i was having a discussion the other day about the amount of active big guys in oz mma, it seems that there r a ton of smaller guys, but the heavier guys r few and far between.
u of course have the perennial names such as dave frendin, nathan white. but who else is there that is actively fighting or wants to fight at the top level, i know that elvis and perosh r up there, but they r international now. i hear that kym robinson is on the comeback trail.
and where did andrew gorton go? he fell off the map
Lot more boxers in the welterweight 63kgs to the lightheavy weights 79kgs than there is at the heavyweight.
The is alot of guys walking around the street at 90+ kgs but these guys are eating right and training 6 days a week, Most fighters try to cut weight to get into the lighter divisions. So maybe a guy walking around at 90 kgs would fight as a 79kgs fighter.
Im currently walking around at 98kg, while coaching and in idel training for myself. I would really like to fight, and I would really like to re-build myself as a fighter.
I am un-certain as to how I am to do this in todays current land scape. Perhaps fight as a HW ?
I always hoped to match with you, as I never really got to test myself against a Grappling stylist, most of my opponents were mainly strikers.
Warriors Realm would probably be best format for 2 grappling stylists?
These days I'm kind of retired, injuries more than anything.
Good luck finding a match, shame the HW class isn't more alive in Australia, I thought the Spartan 8 man really heated that class up but it didn't really find any longevity.
I've been feeling keen to have another go. My BJJ is coming along really nicely and, FS wrestled for ages after my last fight.... I'm just old and, tired and, not sure I can get the conditioning back.... it's a shame 'cause I'm heaps better now than when I was competing...
is there old man rules??? ie 2 min rounds w/5 min break :-D
Would be a privellege to fight some one of your skill. I am coaching and working at the moment, but I am training on the pretense that something may be on the horizon.
In-activity sucks, and makes one complacent. And as the saying goes your only as good as your last fight which makes me nothing more than a first round TKO statistic.
I feel that what doesnt help MMA activity levels is that shows are all virtually on the same weekend.