Let’s get straight to the point. Padding records is not an MMA phenomenon (it’s exponentially worse in boxing), nor is it a UK phenomenon, but it is an issue that has been raising its head, even moreso over the past couple of years.

This food for thought for this blog was actually a tweet by Cage Warriors matchmaker Ian Dean, who said:

“Gonzaga defeats the 13-0-1 Edinaldo Oliveira. UK fighters take note, protected records don’t help you in the big show.”
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This week’s blog will be on the issue that has gripped the Scottish MMA community this week- the negative comments from Sandra White MSP against ‘cagefighting’, and Joanne Calderwood’s upcoming fight in particular.

For those unaware, I’ll outline the context. World class Muay Thai fighter Joanne Calderwood is making her professional MMA debut at On Top 4 on February 25th at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow. It’s the first female MMA bout in Scotland, so naturally the press are very interested.
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I’m going to start this blog off on a positive note by looking at the bright future that lies ahead for Scottish MMA.

We have two promotions – On Top and SFC – producing one top quality event after another, pushing each other to provide a better product each time. Every event they hold seems to raise the bar to another level on every front. Fight cards are starting to compete with the best in the UK, entertainment value and attendance is rising with each event they hold, and they’re gaining an increasing amount of respect at UK and European level.
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My last fight was on OMMAC 12 on the 12^th November against Shay Walsh. Since then a lot has happened and I feel like that competition was a million miles away. I told myself after my fight in November that I would take some time to chill out and eat copious amounts of Terry’s chocolate oranges, which were only £1.35 in Morrison’s during the Christmas period.
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Top European bantamweight James Doolan of the Dinky Ninjas joins the YourMMA.tv blogging team, following on from his popular, long-running blog at MMA Hit Pit. He starts us off with a great insight into how you should be training, and how to spot those gyms not up to the task.

I’m not really in to New Year’s resolutions as I try not to count time in years, I prefer days, like a recovering alcoholic I take life one day at a time. With that being said, it is that time of year again when the New Year’s resolutions brigade get on the fitness bandwagon and, with MMA being all the rage these days, expect class numbers at gyms across the country to swell before inevitably settling back to normal right in time for Easter.
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