Here are two articles which I wrote with help from a sports coaching expert (Wayne Goldsmith, who has worked at high level in sports here in Australia) all based around the problems I see with fighters just training when they have fights coming up and slacking off in between.
http://deniskellymmacoaching.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/staying-fight-ready-part-1.html
http://deniskellymmacoaching.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/staying-fight-ready-part-2.html