If you want to be able to dominate your opponent physically, you must be doing specific MMA strength training. That means you’ve got to be doing the basic lifts like squats, deadlifts, chinups, and bench presses. However, you don’t want to train like a bodybuilder and put on too much muscle mass, which could bump you up to the next weight class and slow you down. Instead, you want to train for strength and power without adding excess bulk. After all, you’re a mixed-martial artist and you want to be as powerful as possible at your current weight. You can do this by training movements, not muscles, and using exercises for the full body in your program as opposed to body part splits.
