A universal truth is that when a business reaches a certain height, it attracts the attention of peers and competitors. The Feather Ready MMA in Scottsdale, Arizona, is one such boxing gym, and his achievements over the past few years have attracted a large number of top fighters to train here.
Although Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in this boxing gym, former UFC doubleweight champion Henry Sai Hudo is definitely the soul of it. When he announced his retirement in UFC249, his years of networking made many players willing to train here, which also made Feather Ready gradually become a leader in the MMA industry.
Sehudo attracted a large wave of talented fighters to train here. We didn't ask him to do that, we just did what we had to do, build the gym from scratch, and then Sehudo kept drawing players here. His previous 'notoriety' really helped the boxing gym a lot, and we immediately attracted attention, where players are preparing for the championship almost every day.
Fight Ready MMA head coach Santino de Franco said.
Not every boxing gym can guarantee that the top players from all over the world will prepare for the championship every day, but the Feather Ready MMA has done it incredibly, and it all seems to have started with Zhang Weili and Davidson Figueretto coming here. Figueredo defeated Brandon Moreno in UFC 270 to regain the flyweight title, while Zhang Weili regrettably lost the second match against Ross-Namayunas in uFC 268.
Recently, "Korean Zombie" Zheng was in favor of preparing for his featherweight championship with Alexander Volkanowski here, and the Czech Giri Prokhazka was here preparing for his light heavyweight championship against Glover Teixeira. What has to be mentioned is that former UFC light heavyweight dominance champion Jon Jones also joined in recently to prepare for his heavyweight debut.
So one can't help but wonder, how exactly does Fight Ready MMA do it all?
"I think the most important thing is our reputation." Fight Ready MMA head coach Eddie Cha said.
We've successfully trained multiple champions and for me it's all about that momentum, when one ball starts rolling, it drives more other balls. If it doesn't roll well, then of course the result is bad, but if it rolls smoothly, then everything will come to fruition, which is why we are so good now.
De Franco, Cha and wrestling coach Sehudo are all proud of what they have done, especially the new training method they have created, "Combat Games". This training method is designed to maximize the effectiveness of combat preparation by simulating opponents to continuously conduct actual combat exercises.
When some of the players came here to train, I was amazed at their lack of basic fighting skills, and some of them had become phenomenal masters. I asked them how they got to this point, and their answer was with courage and natural physical condition. And we've brought them a lot of technical blessings, and I don't think there are many other gyms that can do that. The way we train is different, especially when we teach players techniques they've never seen before. We will add some small technical changes to the training plan for the players, which will eventually make a huge difference in the results of the training.
Through trial and error correction, Fight Ready MMA boxing gym seems to have found the secret of success. Usually, they do regular team training for some players with regular competitions, including Mark Madsen, Tracy Cortez, Kelvin Gastrum, etc., but when there are players who want to lead the headline war or the championship battle, everything will become crazy.
They will deliberately build a mechanism for players with championship battle missions to simulate opponents, calling it "Super Training Camp", which is designed to allow players to simulate and fight the upcoming competition as a whole through full participation.
They provide everything a player needs to train, including the most basic techniques of standing strikes, wrestling, and jiu-jitsu. There are also psychological aspects, including caring for the players and mental health. And the most important thing is that I can trust them completely, they have developed a lot of champions with these methods, and if I also train in this way, I can become champions.
Zheng agreed.
In addition to technical excellence, the Fight Ready MMA is also very concerned about the physical condition of the players, especially the response to such high-intensity training. De Franco jokingly said that the way MMA sports are trained is still in the Stone Age, and advertising that their training is technological is another factor in their success. By measuring the physical condition of the players, the team knows how to adjust the training style every day. If a player is too laid-back, they will try to push the intensity of training to the limit, and if a player wakes up in the morning feeling in poor health, it is time for more video analysis and scene simulation.
"The structure, the focus, the details, the communication are all different from other boxing gyms." Gestrum said.
Let me use an analogy, you go to a mall and buy a dress, the clothes fit very well, you are very comfortable to wear, but if you go to a special set of clothes, then the feeling of wearing it is completely different, this is how I feel about training here. They'll tailor a workout for you, all you need to do is concentrate on what you have to do, and there are convenient facilities that will take you up and down to the next level.
Such a super-detailed operation is a high challenge for the management ability of the boxing gym. While the gym puts a lot of energy into the top players who are famous, they also make sure that everyone who comes here to train is taken care of.
Of course, it's all a lot easier to say than to do, especially since MMA is a sport that values results more. But the Feather Ready MMA has clearly found a way to succeed for themselves and the players who train here.
Going forward, Sehudo is likely to use his popularity and influence to bring more top players to the Feather Ready MMA, all of which will only further enhance the reputation and level of the boxing gym in the MMA industry.
"The future Ofe's Feather Ready MMA is already underway." De Franko said.
There is no difference between the future and today, and tomorrow, and evolution exists every day. I can't say that more people will join in the future, but everyone here will continue to get better and get higher rankings.