It's much more intense than boxing and you don't have to wait 10 rounds for the fight to be decided. Sure, the face smashing, bone breaking stuff is violent (that's the whole point), but I watch it for the technical aspects - grappling, ground work, submission holds, etc. Ever been jumped by over 20 people at once? I have. Ever been forced to knock out a coked-up 6-foot tall Dutch girl clawing at your carotid artery? I have. It makes you stop and think, "I had better be able to handle myself." It also makes you wonder who your real friends are. Would they help if your head was getting stomped?
To that end, I train five to six days per week. Right now it's resistance and cardiorespiratory-type conditioning exercise, which is very physically demanding, but not as demanding as a 5-minute scrap session. That's what I'd like to start training for.
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