I Trained To Become An MMA Fighter In 4 Months

fighting an MMA fight in three

months

is completely crazy aria it's so sweet like I can't see it like she a fly I don't want to see Aria get hurt I get the feeling there's an underdog inside of you that's trying to prove something through from this experience I don't know if he will survive this fight basically this is saying that you are doing this video voluntarily BuzzFeed is not doing you if you get injured doing it or anything else BuzzFeed is not responsible because doing this on your own I understand you and when you say something else about something good that includes, I mean death is possible in all of life, like every morning you wake up, death is a possibility, very true, my name is aria, I love romantic comedies, Christmas and me .

I will dedicate the next three

months

of my life to training and mixed martial arts before competing in an officially sanctioned fight against a

trained

and experienced opponent. Are you really going to do that? Why do that? Only three months. Are you trying hard? Not three months. a long time, three months of training before a fight is already a very unrealistic schedule, so this will be the biggest challenge of my life. Will you wear a helmet? Oh, I don't know how this will work for him. I love Aria, but no. I won't watch it I don't want to watch it I don't want to watch the fight I'm not very physically active I don't think most people think of the word

fighter

when they think of me.

I don't know if Aria has ever been in a fight. Aria told me that she was a Buddhist. I am worried about him. I don't know if he's a

fighter

, but what is a fighter? Because for me this journey is not just about trying to overcome. the physical and mental challenges I will face, but more so about trying to get into the mindset of what it takes for those who truly compete in one of the toughest sports in the world, a combat sport that allows its athletes to use a variety of forms of struggle. Mixed martial arts styles continue to gain popularity as fighters from all walks of life look to test themselves inside the cage.

I believe my self can greatly impact life due to discipline. What separates MMA from any other sport is that you are forced to do it. dealing with fear to compete in the mixed martial arts fight the fact that the art is to do that first why I think it takes an enormous amount of courage it's going to be a difficult process for Arias' first fight I would honestly only recommend taking it everything together another world is about simply opening your eyes, opening your ears and seeing everything you can hey, who are you? Well, thank you, thank you very much for being part of this journey with me.

It will be, uh, us. The road will be very fun. One of the people tasked with getting Oriya fit to compete is Steve Zim, an accomplished trainer who has

trained

athletes including undefeated boxing champion Laila Ali. This is what I do for a living. I train people to be the best at what they do. he is what I would call skinny fat 12 and 3/4 you have too much body fat for what we are trying to do working with Steve to improve my strength and conditioning is not easy at all let's do two minutes and see how I feel about this something It's burning and I still do a push-up and let's see what we get with this.

I knew one of my biggest weaknesses was my conditioning. Yeah, your blood sugar just dropped, so why don't we sit down? This is not like this. like go out and try to run a 5k and I just hope to finish the 5k, this is way up there, you're going to put your face, your body on the line, you have to make sure you're going to get out of this hole, that's why we're going to do this, so Otherwise you'll walk in there and find out you don't have what it takes, it's scary, but if he puts himself in the right position, works hard, eats, shows up well, then we'll have a big change in him either way, he doesn't lose to this, so your chin is where a lot of the nerves are, it's like one in the middle target areas, so you always want to have your chin down and your eyes up when you come out of the retreat.

Helping to teach Aria the fighting skills he'll need to survive in the cage is Chris Riley, a former champion and trainer who once helped Quinton Rampage Jackson capture the UFC light heavyweight championship. You're basically what I call snowboarding at the moment. Look, when Aria first approached me about this project, my initial reaction was, "First of all, I don't train wrestlers anymore, so I didn't really think that was something I wanted to be involved in or would necessarily be involved in. the best person for him and then after thinking about it a little bit, the reality is that during my time in the sport there were a lot of people training MMA that shouldn't be training them, you know?

We have to remember that he is a grown man in there, whose only purpose is to hurt you as much as possible, you know, I really thought to myself that maybe he was actually the best person to help with this. I'm not going to continue hitting hard here. I'm a top top tapper, I think the hardest. Part of the training process over the next three months at Ferrari will be when we have to face real contact, which is always when people start to learn whether this is something they really like to do or not, so that will be the you know.

