{"id":170154,"date":"2015-10-08T10:41:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T17:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=170154"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:43:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:43:12","slug":"brian-stann-mma-fighters-are-over-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/brian-stann-mma-fighters-are-over-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Stann: MMA fighters Are Over Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think it&#8217;s pretty clear, the less times you get hit in the head the better. I don&#8217;t think anyone can argue that. But the debate over MMA training and how hard or not hard you should train continues.<\/p>\n<p>The main issue seems to be with sparring. There are those who say that sparring really isn&#8217;t necessary once you get to a certain level, and then there are those who say sparring is the only way to get ready for a fight.<\/p>\n<p>Former UFC fighter and current analyst Brian Stann recently took to Twitter and sent out a series of tweets about the issue, saying that after seeing how NFL teams practice he thinks it&#8217;s clear that MMA fighters overtrain a lot and take way to much head trauma.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amazing how different NFL practices are now from when I played college ball. Great focus on athletes peaking and being healthy.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Stann (@BrianStann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianStann\/status\/651933889095708673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I learned a great deal, and realized even more how badly we over-train in mma. We train way too much, especially head trauma from sparring<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Stann (@BrianStann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianStann\/status\/651934235117289472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">looking at the science the Falcons track their players \u201coutput\u201d each day, MMA fighters probably lose yrs of career due to training intensity<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Stann (@BrianStann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianStann\/status\/651935455873732609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes, already happening in smaller camps, Yair Rodriguez\u2019s coaches told me he sparred 4x whole camp <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qbKpfd3PmK\">https:\/\/t.co\/qbKpfd3PmK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Stann (@BrianStann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianStann\/status\/651936090178342912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think it&#8217;s pretty clear, the less times you get hit in the head the better. I don&#8217;t think anyone can argue that. But the debate over MMA training and how hard or not hard you should train continues. The main issue seems to be with sparring. There are those who say that sparring really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":151815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brian Stann: MMA fighters Are Over Training | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC fighter and current analyst calls for change in MMA training.....FULL story on BJPENN.COM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/brian-stann-mma-fighters-are-over-training\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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