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    Some of the key takeaways are that MMA is one of the fastest growing sports, training facilities have been growing, and champions can become millionaires. It also discusses some training methods used by MMA fighters and how the sport has evolved over time.

    Some of the training methods discussed are interval training like running 30 seconds and jogging for 90 seconds. Manual therapies like Active Release and microcurrent are also used. Restoration methods like water therapy and massage are recommended to aid recovery.

    In the early days, it was more discipline vs discipline with varying skill levels and few safety rules. Today, MMA fighters are trained in multiple disciplines and more rules are in place to protect fighters, like fights ending if a fighter can't defend themselves.

    FEATURE STORY

    Training Secrets of
    Mixed Martial Arts Fighters
    A backstage pass into the controversial world of this
    popular combat sport

    M
    ixed martial arts (MMA) exceeded $240 million! Because of medical doctors. In his practice, Kiss,
    is a combat sport that such financial incentives, serious who is a boxer, is trained in applied
    is unquestionably the MMA fighters are looking for the somatherapy, a form of hands-on soft-
    fastest-growing spectator sport in most knowledgeable strength coaches tissue therapy that focuses on address-
    the world. The Ultimate Fighting and therapists to keep them healthy ing the root cause of an injury. Gagné
    Championships were created in 1993, and in fighting form—individuals is a Posturologist and strength and
    generating a huge fan base as well as such as Jay Kiss and Paul Gagné. conditioning coach who is a regular
    numerous magazines and websites. Kiss and Gagné are co-owners contributor to BFS magazine. Among
    Training facilities have been springing of the Sports Performance Center in their clients are many MMA fighters,
    up in all the major cities. The cham- Montreal, Canada, a state-of-the-art including current UFC world welter-
    pions of the sport are millionaires, sports medicine and strength and weight champion Georges St-Pierre.
    major events earn millions at the gate, conditioning facility with an elite Although MMA is a controversial
    and last year pay-per-view revenues staff of sports medicine specialists and sport that many critics believe is too

    44 | BIGGER FASTER STRONGER MARCH/APRIL 2009


    dangerous, Kiss says that the sport has
    evolved to protect the fighters. “In
    the early days of the sport you didn’t
    have matches between mixed martial
    artists,” says Kiss. “What you had was
    discipline versus discipline, with per-
    haps the boxer versus the wrestler, or
    the wrestler versus the jujitsu fighter.”
    The skill levels of the competitors
    varied, and there were few rules to
    protect the fighters; consequently
    the risks of injury were extremely
    high. Today’s mixed martial artists
    are trained in a variety of fighting
    disciplines, and many more rules have
    been implemented to protect the
    fighters. Strength coach Paul Gagné (left) and applied somatherapist Jay Kiss (right) with
    Kiss also believes that MMA current UFC world welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. Gagné and Kiss are
    co-owners of a sports medicine and training facility in Montreal that works with
    fighting is safer than the sport of many elite MMA fighters.
    professional boxing; take for instance
    the tragic death of Duk Koo Kim and frequency-specific microcurrent ally need to be stronger and more
    after his fatal bout with Ray Mancini (which was examined in the January powerful. For this, he recommends
    in 1982. In the 13th round of that 2005 issue of BFS magazine). Kiss that MMA fighters perform several
    fight, Mancini landed 39 unanswered says that his staff also promotes the six-week cycles during the year of fast-
    punches. Kiss says that if an MMA use of restoration methods, such as twitch muscle exercises such as power
    fighter can’t defend themselves, the water therapy and massage, to enable cleans, along with heavy lower-body
    fight is over; in contrast, during a MMA fighters to recover faster and exercises such as Hex bar deadlifts.
    professional boxing match the referee avoid overtraining. He adds that some fighters focus
    can stop the fight for an 8-count and In the area of conditioning, Gagné on being strong at the expense of
    then let the fight continue. “I’m a says that the training of a mixed mar- endurance, but this is a mistake that
    boxer, and I can tell you that there are tial artist more closely resembles that intelligent competitors will exploit.
    some fighters whose heads and jaws of a wrestler than a boxer. “Because of “If those types of fighters go against
    seem to be made out of steel and can the longer duration of the rounds, and an opponent who has a good defense,
    take a lot of hits; but you put them because there is a lot of pushing and they are in trouble. That’s what hap-
    in an armlock or a knee lock and the shoving and different types of attack, pened to Kimbo Slice when he lost,
    pain of that hold will force them to MMA fighting is much more demand- and in fact that is what happened
    tap out. So I would say that from the ing on the energy system than box- to Mike Tyson when he lost against
    standpoint of punishment, MMA is ing.” He says that although there is an Buster Douglas – Tyson rarely got
    much safer than many other fighting aerobic component to the sport, MMA beat in the opening rounds because he
    sports.” Kiss also says he has not seen fighters have to be careful about over- was so powerful.”
    many concussions in MMA fighters. doing any distance running because As the popularity of MMA fight-
    Regarding injuries, Kiss says it’s very demanding on the nervous ing continues to grow, there is certain
    that he has treated everything from system and the immune system. “I to be considerably more research into
    groin strains to overuse injuries of the prefer having them do more interval the area of how to train these warrior
    shoulder but he has not seen any spe- type of training; for example, run for athletes and keep them healthy. But for
    cific patterns of injury among MMA 30 seconds, jog for 90.” now, it appears that fighters who work
    fighters. He says that he favors man- Regarding strength training, with Jay Kiss and Paul Gagné have a
    ual therapy, such as Active Release® Gagné says that MMA fighters gener- definite edge in the octagon.

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