Thread: Hi.

Glad to find this forum, it seems like one of the best constructed and well populated out there.

My names Dave, I'm from Bolton in Greater Manchester England. Ive recently started up MMA again after a 3 year hiatus which was originally due to a busted shoulder that took me six months to re-hab and after that it just got harder and harder to go back so in the end I didnt.

Got bitten by the bug again recently (also looked at myself in the mirror and decided I really needed to get back into shape!) so Ive been back in training for about a month now.

Previously I trained in Vale Tudo and Olympic style wrestling for a straight period of about seven years. I was something of a journeyman over that period and so did lots of little bits of training all over the place. Currently I'm training predominantly in submission wrestling but depending how that goes I may diversify again.

I'm 6'2" tall and about 205lbs at the moment although I expect to drop some of that weight over the coming weeks. At my peak I was probably about 185lbs but I fear those days are gone never to return!

Ive a record of 1/1 in amateur submission wrestling as well as a 'no contest' in my favour (after the guy I was competing with busted me up with a whacking great ring he had on his finger that they couldnt remove or tape up). I hope eventually to get fit enough to compete in amateur competition again but Ive alot of work to get through before I'm there.

Looks like a cool place you guys have got here, I hope to be a productive part of it.

Thanks.

Hi Dave, Welcome to the forums mate, stick around....

Where do you currently train?
I'm sure I trained with a guy who was pretty decent at wrestling last week at a new gym I joined, he was called Dave (from remembrance)

:thumb Welcome mate!

Originally Posted by SteSteez

Hi Dave, Welcome to the forums mate, stick around....

Where do you currently train?
I'm sure I trained with a guy who was pretty decent at wrestling last week at a new gym I joined, he was called Dave (from remembrance)

Yeah Ste, that was me - I train with you!

Small world isnt it? Saw your profile picture and realised who you were.

Now if only I could sort out my conditioning and my god-awful stand up work!

Haha it will come back, just have patience and dedication

Try Scotts Curcuits out, he had me throwing up in the bathroom on Monday

I rather foolishly volunteered to go five five minutes rounds of heavy sparring in the cage with that lad whose got a fight coming up in a couple of weeks. Didnt want to wuss out but I was absolutely knackered when I was done!

Pretty sure that he shouldnt have been sparring with 4oz gloves on either because I'm certain they wont let him compete in 4oz in an amateur competition.

Depends on the organisation, but most ive been too do allow 4oz gloves for amateurs