across the nation. Their achievement stories under no circumstances cease to inspire. Regardless of whether it is boxing, basketball, or badminton, scientific tests have revealed that soon after-school routines substantially reduce incidence charges of violence and crime among teenagers.rs.

Packages like ones organized by Horace Bryant at the Fourth Street Youth Boxing Fitness center in Minnesota are ideal examples of the preventative ability of these clubs. Bryant observed the trouble that teenagers in his neighborhood have been obtaining in to, and wished to make a big difference. That’s why he coordinated his youth outreach software with the owners of his community gymnasium.

Take a glimpse at the case of a young man named Chris Watson. Chris was involved in difficulty with the law actually since he was 14 years aged. He had been arrested a number of times, dropped out of college in 2007, and was even charged with a felony. Watson stated that he would have most likely ongoing down the bleak route he was on if it weren’t for his nearby boxing system.

“I just had absolutely nothing to do back again in the day I wasn’t doing work,” Watson claimed. “I had so quite a few associates I didn’t know what to do with and they have been often carrying out something illegal or anything entertaining. Actually due to the fact I satisfied Horace, heading to the gym is what I glimpse forward to each day. I can not wait around to get off work and go boxing.” Bryant not only aided Watson with his education, but also aided him get a task. Chris is now learning to finish his GED, and hopes to someday inspire little ones the way that Bryant inspired him and saved him from the streets.

Gyms and stories like this exist all above the nation. It is remarkably essential to assistance systems like these. These organizations boost the lives of the little ones enrolled in it, even though at the very same time decreasing costs of crime and violence in their surrounding neighborhoods. Sad to say, because of to the recent economic downturn, significantly of the funding to these software programs by way of state and federal grants has been slashed. Usually occasions these gyms rely on donations to acquire MMA tools to aid them put together for matches. That is why it is so crucial to identify how critical these applications are to our communities all around the nation, and the universe.

Examine out far more about Horace Bryant’s software at the Fourth Street Youth Boxing Fitness center in Minnesota.

Let’s Compare Boxing Vs. MMA

The sport of professional boxing requires life support for sustainability. Who cares, seriously? I mean, how many people do YOU know currently keeping up with boxer’s statistics? Hard to find.

Whatever happened to inviting buddies while attending a good brawl? Truth is, today’s media developed and projected a more profitable contact sport. With today’s top paid boxers profiting so well from their contractual earnings, the sport still limps along. And limp along badly does it ever. Boxing’s pay-per-view numbers and statistics don’t lie.

When I asked several boxers (pro and amateur) about the current state of the sweet-science I got differing opinions. One of the pros even mentioned that boxing right now is just going through a “Dry spell” and will return to the pinnacle of brutal combatant-like sportsmanship of which it has lost vigor. Before determining why boxing fell off so should a person research exactly the sport’s demographic. Corporate entities involved eventually jumped ship. The mass media marketing campaigns took a hike for better opportunity, aka Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).

So what’s that tell you? It’s about the money.

Without Floyd Mayweather fighting, we may very well witness the funeral of a sport with such a flamboyant history. His remaining boxing career is the sport’s sole stock in its entirety. Sure, I hear it everywhere I go because everyone already knows that when Mayweather retires as a boxer so will the professional sport.

A younger Floyd Mayweather even predicted this by saying, “MMA is for beer drinkers, (while) Boxing is for everybody.”

What young Floyd meant by that speculative comment is that the corporations had latched onto a new market. Seriously, just look at everything projected on television now. The new “tough guy” is in, and this time hand speed and punches just aren’t tough enough. Just observe how various MMA organizations now dominate the sports industry awhile Floyd Mayweather fights healthy and actively.

“Floyd is the bread of boxing. Everybody comes out to watch him fight. When he leaves, his current supporters will flock to MMA.”

~Jonathan Percy, Professional Lightweight

Many pro fighters in boxing and MMA feel like Floyd Mayweather is the only hope left.

Why? Because no other fighter frequents his militant training regimen; Mayweather Jr. today at 36 years old endures daily physical sparring sessions. Floyd’s sparring make his actual fight night bouts seem like a 1/4 speed light practice warmup, literally! So much for others such as Manny Pacquiao to carry on such greatness. No offense, Manny.

Here’s Proof That “Money Talks”

People jokingly describe boxing soon becoming bankrupt because of MMA and Mayweather’s enormous payouts. But that’s just how vital this single man is to his sport.

“No athletes in any other sport hold value like Floyd Mayweather’s family name does in boxing today. Not anywhere even close.”

~Andre Preneur, Sports Analyst from TrickingisTricking.com

MMA is still yet a potentially experimental and ever-growing market. Afterall, it’s only been at the forefront of brutality sports in the mainstream now since 2007. Though not as flourishing today there will always be at least a small margin of dedicated individuals who will preserve the science of boxing. Perhaps if the MMA organizations further capitalize in marketing I would even foresee a boxing underground. For some really are boxing fans and not temporary Mayweather bandwagon wannabes due to his overall professional record.