It's kind of a key determining factor for how this is probably going to turn out. I mean, we've worked really hard and here we are, it's fight night, now it's going to be what it's going to be, it's been a journey, but I have a full experience. believe in him that he will do well, well he has done everything he had to do in preparation, choose him before entering the cage, but I know there are many people who laughed a little at him and what not, but I know what It's done, I know he'll go there, he'll move a lot of people wrong, that's for sure, as the training progresses, Chris can get a gym for Aria to train at.

I've known Chris for a long time. For a long time he was like a mentor to me, he called me on Sunday and asked if he could help him with this project. He couldn't say no, you know, of course he would say yes, fighting in three months is absolutely crazy. and a little guy like the biggest pair of balls ever, we actually patted him and got in the ring, especially since he's never fought anything, he's going to have to get used to punches being thrown at him, he's got to get used to getting kicked and You actually have to get used to getting beat up the sparring session was definitely a shock to the system it was like okay this is what it feels like to get beat up by someone who isn't even really trying to hurt you.

The biggest challenges are the teas in the face, it's getting mentally I'm ready to train, so in addition to the fight training I'm supposed to do with Chris, I also have five days a week with Steve doing strength work and ​conditioning at their gym and then on the weekends I have to do cardio too, so there. It's not a complete rest day for me as I train multiple times a day. Arya's diet is also under scrutiny by the Trifecta Nutrition team, which is trying to help ensure Aria reaches her scheduled featherweight limit of 145 pounds. Trifecta basically came up with a diet.

The plan is basically focused on eating healthy and making sure I hit my macros, so for example I'm supposed to hit 150 grams of protein in a day and stay under 1900 calories. The excitement of the first week wears off after the first week. When you start to see how hard you try, how hard you try, this whole project seems to be the only thing on my mind. I'm always thinking about things like my diet. I wonder if I'm training hard enough. I wonder who my opponent will be. I'm thinking about this constantly and it's just that it's a lot, it's a mental thing, it's never been done so I don't know which way it will go, it's a combination, yes, physical, but I can handle the physical, that's not the problem, there will be here if I try to meet you on the side of your leg or your stomach and you get off to try to grab a double and eat, that means we'll wait for you.

Unfortunately, I had to fight it because your face basically made her knee pop at that moment. I mean, like everyone, I feel like this was unexpected for Aria because he is the most gentle, polite, and nice person, but I have also believed in him from the beginning. This I feel like he can definitely do this. I'm sure Art is going through a little nervousness, but it'll be okay, you know, usually nothing happens until you get in there and then they close the door and that's when. everything

become

s real you know so you'll see what happens if you get choked guess what and then you'll wake up we'll let you know who won okay I'm not going to stop a choke.

I'm not going to stop a chokehold. It was very scary. and intimidating they were, they were bloodied Oliver, yes, I hope that doesn't happen, Arya, we must prepare ourselves that we will see him take a beating even if he wins. My first fight was in fifty seconds where I got hit. in the face and then I shot the worst double shot I've ever shot in my life and I choked, you know, fighting is not something that should be taken like Leah, it's not a game, the goal of this sport is to hurt the other person. a reality that is not often talked about.

I'm afraid of what your face will look like. Have you used me to watch fights? I've been seeing a lot of fights there, like their eyes some people can't open when it comes. Regarding the dangers that exist in MMA, the truth is that there is no limit to them and I assumed it with that weight on my shoulders. I mean, I'm well aware of how bad it can be. You can talk? Yes, there is the ability to tap, but. You know, what makes the person stop is that he feels so much pain that he can't take it anymore.

I feel like you wouldn't have done it. I feel like you would wait until you pass out. Yes, I told myself this now. but yes, my plan is that, if he wants, he will hit you. I'm very pleased with what I've seen of Aria so far. I think things are starting to fall into place. I always come back much stronger than when we started. When we started, I mean, when we started it wasn't spectacular, now she's lifting much heavier weights, her rest between sets is reduced to 30 seconds or less. Sometimes we do 4 sets in a row almost without rest. 5 10 seconds back in five seconds.

