Hey guys I'm a former amatuer MMA athlete turned amatuer kickboxer. I will have my first match in a couple of weeks. My university club does plenty of hard sparring and other advanced athletes and instructors compete. I have so much respect for how advanaced the "sweet science" of boxing is. I am always learning new things from my boxing coach. I have a few question for you guys. I have a pretty good chin. I've taken some hits from good, bigger dudes right on the button, chin, jaw, ear, etc and stayed standing. (of course, if that was a match and not a sparring session follow up shots would have put me on the ground. :nut) The combination of having short reach and being a southpaw forces me to push push push and try to utilize a lot of head movement and "jamming in"-- yes I get hit a lot, and sometimes I eat it right as I am moving in. I'm working on it to become one of those guys that are really hard to hit so I can continue my hobby for the years to come. Anyways, I have high cheekbones (asian) and a pretty good resistance to swelling and cuts. I've also never had my nose broken. Last week I took a hit that came through my headgear and it made me cry hard on that eye. Next round someone else, who outweighs me by a good 13kg, punched through the same section and it started swelling up. Prompt icing kept it down but boy, was it weird to feel my eye swell up that quickly. Today (i.e. 7 days later) I took a sharp jab-straight combo from a slightly bigger guy. Right on my nose. I've taken harder hits there before with no problem, but to my surprise it started bleeding. What?? ***edit: forgot to mention this bit*** Also, my left eye is swollen a bit as I type. Not used to all this. Because of the line of profession I am going into, I have to preserve my head as much as I can and keep my face impressionable. So I only do hard-ish sparring once a week, but this time because of my fight I've kicked it up to multiple times a week. I'm also eating less to cut out a few more lbs.. My question is this: 1. do these resistances get weaker over the years as I continue to take hits? Or will a couple of weeks of recoup. after my match bring my hit points (haha) back up? 2. Do you think my diet has anything to do with it? I eat a lot of healthy foods and drink lots of milk. Post whey protein workouts and a regular bunch of vitamin, omega, calcium supplements.
everyone bleeds at some point.....dont know about building up resistance as such but there may be a kind of toughening up,or what some may refer to as a "conditioning" process. The diet is very unlikely to cause the nose bleed....just the blows causing the problem. We all go through the having to adapt/ learn /better our defenses ,so welcome to the jungle buddy Your diet suggests you are not trying to lose any weight, so i take it you are a heavyweight or fight at the weight you are walking around at huh? The taking of vitamins is usually way overdone by the way,and a good healthy diet means you shouldnt have much(if any) need for extra vitamins.
I'm going down to 165 from 184. I'm at 173 now (lost all the weight in the past few months), planning to drop 5 more then dehydrate slightly. I think I have a few hours after weigh in. If my progress in the next few days suck, I'll cut out the milk, protein powder and most carbs. I don't think anyone builds much resistance except maybe building up some calcium and bone structure, but I was wondering if I can LOSE resistance. I hope not! I guess its not much of a big deal at this point. Thanks answers Stormy. I'll post up a video if someone records the match.
Make sure to consume plently of mono-saturated fats to help the healing of your skin and cuts. Plently of protein and calcium rich foods for bone and damaged tissue. Also a tactical hint, you said you get hit a lot of on your way in. Work on your set-ups by angling and/or faking to make your opponent throw your attack, you can then use your counter/dodge/defend and be able to open them up for an opening. During their attack, they are most vulnerable. As I'm sure you've found out for yourself.
your diet can affect the amount you bleed, the healthier you are the more platelets will be present in your blood which clot your blood, bad diet and your blood wont clot also your resistance will build up as time goes on, tough sparring will toughen up the muscles and tendons etc around your face and you will swell and mark up less as time goes on