Mark my words: When Mayweather is gone, so is the fundamental elements in boxing.

Need proof?
The proof is in Mayweather’s paychecks. Why would an entire corporate-owned conglomerate pay a single athlete so much money? That’s simple. It is because “Prettyboy” Floyd “Money” Mayweather is boxing’s sole saviour, period. Style, charisma and hand speed never blended so well.

Rumor has it that Showtime is considering a decrease in business once Mayweather retires which is why they offered Floyd such a huge contract. Showtime’s bid for Floyd was pretty sweet. It guarantees a minimum $32 million + per fight. Both parties agreed to a 6-fight deal. All fights must occur within a 36 month (3 year) period.

Hidden from the public are the stimulative agreements withstanding should Floyd retire, get knocked out or otherwise fail to meet the contract clause. Is that a smart move for Showtime? You bet. Especially since its main competitor and rival HBO has now lost its one-man boxing franchise. Perhaps Mayweather Jr. himself said it best, “I box for money, belts just collect dust in the end.”

Doubt him if you will but the entire sports community will shatter upon this one man’s departure of the sport that he so devoted his entire life. Greatness is alike. And so the idea of Floyd’s lasting retirement only stirs thoughts remnant of Michael Jordan. He’s secured his legacy in the boxing ring many times over for many years undoubtedly.

What Is Mayweather’s Final Decision?

It seems that retirement is definitely on his mind within the next 4 years. Just evaluate the outrageous but actual figures of his recent contract. Never has a modern day athlete been by far the #1 highest paid without receiving any mainstream commercial endorsement and sponsorship via contractual agreement. The Mayweather Family name carries its own particularly distinctive brand of superiority and personality, altogether.

Is charisma worthy of challenging that of the OTHER “Greatest of all-time”?
Don’t doubt it.

Pay-per-view records shattered… Check.
Worldwide pandemonium… Check.
All the money essentially a hard working honest young man could ever dream for… Check.
Solidifying and reshaping the dynamics of a traditionally manifested, once culturally-enriched physical art-form only to exit under-appreciated and forgotten for a lost cause… Check.

“Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will soon again retire from the professional sport of boxing.”

When this does ensue, I’ll attempt so desperately NOT to grow wild facial hair, get covered in tacky meaningless tattoos, boastfully flaunt my wealth, add gel and spike my hair, nor wear Ed Hardy clothing and “Affliction” t-shirts. No thanks, I’ll stick to watching reruns courtesy of Floyd Mayweather.

If you don’t want your hands to get all torn up, heavy bag gloves are the answer. When I first trained on a sand bag, I ended up with bloody knuckles.

One thing to be stressed is that bag gloves are meant for training and not for use with an opponent. They are made with little padding and will not protect your partner.

It is up to you whether to use hand wraps. Just be sure to size your gloves accordingly. Heavier gloves will help condition you for the rigors of boxing.

Hand wraps offer wrist protection which can be good but you will also want to work up to not using them so you can condition for ground fighting which requires mobility in the wrists.

Traditional Boxing Gloves

Should I use boxing gloves for the heavy bag workout or do I need bag gloves? It is up to you. There are some pluses and minuses to both.

There is no problem in using your 16 ounce boxing gloves on the bag. But you can save the wear and tear on your more expensive boxing gloves, by using the bag gloves.

Heavy bag gloves are leather or vinyl style ‘mittens’ that contain a decent amount of padding on the knuckles while also providing enough wrist support that errant injuries may not occur.

Construction

Of course it is not to say that you have complete protection, but they do certainly cut down to risk of injury.

The heavy bag is designed to optimize power and endurance so that is why it has little give. Therefore, you will need to be able to hit the bag with force and not worry about getting injured.

Since the heavy bag is hard and heavy, you obviously need to hit it hard as well. It will not give so in order to punch it hard without getting hurt, you need protection.

Other Workouts

Bag gloves can also be employed in other workouts in the gym. They can be used to hit the double end bag or focus mitts. What they cannot be used for is sparring since they are far too light to be used safely.

Do not use MMA gloves on the heavy bag unless you want to replace them soon. You’ll end up wearing out the gloves quickly and risking hurting your fingers. MMA gloves are not a good choice.

What To Purchase

When you buy heavy bag gloves, you want to purchase ones with enough protection, not the ultra-thin ones that do not provide enough support.

They simply do not provide the protection that you need. Heavier and more durable bag gloves produced by name brands are most definitely what you should look for instead as these are the top items to wear.

I recommend UFC bag gloves, along with the Century heavy bag gloves. Bad Boy, a UFC sponsor, also has a nice set up gloves. I have had experience with all of these, and they will all work great for bag work.