Alan any chance you can throw the webinar up on your site or youtube after the initial airing for later viewing? Many, myself included, will be working.
Sorry, but this particular webinar is a one time thing. I will be putting up more videos in the future though.
Alan,
please tell us what went through your mind, as Paul was trying heel hook you ?
It seemed to me that you were calm and focussed, which I find is impressive enough. Weren't you a little scared that you would end like the others ?
Congrats on the win.
I was nervous because I knew he was the best in the world at this, but I was really confident in my amazing training camp. I wanted to avoid him getting anywhere near my legs, but once he got there I felt really well prepared, and the defenses were muscle memory at that point.
Fight related questions? Any fight related questions?
What was your gameplan in the fight with Yoshihiro Akiyama and can you explain what it was like grappling with him on the ground.
Thanks. Your a great fighter and your Jiu-Jitsu is sick.
Gameplan was to use my striking and to stay out of the clinch. Back then Akiyama was on a tear, top 5 in the world. I saw it as a big opportunity and was pretty nervous. On the ground he had good control like a wrestler, but he didn't feel like a jiu-jitsu guy so much. I was also not nearly as good on the ground back then. I've really focused and improved my ground game and jiu-jitsu a lot since that fight. Akiyama is great fighter even though he's had a tough run in the UFC.
Do you ever travel anywhere in the country live to do seminars?
*strong hint :wink:
Also, what's your advice to a gal just starting out in BJJ? How can I get better faster?
I rarely do seminars because of my schedule teaching and fighting. My best advice to you is to invest us much time and energy as you can without overwhelming it. Take advantage of these free resources like youtube, and webinars. Buy DVD's and do private lessons if you can pull that off. Make sure you're learning from legit sources, but that is a good way to shortcut. MMAvault has a pretty good site for DVD's.
Alan,
I am very interested in the mental mind set you carried going into the fight, plus in the days and weeks leading up to the fight, would love to hear you talk about that.
Palhares is scary, his legs locks are scary and you are a man who needs his legs healthy, how did you deal with that fear of consquence?
I was honestly concerned for you in that fight, shouldn't have been as I knew you were the more founded fighter but he just has that one very string ace in his sleeve.
And one more time.
Congrats on a great win!
I used the knowledge of his expertise to really tighten me up and focus. I knew I had to be at the top of my game and the challenge focused me in training and kept my mind sharp. This made me prepare more, and the more I prepared the more confident I became.
Hi Alan, I got question, when Palhares got the takedown where you concerned that he might not go for leg locks and just try to GnP and use his strength to control and pound to a finish or decision? Or not at all since he got pretzeled into a banana split?
Hahaha, that's funny. That would have been a big surprise since it's not his style, but I wasn't worried about that at all. I'm used to ground and pound, and I'm pretty confident against people that try to fight like that. I was more worried about his submissions definitely. But like you said I was able to get to the truck early so the thought never even crossed my mind.
Dedicated to your success,
Alan Belcher
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