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Height: 5ft 10″ (178cm)
Weight: 250lbs (113kg)
A heavyweight fighter from Birmingham, Paul “The Terror” Taylor started his career in mixed martial arts by jumping in at the deep end. With a professional record of just 1-1, Taylor stepped up and faced a huge challenge in UFC fighter Jeff Monson.
Even though Taylor lost the fight, he earned the respect of everybody in the MMA community with his resilient performance.
Since the fight with Monson, Taylor has joined Bodytorque affiliate Sapphire MMA. Bodytorque have also taken responsibily of Pauls Strength and Conditioning to sponsor him for his next fight fight against Scott Saward at UCMMA.
Training
Pauls currently training 3 times a day to keep well rounded in all aspects of his game. 1 of these sessions is the responsibility of Bodytorque to make sure Paul is at his most explosive and conditioned peak on the day of the fight.
As a warm up we start Paul off with gentle jogging and then move him onto some light footwork drills on the agility ladder to keep this heavyweight fighter light on his feet.
After Paul is fully warmed and stretched we start him off on his circuit. Each station is 45 seconds with no rest inbetween.
Tuck jumps holding a kettlebell. Great for Pauls cardio
and plyometric power on his legs
Double arm 28kg kettlebell swings - without going into to much detail this one of the best exercises any athelete can do and one we also recommend to every person that enters the gym. For great muscle endurance, power, strength, fat burning propertys and muscle stability this is one of the best exercises we recommend.
We finished off with Paul having to pull a small car for 100 yards as fast as he could, turn around and push it back as fast as he could. ! minute rest and repeat 2 more times. Added power and endurance on his legs will help with controlling his opponent and driving through him for takedowns.
With the fight being so close we are not pushing Paul for longer than he needs to as he has to be carefull to not burn out so close to his fight. The whole session will last 20 mins, only 5 minutes more than his fight time but is 100% effort for the full 20 minutes.
Paul is a great guy and great fighter, he has a fantastic work ethic and refuses to train anything less than 100% for his sessions. Were confident in Pauls ability as a fighter and look forward to helping him make his way to the top.
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