15 minutes

The rounds of a professional non title mixed martial arts fight are 3x5minutes. That is a total of 15minutes with 2 minutes of rest between.

I began my training camp for this fight November 29th. When my fight arrives I will have put 10 weeks into this camp. There is a constant stream of things that are involved in a fight camp, but the most important is obviously training. In a normal week I put in from 17 to 20hrs training. Thats doesnt count walks or anything light. That is fight preparation. There are some weeks where I do more and there are some weeks where I do less, but 17 to 20hrs is pretty standard. If we just go by the low end and average everyday out, that is still 170hrs of training for that 15minute goal. Thats 42.5 fights that I put myself through for that final pay off.

Im sure if I added team meetings, reviewing tape on my opponent, reviewing tape of my sparring sessions, interviews and countless other things, that number get even higher.

This is not a complaint or a ploy to get sympathy. It is nothing more than reflecting back on the work that gets put in. Its amazing and Im thankful to have done it. Im in great shape and ready to give 100% in that 15minute period. IN fact, if everything goes well, that number will be drasticlly decreased. I get paid the same amount If I fight 15 seconds or 15 minutes(in fact, if(scratch that WHEN) I win in an amazing way, there is a solid cash bonus).

So, for all that time and effort, I get to put it on the line for 15minutes and I like that!