This time I am fighting a guy who is 1-0, he won his first fight by armbar. He is a blue belt in jiu jitsu and is undefeated as a kickboxer and boxer. He is 18 years old but looks quite broad, he won't be a small flyweight. Needless to say this guy presents some good problems for me, this will be a real test. I am as motivated as I have ever been. We are 4 weeks out roughly. I am 139lbs, a little out of shape but I have time on my side and I will be on fire come fight night.
I think his plan will be to stand with me until I land some shots and get in his face from the opening bell then he will look for the takedown. Straight off the bat I am thinking I will stand with him, put some heat on him and make him look for a takedown, that's when the party starts. I have very good TDD and am more than confident of being able to out grapple this guy in the clinch and get my own takedown. Even if he succeeds in getting me down, I am not worried, I have tapped blue belts who had at least 20lbs on me, this guy won't produce anything I haven't seen yet. If I settle down in the first 30 seconds and manage to keep up a good pace without gassing, this is my fight to lose. My prediction is to win by high elbow guillotine in the first.
Get ready to see this again
WAR DACEBANDIT
Watch some of Aldo's, Machida's and Barão's fights to get even more confident in your TDD.
Maybe practice a flying knee aldo-cub style?
keep us updated
Bit quick for an update but what the hell.
I literally just had the best training session I have ever had, I just ran through everyone, felt like I was in the matrix, it all just clicked tonight. A special feeling. I've had a really rough time lately, financial pressure, depression, lost my job and had super tough exams all in the middle, one of which I passed today. For a long time MMA was the only thing that made me happy, competing and having a date marked in the calendar, it seems to be one of the things that can always wipe away the depression clouds for a while if I am training for a fight or whatever. So happy to have got a fight now and have some focus again. Sorry to get soppy on the forum but competition makes me feel alive and being able to compete and share my experiences with you guys gives me a sense of pride. A special shout out goes to @copperheart, he was really there for me recently when I had a rough night.
darcebandit said:
Bit quick for an update but what the hell.
I literally just had the best training session I have ever had, I just ran through everyone, felt like I was in the matrix, it all just clicked tonight. A special feeling. I've had a really rough time lately, financial pressure, depression, lost my job and had super tough exams all in the middle, one of which I passed today. For a long time MMA was the only thing that made me happy, competing and having a date marked in the calendar, it seems to be one of the things that can always wipe away the depression clouds for a while if I am training for a fight or whatever. So happy to have got a fight now and have some focus again. Sorry to get soppy on the forum but competition makes me feel alive and being able to compete and share my experiences with you guys gives me a sense of pride. A special shout out goes to @copperheart, he was really there for me recently when I had a rough night.
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Glad the condom didn't break.
CopperHeart said:
Glad the condom didn't break.
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It did... Darce pulled some sabotage Sh!t on your' A$$.
. But seriously?' Glad to hear you helped the young warrior get through a bad night
thedoop said:
ERMEGERD
LETS GOOO DAAAAAAARCE LETS GO
I'll grab my pom poms and mini skirt
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I hope you realize, even with the short skirt and Pom Poms you cannot usurp me as the no 1 American fan of one Darcebandit...right? Close second maybe, the more the merrier I say. Oh and I want Pics or GtFO!
Spidy said:
I hope you realize, even with the short skirt and Pom Poms you cannot usurp me as the no 1 American fan of one Darcebandit...right? Close second maybe, the more the merrier I say. Oh and I want Pics or GtFO!
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< CANADIAN
also
Thanks guys, you will both be wearing navy and light blue, the Dublin colours.
Two reasons.
1. To piss @smartigan off because it's the Dublin colours, not the Limerick colours which I would normally represent and
2. It will get this guy's fans riled up because he is from Meath, a rival County.
Did sprints this morning, 30 second sprint, 60 second jog for 8 rounds, gonna do some weights later, some stretching and shadow boxing.
Had a 2 hours training session Wednesday night, worked on finishing from the back which is a weakness of mine seemingly based on my last two fights and escaping the back mount. Rested yesterday
Originally posted by: BigSexyVreeland Date: August 23, 2014 at 05:10 PM Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/back-in-the-cage-21st-september.63661/
Hey Darce, I haven't really ever been a frequenter on the training board, so excuse me for the naivety. What's your record? And what's your training background?
BigSexyVreeland said:
Hey Darce, I haven't really ever been a frequenter on the training board, so excuse me for the naivety. What's your record? And what's your training background?
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1-1 Ammie mma. I train MMA, never trained martial arts separately. I much prefer jiu jitsu though and would be far better on the ground than on the feet but I am not too bad standing either. You train right?
