Brian Stann: '90-percent of the fighters are off playing video games most the day'

by pennyjomma on Jul 26, 2010 3:27 PM EDT

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"I think it's impossible to focus 100-percent of my time on fighting. I think it would be a mistake if I did. No fighter does, trust me. I don’t care how hard they say they train. There are only so many hours they can actually physically train. I’d say 90-percent of the fighters are off playing video games most the day. Between practices they aren’t doing a lot of constructive things with their time. For me I’m just a busy body. I’m training 2, 3, 4 times a day and between those sessions I’m running this organization and doing other things. My mind needs to be occupied and it’s a good thing for me to have that relief and to have something else besides fighting because I think when a fighter only has that it actually becomes too stressful for him. They over-think the fight and they fight a little bit more stiff then they should."

UFC light heavyweight Brian Stann doesn't believe that a fighter can be successful inside the cage without having a life outside of it. "All American" keeps himself busy by volunteering for Hire Heroes USA while also training for his Aug. 1 fight against Mike Massenzio at UFC on Versus 2 in San Diego. Will the former soldier take the hill at the San Diego Sports Arena? Or will Massenzio issue him a dishonorable discharge?

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Hire Heroes is a phenominal cause. I take a lot of interest in Stann for that reason.

dropping to 185 is a good idea.

"I heard a loud crackle sound. He did not tap so I thought 'Ok, this match just became a death-fight' and I was going to destroy his leg."

Shinya Aoki on his fight with Kawajiri at Dream 15

by Bigger Zino on Jul 26, 2010 3:30 PM EDT reply actions

http://www.hireheroesusa.org/

"I heard a loud crackle sound. He did not tap so I thought 'Ok, this match just became a death-fight' and I was going to destroy his leg."

Shinya Aoki on his fight with Kawajiri at Dream 15

by Bigger Zino on Jul 26, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions

I have always said either MMA fighters only train hard for 2 hours a day followed by 3 hours of not so hard training or they would all have to take steroids to recover from such brutal workouts.

by NateDogg77 on Jul 27, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Depends on the Fighters

Some train one hour or two at a time about 3 times a day. Some train 2-3 hours once a day. Some change up daily. It really depends. And if you are a full time fighter making good money then you can get away with just hanging out all damn day.

by AintNoSunshine on Jul 27, 2010 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions