How Good Does My Cardio Have To Be To Fight In Mma?

Posted by admin on Feb 27, 2010 in MMA |

I currently run 8 miles a day. I’m 18 5’8 150lbs. I’m swithcing to MMA from hockey cause I stopped growing at 14. I have no martial arts experience but am going to start in 2 weeks when I get back from vacation.

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One Response to “How Good Does My Cardio Have To Be To Fight In Mma?”

James H says:
February 27, 2010 at 7:59 am

Cardio is super duper important. You make mistakes when you are tired. Most of these fights end when the looser makes a mistake and the winner capitalizes on it.
Most grappling contests (like wrestling or Judo) have a single match that may be 4 to 5 minutes. These guys fight 3 to 5 rounds back to back that are the same length. In those later rounds I bet many of these guys are blind with exhaustion.
Grappling is an anaerobic activity. It can push you to your maximum heart rate, and keep you there. And when you are maxed out you do silly things, later once your heart rate return to normal you think, “why did I make those mistakes?” The main way you minimize these effects is though cardio conditioning.

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