Because MMA training requires a fighter to develop so many physical attributes simultaneously, MMA fighters often have trouble putting together workout programs that can effectively accomplish this, especially combining strength and conditioning.
Although there are definitely ways where a fighter can advance both his strength and conditioning equally, if a MMA'ist doesn't have a fight or competition in the near future, it can often be better idea to isolate one at a time. Whether or not a fighter wants to focus on developing his strength first and his conditioning second depends on each fighter and their strength and weaknesses.
For example, if a fighter feels he is particularly weak physically, but his cardio and conditioning is great, he can focus on just developing his strength for a couple of months, such as a 5 x 5 routine or singles, while just maintaining a decent amount of cardio. Then, when he feels he is strong enough, he can then work on maintaining his strength while then making the majority of his MMA training on improving his cardio and conditioning, or follow a MMA training workout that develops both equally.
By focusing on improving one physical attribute at a time, rather then training all of your physical attributes simultaneously ALL the time, you can improve that one particular attribute a LOT faster. This is a particularly good idea for fighters who have one of these attributes as a particular weakness. By isolating a strength training program or conditioning program, as opposed to doing it together, you can quickly and effectively patch up any holes in your game as far as MMA strength and conditioning is concerned.
Does this mean that MMA training workouts that develop strength and conditioning simultaneously are bad or ineffective? Of course not. MMA training workouts that train all of these elements in one program are ideal for fight preparation, because when fight time comes, a MMA fighter must have optimized all of these attributes together to the highest level possible.
But if you have months in between a fight or competition or you don't fight or compete at all, then isolating your strength and conditioning in your MMA training workouts every once in a while is a great way to develop one weakness quickly while maintaining whichever one is more of your strength.

Derek Manuel has been involved in MMA and physical fitness for over 12 years. He is in the process of becoming certified as NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) to train professional fighters and athletes. When he is not training he is discovering the fastest way to both efficiently and effectively improve physical strength, conditioning, and overall performance as an MMA fighter. To see Derek's reviews of the top MMA strength and conditioning programs on the market, visit: http://www.BestMMATrainingWorkouts.com

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When it comes to MMA conditioning training, there are obviously a lot of different factors to consider. You must train your aerobic conditioning so that you have the endurance and "wind" to go the distance in a fight. You must also train your anaerobic conditioning so that you have the endurance to continuously push the pace fast and explosively without slowing down to suck air. And you must train your muscular conditioning so that you have the strength, power, and endurance to exert the maximum output from your muscles throughout the fight. I have covered in more detail each one of these types of conditioning in other articles if you want to learn more about the difference of each type of MMA conditioning training.
Though it is important to train all three in harmony with each other in your MMA conditioning training, you must not forget one of the most basic principles when it comes to conditioning and endurance: consistency in your training. You see, in order to get the most out of your MMA conditioning training you must combine both quality AND quantity, in other words, you must train hard on a consistent basis.
However, I understand many MMA fighters, trainers, or just fans aren't necessarily fighting or competing on a regular basis, if at all. In this case, it is much more important to train your MMA conditioning consistently over a long period of time, even if you don't put in 100% in every MMA conditioning training workout. This is not an excuse by any means to slack off, but the point I am getting at is that your conditioning, like most things, cannot simply be improved overnight. It takes months of CONSISTENT conditioning to develop optimal levels.
So by knowing this, we can take a longer point of view in your MMA conditioning training. It is more important to go for a long distance slow paced jog on a day where you don't feel much like training then to skip it altogether because you don't think you have the energy that day to sprint 100% up steep inclines.
The cost of skipping a few days of any type of conditioning, even a slow and long distance aerobic jog, can really set your level of conditioning back. I have personally experienced this on several occasions where I was so busy that without me even realizing I hadn't done any type of MMA conditioning training for three or four days in a row, then when I went to train in Brazilian jujitsu the next day, I could barely make it through the 30 minute conditioning in the beginning of the class, let alone spar for the last hour.
So if you have been training your MMA conditioning hard for a while, just remember that it is always better to do some "light cardio" on days that you don't feel much like training then it is take off several days in a row doing nothing. It will pay off in the long run (no pun intended).

