Well it is all over. I haven’t had a chance to truly reflect on everything yet so I will start with the fight itself. I lost in the 2nd round via tap out due to a rear naked choke to Robert Calcraft. Couple of bumps and bruises but nothing serious, the worst of it – [...]
ITS OVER!!!
Well it is all over. I haven’t had a chance to truly reflect on everything yet so I will start with the fight itself. I lost in the 2nd round via tap out due to a rear naked choke to Robert Calcraft. Couple of bumps and bruises but nothing serious, the worst of it – [...]
REFLECTION
With just 3 sleeps to go till my fight I am feeling really good. 24 hours a go though it was a very different story. A flatness came over me, and that feeling in turn put the fear of god into me. It is not the fight that made me feel that way, I am [...]
FIGHT WEEK BEGINS!!!
Fight week has begun. One of the first jobs – getting rid of my damn cauliflower ears. Hanging out of the side of my head like some bike handlebars that had been half chewed by my dog, they looked disgraceful. It is funny the different responses you get from them – in an office they [...]
WEEK 17 VIDEO BLOG
This is the final weekly video blog before the fight. Even saying that sounds weird. For the best part of the last 4 months fighting and training is all I’ve known. The camp I compiled along with the Competitive Edge team has all come down to these final stages of THE FIGHT PROJECT, and I [...]
THE SONG SHORTLIST
You have spoken and I have listened. While many of the suggestions consisted of songs that would make those lucky enough to be at the fight turn to the person next to them and laugh hysterically. Given the number of those songs I thought it was only fair they had some representation in the shortlist [...]
REFLECTION
March 21st, 2012 
Adam Thompson With just 3 sleeps to go till my fight I am feeling really good. 24 hours a go though it was a very different story. A flatness came over me, and that feeling in turn put the fear of god into me. It is not the fight that made me feel that way, I am [...]
FIGHT WEEK BEGINS!!!
March 19th, 2012 Adam Thompson Fight week has begun. One of the first jobs – getting rid of my damn cauliflower ears. Hanging out of the side of my head like some bike handlebars that had been half chewed by my dog, they looked disgraceful. It is funny the different responses you get from them – in an office they [...]
WEEK 17 VIDEO BLOG
March 18th, 2012 Adam Thompson This is the final weekly video blog before the fight. Even saying that sounds weird. For the best part of the last 4 months fighting and training is all I’ve known. The camp I compiled along with the Competitive Edge team has all come down to these final stages of THE FIGHT PROJECT, and I [...]
THE SONG SHORTLIST
March 14th, 2012 Adam Thompson You have spoken and I have listened. While many of the suggestions consisted of songs that would make those lucky enough to be at the fight turn to the person next to them and laugh hysterically. Given the number of those songs I thought it was only fair they had some representation in the shortlist [...]
THE WALK OUT SONG
March 12th, 2012 Adam Thompson So with under 2 weeks to go before THE FIGHT PROJECT culminates, we have a big job ahead of us people. THE WALK OUT SONG. While this may not be as important as knowing how to stuff a takedown or throw a stiff jab, I’m only planning on making that walk once and I am [...]
WEEK 16 VIDEO BLOG
March 11th, 2012 Adam Thompson In under 2 weeks I will step into the cage and the focus is very much on getting me battle harden for my professional MMA debut. The way we are doing that is essentially getting people to punch me, kick me and wrestle me at a high intensity in sparring. Once again the way the [...]
SOMEBODY BUY HIM A BEER!
March 8th, 2012 Adam Thompson BY HAYDEN KNOWLES – THE FIGHT PROJECT STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH / COMPETITIVE EDGE MANAGING DIRECTOR Not long to go now, the body weight has been achieved to a point he can now go lighter, his fitness has gone to a level he has never been in his life and skills developing by the day [...]
NICKNAME SORTED, NOW WHAT?
March 7th, 2012 Adam Thompson It has been decided. On Saturday 24th March at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre I will fight as Adam “THE PROJECT” Thompson. It was the weight of public opinion not my desire to push my brand to an audience that was the decisive factor , I promise! It just makes sense and as someone [...]
GEORGE’S FIRST BLOG
March 5th, 2012 Adam Thompson So you and me have been best mates for a while now so I feel like I can speak pretty honestly with you. You have changed. Over the last few months things just haven’t been the same and I am not sure how happy I am about it. It is one thing to change the [...]
WEEK 15 VIDEO BLOG
March 4th, 2012 Adam Thompson CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!! Only 3 weeks of THE FIGHT PROJECT remaining before I jump in the cage for The Children’s Hospital Westmead Oncology Unit. We have tapered back the training in favour of a quality ahead of quantity. The timing couldn’t be better as the UFC rolled into Sydney and all of a sudden [...]
SPLIT LIVES
March 1st, 2012 Adam Thompson Today was a matter of continuously changing hats. Fighter Journo Fighter Journo. For the record it’s much easier just being one but not about to start complaining about my job! Training in the morning, UFC Press Conference, Jiu-jitsu in the afternoon and blog writer by night. I’ll split up my fields because as I do [...]
TOUGHEN UP THOMMO
February 29th, 2012 Adam Thompson Ahhhhh training with injuries. It comes with the territory but how you manage that is up to you. Now as the fight draws near I won’t lie I am getting quite paranoid about soaking up as much as I can in the short time I have left. Making sure my “fight fitness” is spot on [...]
THE PRESSURE
February 27th, 2012 Adam Thompson We are officially on the home straight and I won’t lie I’m feeling it. Funnily enough on my first day of my new “tapered” off training regime of 2 sessions a day, I actually felt more tired at the end of it. With the UFC in town I have extra commitments that normally I wouldn’t [...]