Going back to the biggest thing to come, there is more of a mental problem, that is the biggest thing and the fight is your head. I'm as far away as the other people at school today, since we're going to ramp up. toughness training, sparring will probably be more of a factor, no one will give you advice when you train and now they're going to pick you up, you know, they're going to try to catch you, they're going to try to tag you and they're going to tag you. They're going to tag you good, they're going to hit you, they're going to hit you pretty good at that moment it's going to be real, like the pain is real, the shock is going to be real, everything is going to be real and then we'll see at that moment.

Where do they still want to do this or not? I love you Aria, but no, I don't think so. I'm just going to say no. I'm going to go ahead and say no. I don't think she can fight anyone. He's too kind. I think he's going to lose, I know he's going to lose, he's probably one of the smoothest people I know, I honestly feel like he's going to come into the match and he's going to get hit a couple of times and that's okay, that's okay, that's enough for him. the video every time you throw a punch he apologizes.

I know he'll give it his all, but I think it might be a waste of time. I get the impression that there is an underdog inside of you who is trying to prove something through this experience. and I wonder what that is when I think about MMA. I think about I guess I think about how brave these fighters are, these men and women mm-hmm, the courage that must be taken, something in common that is educated as always. Saying oh you can't do this, you're too nice to be able to do this and you want to be brave, yeah, a two-length shot, remember how you slipped, you're too far away, oh, and you dropped your forehand.

On the other hand, I'm trying to get my best friend to focus on why I'm doing this, but at the same time you know maybe all these people are right, you know, maybe I'm just not cut out for this. I think you're putting a very hard timeline on yourself that makes your challenge greater than the average person's, but it's a bad thing any time someone chooses the path less traveled. What you'll get from the peanut gallery is that you know a lot of doubt and negativity because most people, honestly. You are afraid to take a path that has not been taken before that you love to criticize, you would never have made it to the cage because the moment your hands started to wrap around you, your legs would

become

so weak that you would never be able to walk from the bandage .

In many ways I resent the notion that I'm a good guy. I don't like that label. I like to be friendly every day with people. I like to greet people and open doors for them, but I don't like the idea that I'm unable to turn that off. The fact that Aria is such a nice guy is in no way related or connected to her ability to succeed in MMA. I think the biggest myth is that we are all a group. of idiots who just want to punch each other in the face and we're all angry all the time, that's not the case.

I think some of you are the kindest and most humble people in the world. I believe that the true artsmartial artists are humble and I think one of the main reasons is that they kick your ass a lot. One of the things that keeps drawing me back to the sport even when I try to get out is that I'm always really nice people.working with our heads so far he's a really nice guy aria he's really sweet humble now whether he can or can't turn on that switch to be a fighter you know it's completely up to him you know that's all in his head everyone has the ability to do it whether they can do it or not in 3 months.

I guess we'll see a big fire. I also want to disappoint them, what if I lose? I mean, in every fight, one man wins. and a guy loses that's sport that's competition I've been training guys as you know for over a decade you think all my fighters won all the time no we don't gain confidence and we don't really achieve success without failure failure is one of the best ways to learn something and we are so afraid of it. I think in a lot of ways we create this false sense of security because of it and we never take risks, we never take leaps of faith and I think if you watch the special people in this world are doing something different, you're testing your own limits and you're going to expand the limits of your identity and that is an incredible experience for anyone to be aware of what you are achieving, it is from the beginning. the process and the journey, not the result, jab, head kick, okay, breathe again, nice cross hook kick, nice even if it bothers you and tells you it's crazy and all that.

I wouldn't be doing this, I wouldn't come here, you know? I'm taking an Uber, you know, 30 minutes each way right now. I like it if I thought this was a ridiculous waste of time and you weren't capable. I mean, why would I sign up? I believe in you. I have seen this for a long time. Obviously I talked to Daniel for a long time, he believes you can do it, so if we think you can do it, you can do it now. What remains is to convince yourself that you can do it. It's crazy that Aria is coming after four months of training a lot.

