Training suggestions for a Muay Thai amateur fight...

You should, like, workout and stuff.

Spar hard and train hard in the months before the fight, focus on your strategy as well. In the 1-2 weeks right before your fight, cut down on your training and go light, focus on technique, and don't spar so hard. You don't want to get injured, and you want to be ready to peak for your fight.

Try to train for ass kicking, then proceed to do so at the fight.

how much weight will you need to cut? How long do you have til the fight?

good luck.

How long are the rounds? How many? My gym's MMA team does CF-style workouts in prep for fights. I think the "Fight Gone Bad" workout is one of their favorites.

im not sure if anyone here is qualified to comment on anything other than jeans ( im kidding, dont cry)

try here:http://www.rossboxing.com/

not muy thai, but a lot of the basic conditioning and advice should carry over.

I had exactly three amateur kickboxing fights for a very symmetrical record of 1-1-1. Used to train with a couple of guys who were like state champions and so on, so the advice below is part-me and part-them, since we would all chip in when they were training, and I used to end up cornering them regularly as well. In the leadup, I would almost always have to cut about 5 kilo, so the last week would be devoted to roadwork in the sweatsuit to get the last kilo or so off, and shadow/very light sparring. Thankfully I was pretty good with it, never had to go do the sauna-in-the-plastic-bag thing to get the weight down. I'd occasionally go in there with the other guys when they were trying to frantically cut before a weigh in and needed the company...I didn't envy them. There would basically be no full contact sparring for 10 days to 2 weeks before the fight - have to minimise any chance of injury. Reading your post, it looks like you have just discovered that the hard way. The last day I would do practically nothing. Once I went and swam some laps, but otherwise, best to just chill. The weeks before that would be basically full on sparring time, with lots of the tag-teaming people in and out on me. Ongoing rotating 1-2 minute rounds with no rest and with constantly changing opponents. The better guys could last about 10 mins of that if they were lucky...it's damn tough. Rest. Repeat. As it got closer, he used to have me working 5 minute rounds (ie 2 mins longer than the rounds of the fight) for the conditioning...you neeeeeed this...you will gas a lot quicker in the ring than in training, just from all the pressure and the nerves, it really messes with your breathing. Spar with a huge variety of guys...larger dudes so you get used to the power and coming back from the shot, smaller guys so you get used to the speed, rangier dudes so you get used to moving in and out and closing distance, shorter dudes so you can prevent him doing the same to you, etc etc. I'm assuming you will know very very little about your opponent (if anything, other than his name and his gym and the fact that in theory he should weigh the same as you) going in...it was always like that with me anyhow, so you have to prepare for all comers and aim to be well rounded. First fight, right? Will you be wearing shin pads and headgear for it? The conditioning work - sounds like you have it pretty well covered....

won 1, lost 1, split decision drew 1 Lost my first - most people do - the nerves are incredible. Knocked out in the second. Won my second - I thought I was lucky to pull it out actually. Fought the same guy again to a draw in the third.

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