UFC 112 Day 6
Today we had the open workouts for the fighters and press, the energy is so good and doesn’t even seem like people gonna fight soon.
After the media shooting a great way to start the day, Renzo and his stories, that guy should be a comedian, so many jiu-jitsu old school stories, it’s so inspiring to see how humble and positive he is, and after a lot of laugh we go down to business. Me , Demian, Renzo and Rilion go to the workout room to share some techniques and strategies, it’s interesting how many great ideas when we get together, the fundaments are the same but each one with one trick in the sleeve, and I had my piece and learn some stuff too, like his killing guillotine.
After almost an hour of knowledge exchange time to go have lunch and rest, the name of the game now is proper rest and accumulate energy.
So Maia is sleeping and I go enjoy the pool and do some weight lifting, even Im a coach, but training never stops.
Back to the room to rest is good for me too.
Later in the day, since the fight will be in an open arena, we go outside to do some mitt work, he needs to push his lungs and feel the air. Speaking on it, it’s very hot and humid here even though we are in the desert. Air is heavy and sometimes seems hard to breath. But Demian got acclimated and looked sharp on his hands, set ups and closing the gap. His curve is going up and as much as he rest and do proper nutrition, stronger he will be, the idea is get him on his peak, because I know Anderson worked very hard on defending himself against clinching and the ground, so Demian needs to be ready to spend some power if he need to.
After the mitt work outside we run straight for the workout room to do some closing gap and few rounds of grappling. I think everything is coming together, his speed, accuracy, flow and power are coming along.
After that, we run for dinner. Good thing in this team is that everybody is enjoying and keep the mood , we joke around all the time, I think some people , like Renzo, if fighting doesn’t work definitely the stage will be their ring.
Back to the room more jokes, after some time sharing rooms and we all here in the other side of the world, we look like brothers, we joke, we fight, and we have fun.
But the fun will become focus and when time comes we flip the switch and become an animal hunting his pray.
Wednesday press conference and time is coming….. fast. Can’t wait, I feel so energized that I could even fight….. feels good to be a fighter, coach and training partner… let’s do this…. JIU-JITSU all the way.
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tblanchard says:
I can’t wait to see Demian and Renzo pull out the win. It’s gonna be a great day for jiu jitsu!
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joejitsu says:
Thanks for the great write-ups!
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Three more days…Looking forward to seeing some excellent jiu-jitsu in the octagon.