Sparring sessions from hell!

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Phenom
Date: March 27, 2009 at 08:38 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/sparring-sessions-from-hell.11966/

We have a thread about funny sparring sessions, so I thought we needed one for those sparring sessions that are just brutal.
Thursday night after thge last class is always hard sparring night, we spar on other days too but Thursdays are always the hardest.
Myself and another guy from the gym are training for fights so we had the hard part. The session was absolutely brutal. Here is the breakdown
We warmed up with 5 minutes of jump rope, 5 minutes of footwork.
Then we did 9 3minute rounds broken up like this.
(there were 7 other guys that rotated in on us including Leben)
The first 3 rounds were just kickboxing with 25 second rests between rounds. After those three were over we got 1 minute to rest.
The next 3 rounds were kickboxing with takedowns with only 20 second rests between rounds. again after those three we had a 1 minute break.
the last three rounds were full MMA with big gloves. and only 15 second breaks between rounds.
by the MMA rounds you are worn out and digging deep, byt the last MMa round you are just surviving at that point.
So I know there are other guys on here that fight/train and you guys must have some sparring sessions from hell to talk about.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: clockwerk
Date: March 27, 2009 at 01:47 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/sparring-sessions-from-hell.11966/

Phenom said:
We have a thread about funny sparring sessions, so I thought we needed one for those sparring sessions that are just brutal.
Thursday night after thge last class is always hard sparring night, we spar on other days too but Thursdays are always the hardest.
Myself and another guy from the gym are training for fights so we had the hard part. The session was absolutely brutal. Here is the breakdown
We warmed up with 5 minutes of jump rope, 5 minutes of footwork.
Then we did 9 3minute rounds broken up like this.
(there were 7 other guys that rotated in on us including Leben)
The first 3 rounds were just kickboxing with 25 second rests between rounds. After those three were over we got 1 minute to rest.
The next 3 rounds were kickboxing with takedowns with only 20 second rests between rounds. again after those three we had a 1 minute break.
the last three rounds were full MMA with big gloves. and only 15 second breaks between rounds.
by the MMA rounds you are worn out and digging deep, byt the last MMa round you are just surviving at that point.
So I know there are other guys on here that fight/train and you guys must have some sparring sessions from hell to talk about.
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Wow. That's hell.
I haven't had too many brutal seesions since I got back to training, but there's one I'll NEVER forget a few years back.
My classmate and I were getting ready for a full contact tournament. We weren't overly structured back then (this is pre-Dana UFC time) so we just decided to spar hard until someone won. Of course, we had been training together for years at this point, so we knew each other like backs of our hands. We sparred for 45 minutes straight until I finally buckled to a kick that caught the inside of my knee. Easily the most exhausted and beat up I have ever been in my life.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: bigskinny22
Date: March 29, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/sparring-sessions-from-hell.11966/

When i was boxing they loved to do long and extensive workouts on Friday afternoons. Calisthenics, Bag work, Mit work, jump rope, etc ... for a good 2hrs and then they would say "OK whos sparring tonight". We would get in there already drained barely keeping hands at chin level and they would rotate fresh ppl in every round for 6rounds. UGGGhhhhh.......

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: ACOGSCOPE
Date: March 30, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/sparring-sessions-from-hell.11966/

Phenom said:
We have a thread about funny sparring sessions, so I thought we needed one for those sparring sessions that are just brutal.
Thursday night after thge last class is always hard sparring night, we spar on other days too but Thursdays are always the hardest.
Myself and another guy from the gym are training for fights so we had the hard part. The session was absolutely brutal. Here is the breakdown
We warmed up with 5 minutes of jump rope, 5 minutes of footwork.
Then we did 9 3minute rounds broken up like this.
(there were 7 other guys that rotated in on us including Leben)
The first 3 rounds were just kickboxing with 25 second rests between rounds. After those three were over we got 1 minute to rest.
The next 3 rounds were kickboxing with takedowns with only 20 second rests between rounds. again after those three we had a 1 minute break.
the last three rounds were full MMA with big gloves. and only 15 second breaks between rounds.
by the MMA rounds you are worn out and digging deep, byt the last MMa round you are just surviving at that point.
So I know there are other guys on here that fight/train and you guys must have some sparring sessions from hell to talk about.
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That sounds tough man. I was sparring the last 15 minutes of class on Thursday and we were doing 1 min rounds and rotating. I could barely keep my hands up at the end of class and just jabbing away haha. Man I need to get my gas tank back. Damn neck injury!
I remember when I was able to go an hour straight sparring.(with rest in between rounds)
Now that I am laid off, I will be working my way back into fighting shape.