Derek Manuel has been involved in MMA and physical fitness for over 12 years. He is in the process of becoming certified as NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) to train professional fighters and athletes. When he is not training he is discovering the fastest way to both efficiently and effectively improve physical strength, conditioning, and overall performance as an MMA fighter. To see Derek's reviews of the top MMA strength and conditioning programs on the market, visit: http://www.BestMMATrainingWorkouts.com

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Cons:
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• It takes determination, just like fighting; do you have what it takes?
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A lot of people want to know ways that a Mixed Martial Arts fighter makes money, and how much they make. This could be our of pure curiosity, or perhaps due to the growing popularity of MMA, there are a lot of potential fighters researching their options. Whichever the case, I decided to outline some of the ways that MMA fighters can make an income, and the potential earnings for each one. There are 5 main ways that MMA Fighters make an income: Fights, Endorsements, Owning a School, Seminars, Appearances.
Fights
One of the main ways that an MMA fighter makes money is through their fights. Smaller promotions will pay between $500 - $800 per event for showing. Fighters may get an additional pay out for a win. As you get to the larger factions such as WEC, UFC, Strikeforce, etc. Fighters will get anywhere from $2,000 to $10,000 for lower or middle card fighters. The big name fighters can make anywhere from $20,000 to over $200,000 per event. Some of this salary is based on PPV buys. The main event fighters usually get a portion of the PPV as opposed to a flat salary. Fighters can also receive incentive based bonuses. In a recent UFC event, Dana White announced pay outs of $25,000 for the "Knock Out of the Night" and $6,500 for anyone who won their match by submission. It was also reported that at UFC 95 each fighter received a $40,000 bonus for Fight, Submission and Knock Out of the Night.
Endorsements
Once again, the amount of money you receive depends on your popularity, status and frequency of fights. Beginning or lower card fighters will be lucky to get free equipment and apparell, while big name fighters receive cash payments and reasonably sized contracts to endorse and wear the manufacturers products. Middle card fighters will receive a small amount of cash in addition to freebies. The details of such contracts are typically not public information and finding even the littlest piece of information on the numbers is particularly difficult, however it has been reported that bigger names of the sport such as Randy Couture or Frank Mir have received endorsement contracts that are multi million dollar deals.
Owning A School
There are a decent amount of MMA fighters that are capilatizing on their popularity by opening up their own school, whether it be for Muay Thai, MMA or BJJ. Such names include Randy Couture, Matt Serra, Ricardo Almeida and even current The Ultimate Fighter contestant, Santino DeFranco. Depending on the size and popularity of the school, owner/instructors can make anywhere from $35,000 to over $250,000 a year. This is dependant on student population, tutition rate, private lessons and merchandise sales. UFC is currently opening 3 gyms that are targeted exclusively towards training for Mixed Martial Arts. These locations will be in California, Hawaii and Montreal. There is no doubt that these locations will be top of the line training facilities that will become cash cows for the company.
Seminars
Some MMA fighters who may not own a school hit the seminar circuit visiting different MMA or BJJ schools across the country doing seminars and making pretty good money in the process. Kenny Florian recently did this along with his brother Keith, visiting several schools including Balance Studios in Philadelphia, which I have trained at. Depening on the popularity of the star they can receive anywhere from $1000-$4000 per appearance. In addition they usually have their expenses such as flight, food and accommodations paid for.
Appearances
As opposed to a seminar which is a private instructional appearance, some stars get hired for other public events such as opening of a store, night club appearance, casino appearances, trade shows and other public events. The contract for this is usually the same as for a seminar covering room, travel and food expenses. Rates can be anywhere from $1,000 to $50,000 per event depending on who the event host/sponsor is.
I hope this gave you some insight into the ways that an MMA fighter can make money. There are many factors that help determine this such as the popularity of the fighter, how good their agents are, etc. This is the first of an ongoing "How To" series that I am starting which will cover everything from training techniques to personal inquires.

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