hi my name is tony mma is also my passion.although i have only been training for two months.but i have my first fight on new years.i am a certified personal trainer and nutrition specialist.i have an amateur boxing back ground.i have been fighting off and on since i was twelve. diet is tricky. you have to customize it to your blood type. a lot of people are unaware that different blood types absorb food differently. the types of food you eat can have a positive or negative effect on you.that's why some diets work for some ppl but not all. you have to find what foods are right for you.once you determine what your positive foods are. you then have to know when to eat what. a good rule of thumb is to eat slow burning carbs such as oatmeal. and a lean high protein meat like fish or buffalo or alligator.how much you eat is determined on your bmi. but you eat this 30 min to an hour before working out.the slow burning carb will give you lasting energy and will prolong the absorption of protein.so your feeding your muscles while you are working out. right after your work out you should drink a protein shake and eat a fast burning carb like baked potato.it will speed up the delivery of the protein. and therefor recovery time. you want to eat 6 small meals a day.stay away from flour products eat whole grains fruits nuts and veggies and high protein lean meats. but you need to determine what your daily calorie intake should be. now far as work outs go you have to think of what is involved in a fight. speed power strength and endurance but most of skill and a quick mind..i combine weight lifting and cardio. i run on a tread mill for 5 min as soon as i get off the tread mill i do a chest exercise for 15 reps with a weight that is difficult for the last 2 reps.then i do cardio for 1 min.then i work my back as i did my chest. then cardio. for 1 min. then shoulders then cardio then biceps then cardio then triceps then cardio then legs then abs. rest 2 min.that's one set.try to work your way up to 2 or 3 sets. this my daily work out. i switch the chest, back, shoulder, arm,leg, and ab exercises daily.like today i did bench,bent over row,standing shoulder press,preacher curls,tricep head busters,Russian twists for abs, and squats for legs.2morow will be flys,lat pull downs,lateral and front shoulder raises,regular crunches,leg extensions and ham curls.but this a program i do on my own. when i work out with my camp three times a week we do stations 4 an hour.then spar.every one throws up during stations but me its a cake walk for me cuz i do something similar every day even b4 i joined my team. i also run 10 miles once a week.

one more thing i forgot to to touch base on. stretching is key b4 and after your work out.if you have a min. to relax you have time to stretch do it as much as you can through out the day. the value of work out like this is that you have know time to rest and it keeps your heart rate up the whole time.so you are getting cardio and strength training all at once.its not an easy work out. but its very similar to stations they do in the mma gyms. you go from one exercise to the next no breaks.in my mma gym we jump rope,hit and kick the heavy bag,climb a peg board,do push ups,pull ups, sit ups.climb rope,and sprint 40s. from one thing to the next for an hour. no breaks not even for water. that's our warm up. so its best to always stay hydrated.

mma is awesome..ufc is amazing...so is Mir i just watch the fights mostly so i have no info on the nutrition/diet but i did just wanna say Good Luck with it! also, maybe to see how the ufc fighters train you could watch the show wednesdays at 10 on spike, they put those boys through some TOUGH excercises, its crazy