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Combate Extremo Featherweight Champ Shah Bobonis talks upcoming fight and ...

PRO MMA NOW : Can you talk about how you got involved in MMA?

SHAH BOBONIS : I wrestled a little bit in junior high and high school. I was more of a baseball player though, and I ended up playing a little bit of pro ball. When I was done playing pro ball I was just boxing in the amateurs just to stay in shape really and compete at something. The boxing gym that I was going to actually Jorge Masvidal was doing some boxing training there as well and we got to talking and he said, “Hey, if you wrestled in high school you should try this MMA gym. You’d like that too.” So I went to the MMA gym, fell in love with it, and two years after that I signed to fight pro for the first time.

PRO MMA NOW : What was it like making the transition from playing professional baseball to competing in MMA?

SHAH BOBONIS : Well I’ll tell you one huge difference is the type of shape that you have to be in. Not to say anything bad about baseball, but the physical conditioning for MMA is completely different. The discipline I think just to be successful in MMA you have to have a lot of self discipline if you want to cut weight the right way, train twice a day, learn all of the skill sets needed for this sport. I’ve played baseball with a lot of guys who were just so naturally talented that they got away with you know being lazy and not working that hard, but they just had so much God given talent that they could make it to the show on that alone.

PRO MMA NOW : Now you’re currently the Combate Extremo Featherweight Champion. What was it like to win that title and how have things changed for you since winning it?

SHAH BOBONIS : You know it has opened up a lot of doors for me and given me some good exposure. I know the day I got back from winning that title I got called out to go train with Dominick Cruz and be a sparring partner for him getting him ready for Urijah [Faber]. I’d done countless interviews since I’ve won that title and my next fight now is a main event fight here in the United States. It has done a lot of good things for me.

PRO MMA NOW : What was it like spending those four weeks training with Dominick Cruz, and what were some of the things that you took away from being a part of his training camp?

SHAH BOBONIS : Well I tell you what, Dominick let me in on some of his secrets of setting up that far knee block that he gets everybody with. The four weeks out there were great. We had guys coming in and out of that place like K.J. Noons, Ben Henderson, and Ross Pearson just to name a few. Just a bunch of pro guys and high level UFC and WEC vets coming into spar all of the time, and that’s really rare to see. To go to a gym and get that type of sparring on a regular basis, I’ve never experienced anything like that.

CrossFit PROPER | Corona, California» Blog Archive » WOD 07.27.11

I always go into a wod with good intentions of breaking it up in 5′s or 10s or 20′ depending on the movement. But at the end, sometimes it really just comes down to 1′s and 2′s with mini micro periods of rest.

Love that Wooden quote. 100% believe in it. It’s why I study so dang much, and get into the pool whenever I can.

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