These guys you know come out of the womb fighting or doing karate or whatever, so they're years and years and years old, the question is are you ready and can you show a little bit of aptitude that she has, you know? We'll give you a chance because a lot of what we do isn't just skill, it's all heart and mind. You know you have to be strong to get in. I want your wrist to be firm, so that way I wrap it too tight, it's impossible. Really anticipating how someone will react the first time you do something like this is bound to be a somewhat overwhelming experience for them, but you're about to tackle something that is very, very difficult, so I think you get a lot of props. for moving forward this is how you filmed reality together just as you attracted each other that happens ripples records a month before their scheduled fight Aria receives a message from Spar Star that they will be forced to postpone their event until July 6, giving Aria , five extra weeks of training, they were supposed to find me someone when it was June 1st, but now I mean, at this point I don't know how much more experience I'll have on May 31st.

Aria receives the news that her opponent. Kayson has been found to match a young fighter who recently lost his debut fight by decision. I grew up in Chino, California. I have been training in total for a little over a year, the last month has been difficult, it has been legal training, but now. meeting an opponent, seeing a face, it makes everything real and gives me something like this, this finish line, this end goal to move towards, well, let's see, let's see pictures, we have pictures. I'm thinking which one it is. Can. I tell you, this guy is a real opponent.

He always wanted to fight. My parents always told me no, he was homeschooled until high school and then I finally gave up, joined the military and now I'm here. I mean, he's a military guy. that only concern is that he is in very good shape, the military has a certain level of conditioning and also a certain level of strength, the fact that he lost his first fight means nothing to me, I mean, tons of great fighters have lost his first fight. I'm more afraid of someone who loses than someone who wins because when you lose you know what it feels like, it doesn't feel good and you can do anything kid to not lose again, he wants a career in MMA so it's a lot more .

Depending on this about him, Darío I'm sorry, he hasn't won a fight and that's it, he already lost his first fight, so it's a chip on his shoulder and I can't want to lose. I mean, when you want, you only want two to start your career. Bad, my next fight means a lot to me, it will only be my second fight. I'm trying to make a career out of this. Eventually I want to become a professional and I want to do it with all the greats. I think my first fight opened. I lift my eyes to see the improvements I need to make.

Let the opponents hit me hard. It is not a joke. Just because he wants it doesn't mean he will be hungry. He has a lot to prove and he wants to live the law, but so does Aria. Aria has invested so much time and effort into this that if Aria loses it won't be for lack of effort. I think at first I was very skeptical about Aria's success rate and now that he's really been so dedicated, my expectations have already been exceeded now that we're at the point where there's no time to doubt there's no time to fear it's time to life or death what's up aria I think it's crazy to be back in this cage with me but the props come together on fight day casein weighs in at three pounds over the 145 pound limit my cutting process was very drastic this time.

I should have dyed him a lot sooner and made him lose a lot of weight in a short period of time, yeah it's a little hard that he didn't give the weight because it's five pounds, he has an argument, I could just replace him despite being at a disadvantage due to the weight difference with the risk that the fight will be canceled completely. Aria still agrees to take the fight, honestly, it's who I am. What worries Fer Aria the most is that he cannot show what he has been working on. I think the worst case scenario is that he immediately gets taken down and submitted, so he can't show off his standup training, it's his wrestling training.

I'm nervous as always, I don't care who it is, everyone gets nervous before, if I just try to calm my nerves, in my last fight, what was my first fight? I have things I plan to do, it's just another stepping stone for me. Aria is going to give this her all, he's not half-hearted about anything, his progressions were fantastic at the beginning. I was hoping we would get him through the first round, then I thought maybe we can get him to finish this fight, at this point he can win. This, he's not weak, you know, Aria is a pretty strong kid, he gets hit and he hits back, which is a great thing when it comes to my hopes and expectations.

