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Road to the Pro’s: Micah Brakefield #12

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Well, it’s 2012, and I just finished my “vacation”. It seems as though I, like Forrest Gump have a skewed concept of “vacation”.  I trained twice a day for the 10 days I had off  and was more tired after than I would have been if I worked.  I was also reminded what it feels like to wake up in the morning and be sore everywhere. I didn’t get as many classes with Kalib Starnes in as I would have liked, but I did manage to get out there a few times and train with him,  Vinicios and Lelo (Axe Capoera studs).  It’s nice to finally feel motivated, not that I didn’t feel challenged in my last fights, but I just didn’t feel any urgency to get in shape or to be all that focused. This year has started off great. I am already in better shape now than I was before any of my fights last year and I finally feel driven to make a run at this sport and see exactly what I can do.

I don’t think that I ever underestimate myself in my athletic abilities, but I do think I was taking more of a sideline approach to my MMA career. Just watching what happened and having the “I coulda trained harder” card in my back pocket in case of a loss.  But that’s over, I am holding myself accountable for my actions this year and look forward to seeing what I can do. I hope to really showcase my talents in this upcoming fight on Feb 11th, and then assess the situation and see whether or not I will go pro.

When I do enter the pro ranks you can expect my first fight to be against someone with a winning record, someone that when I beat will have me climbing the pro ranks in BFL immediately. Anyone who knows me knows that I don’t do things in moderation, I don’t wade slowly into the water and wait till I’m adjusted to the temperature, no, I find the biggest cliff and dive in head first (You can ask my manager Darcy McBride about that). I understand why one might be tempted to take an easy fight when starting off to see where they are at, but frankly I am too impatient for that. Most of the guys that are currently on the pro circuit didn’t have the opportunity to fight as an amateur, so the way I look at it is I have had 7 fights and it doesn’t matter what level they were, it’s all experience.

That’s it for today, my next two weeks will be filled with working, training, eating and sleeping. I would like to thank all my sponsors:  Dominant GroundFVSTR clothing, Passion SportsDank Energy, Drako, T-BarzFine Arts Bartending in Victoria and MMASucka for all the support.

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Jeremy Brand is an experienced MMA writer and columnist. He is the founder of MMASucka.com, and has represented the company with media credentials at many mixed martial arts fights. Jeremy is also a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, training in BC, Canada.

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