How Max prepares himself without sparring?

[Mulletenthusiast]

For me, he is right in some points. In my experience in Kickboxing, i saw multiples guys gassing during sparrings and getting murder, learning nothing in exchange (i think it's ok doing that once, just to see how you would react). So, yeah, i think it's smart having good cardio and being physically well, in exchange of some knowledge he would got by sparring more often – a lot of people thing that technique>>>> physical attributes, which is true to someone who doesn't know how to land a punch. However, even then, i wonder how he schedule his training.

 

[accolyte1022]

Tranes UFC

 

[thehighking]

I think the risk vs reward gets lowered over time. Max probably wasn't getting enough out of it anymore for it to be worth the consequences. Some sparring is probably essential when preparing for a fight though and I'd assume he does at least some sparring to get his timing sharp. For fighters who don't have high level boxing skills, sparring is the best way to learn them so it's definitely essential for most fighters.

 

[humdizzle]

i mean he's had so many fights i dont think sparring is gonna show him something new. maybe he does some light sparring, working on technique in certain scenarios, hitting pads, etc.

i'm trying to remember when he was acting off with bisping... i think he got a concussion in camp while sparring and then they had to reschedule the ortega fight ?

 

[Kdup]

Max already knows how to fight. Why not train technique. One of his best qualities is chin, no need to ruin that with sparring. Seems pretty smart to me, but also like he may be at the pinnacle of his career.

 

[Sure Dawg]

 

[Mattola]

I think he is trolling with that. Surely he spars, maybe just not as much as he used to.

 

[DS66]

When he says no sparring, I'm sure he just means no all-out 100% sparring. I'm quite sure he still does light sparring to work on his timing. But Max has a ton of experience and a baseline of 10/10 toughness so he doesn't necessarily need the hard sparring the same way some guys do. The benefits of not getting hit hard in the head repeatedly during training outweighs the benefits he would get from hard sparring at this stage in his career.

 

[Herwald]

Dude has had six 5 round fights in a row. Ortega was stopped at the end of the 4th. I think the dude has overdosed on cage time.

 

[Flammenwerfer]

He 100% still spars. Probably just goes light, no heavy head shots

 

[textwarrior]

For me, he is right in some points. In my experience in Kickboxing, i saw multiples guys gassing during sparrings and getting murder, learning nothing in exchange (i think it's ok doing that once, just to see how you would react). So, yeah, i think it's smart having good cardio and being physically well, in exchange of some knowledge he would got by sparring more often – a lot of people thing that technique>>>> physical attributes, which is true to someone who doesn't know how to land a punch. However, even then, i wonder how he schedule his training.

Schevchenko --Spar, pads, and shadow box for cardio, wrestle for strength, and in off training camp learn new techniques. I am sure she runs but she emphasized on these things for cardio.

You have to train smart, chin has a life span you don't want to deplete. Everyone has their way of training. I would just see what the best do. Max has a chin and durable genes that maybe all he needs now is just maintaining that non stop force. Not all are Max though.

 

[aerius]

He goes to Thailand and trains with a Muay Thai GOAT.

 

[NoSmilez]

Schevchenko --Spar, pads, and shadow box for cardio, wrestle for strength, and in off training camp learn new techniques. I am sure she runs but she emphasized on these things for cardio.

You have to train smart, chin has a life span you don't want to deplete. Everyone has their way of training. I would just see what the best do. Max has a chin and durable genes that maybe all he needs now is just maintaining that non stop force. Not all are Max though.

She stopped running but she walks a lot. She only trains once a day because she is getting older.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Lawler said that too, loved the ATT sparring footage though lol

 

[textwarrior]

She stopped running but she walks a lot. She only trains once a day because she is getting older.

She said she does not run because she is getting older? lol, ...I know she said she does not like to run but I do not know if that meant she does not run? that was on the recent Joe Rogan Podcast. But, yeah she said she trains differently than the conventional way.

She seems to like the old school natural way of just sparring all the time. Not just striking, but everything, at once all the time....then non stop and pads for cardio too. I like to know how she trains, she is very smart at her approach imo.

 

[HaulParris]

I hope that more people in MMA embrace this, and get away from the old-school "gym wars" mentality that has negatively impacted the careers of dudes like Wanderlei

 

[Volumes]

I honestly believe hard sparring is useless once you reach a certain level

 

[WHITEBELT JESUS]

Dunno but this looks intense.

Also didn’t he stroke out or get ko’d sparring back in 18? You guys have poor nemories.

 

[smalliebiggs]

i mean he's had so many fights i dont think sparring is gonna show him something new. maybe he does some light sparring, working on technique in certain scenarios, hitting pads, etc.

i'm trying to remember when he was acting off with bisping... i think he got a concussion in camp while sparring and then they had to reschedule the ortega fight ?

it wasn't a concussion. his ex-manager gave him a xanax or something. Max fired him after

 

[FIghtxIQ]

If you already know how to fight you don't need hard sparring anymore. You can build that conditioning without hard sparring, you just take extra damage if you are always hard sparring. It's muscle memory and you can work your timing and everything else without hard sparring. Since people's timing is different it's not really going to be like the person you are fighting unless the sparring partner can match their speed, timing and technique. If not you will just get used to someone else's timing/techniques and not the person you are fighting. I personally do a lot of visualization, but I understand not everyone can train that way. I can visualize moves in front of me and I'll use the same speed/technique as the person I'm visualizing fighting. I also shadow box during fights like I'm fighting them. So I can react to their actual combos in their fights with the same speed and techniques they throw it at.