I just want RIT to come out of this with a positive feeling about itself and about the experience and I think he's done everything he can do to make that happen, of course I have days where I've thought about why I'm doing this, why what am I doing this to myself. I have many mental doubts. I think a lot about Fighters Have Doubts. I think what led me to fight is doubt. What led me to fight is fear. I've always had a problem with confrontation, so I think it's me forcing myself to deal with those fears.

I struggle mainly because I think if I didn't read it, it's been 20 years. I don't want to look back and say oh I wish I had done this, even when I came up with this dream people thought I was going crazy. I wasn't born to survive. I want to leave. I want to have this feeling that I'm leaving. I've had people tell me this is stupid. You shouldn't do that while spending your time at the gym. Go to work. full time go do this go do that Riaan let's go to the army again I'm in LA people ask me why are you doing this why are you doing this for a video why are you doing this for BuzzFeed and the thing is I don't I do for a video.

I don't do it for BuzzFeed. I guess the simple answer is that I just do it for myself. You cannot gain strength and wisdom without adversity. I think you just have to have faith in yourself and faith in your trip in France they said something like first remove a mountain when you've fed it you can climb a mountain without realizing that you don't need to have a successful fight to have the moment when you proved to myself You have nothing to prove to anyone about who you are, just like you have nothing to prove to anyone, here we go folks, featherweight fights with a size advantage here I was also about six pounds heavier than Aria.

I love the helmet Ryan talks about. The exact shape is for the BuzzFeed documentaries with referee Camden Aria, before calling that jab case, a look at a counter with a bit of reach, he's not throwing, there's a right hand, although it looks like it's been going on for four months tied. The car has kind of a stance about it, kind of loops here, some other information to make a smart effort. He's certainly positioned himself correctly on punch throws, so he's not afraid to get in there and mix it up. He has fought in the front headlock real danger getting guillotine the case in connecting his hands there he goes he always touches while touching it doesn't matter back he was driving although body shots okay he is in trouble here although I can't see the other indication hello, okay walked, so it's all the way joking on the whole scale, in fact, so the audience at home is unconscious here, one is at about 104 seconds and, if you hit the ball, he falls asleep on his debut fighting in a match of bush casein, now it seemed that this was not the case.

It's strange because the last few months have been very hectic and chaotic at times, but now, 24 hours before I fight someone, everything is calm and whatever happens tomorrow, win or lose, it's strange, but it's like I don't really care. would matter. I started this whole journey trying to learn more about the world of MMA and this culture around fighting, but if there is one thing I have learned it is that all of us are more than the labels that people put on us in whatever the world throws at us. future. for whatever comes next, I'm ready, hey aria, we just went through some really crazy times, whatever the outcome, it's an incredible achievement.

Look, you'd like to say that you're a good guy and you did something that's pretty impossible for the average person to win lose draw dude, you're my fucking hero. I just want you to remember that you have heart, man, you go hard, you have balls. I want you to take that strength and carry it with you. and everything else you do in life doesn't matter, you want to lose, you know, it only matters that you get in there, you should be really proud of yourself, however it worked out, I'm super proud of you, I think you know yourself.

You will come out of this a better, stronger man with a great story and an experience that will last a lifetime. I think what makes someone a fighter is really their mentality. Much of what a fighter is is what you don't see. It's the heart of it, it's determination through perseverance when you're defeating another fighter or winning a fight with ease. I think it's easy to say that, oh, you know, they're a great fighter. I believe a true fighter is one who is dealing with struggles facing adversity have the ability to suffer and train and maybe suffer in a fight and find success in some way, shape or form.

I think we're all fighting in different ways and I think that's why we have a lot of admiration for people in combat sports is that we see a part of ourselves and if we don't see a part of ourselves we see something that inspires something in us. because we are all fighting in some way and I think when you see someone who can really deal with adversity and respond with courage that is what a fighter is not necessarily if they are winning or losing but how they respond to chaos look at the commitment that is not someone who came here to have a good time and oh I'm going to do a show about fighting.

This is a guy who became a wrestler. It says something when I see you.