Colin does Amature MMA for Cancer research UK - my forum blog
 

Yes I'm sure most people on this forum would be more likely to link my name with "Amature" and "Teen" but no, it's true, I'm currently about to begin training for the challenge of my life.

The fight being September 29th, 4 days after my 36th birthday, so there's not a lot of time, training will be three times a week via the Ultra MMA associates in Belfast.

Ive begun doing a video blog with my goal being obviously to win the fight but above all to raise £2000 for Cancer research UK. Please £1 or £5 anything helps and your gonna get regular updates of me knocking my nuts in over next 8 weeks.

Now if you know me, you know I'm NOT a fit person, not into healthy lifestyles and no into getting up at 6.30am to go for a run. So your gonna see me in pain, a LOT of pain as I struggle with this.

Ive taken images here of myself as part of the process, taken a few days ago, why because I have always tried to hide my body. Years ago I was 22 stone and have since managed to get it down, in the new year I ballooned to 108kg again with a combination of emotional problems and being laid off.


Thankfully the Couch to 5k process has helped me and I'm now 96.7kg as well as its helped me gain a level of fitness that I've not had in 20 years. At only 5 foot 9 also, I don't hide the weight well.

Why am I doing this, I've lost family to Cancer, and I got the all clear from throat cancer (for now) in February and that's why I'm doing this, to help others with treatment and research to prevent it all.

So now here's my video blog, this is the 3rd in the series with videos of my physical training starting later in the week, the others can be found on my you tube account also where everything will be uploaded.

If you can spare anything please donate, I've set up a just giving page, if you want to offer me help or something that might help me out over the next 8 and half weeks I will take anything I can get.

I will see no money from this, I'm buying my own kit also, paying for all my own training and so on, so follow the YouTube channel, that's where almost everything will be shared along with updates on my just giving page.

Colin "Highlander" Robson

Video 3

https://youtu.be/HW-XCWOGL08

Video 2

https://youtu.be/YFsMC9hC3eQ

Video 1 (sorry I had just eaten some nuts before filming this one)

https://youtu.be/JPeOkfj4tzY

Donate to Cancer research here - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraisi...ingeorgerobson

Updates will follow folks, and thanks in advance to all of the 75 zt club for their support.

Happy to donate. Really want to come and watch the fight too. Where's it being held ??

I can get my sister to sort you out with a back and chest wax foc too - mma and body hair isn't a good combo.

Flipping eck. :eek: Good luck to you, don't do things by halves, do you.
Assuming you haven't got a background in martial arts of any kind, this is a monster challenge, really wish you the best in your training.
Happy to donate :}

Lol no way. Staying hairy haha. But thank you very much.

Some where in Belfast, a hotel, they told us tonight but was so much info couldn't take it all in.

Will announce closer to date.

Net step, audition for Poldark! :D:}

I cant beleive in 24 hours my donation total has tripled already.

Thank you everyone so far. It means so much to me.

Best of luck with it buddy. I'll not be able to come to the fight as I'm away that weekend, but I'll be there in spirit! I know a couple of guys who are into MMA including one who runs the gym I go to, so I'll ask them for any tips they have re training.

Decky Dalton is my cousin, I'd ask him for tips but he scares me :D

Wishing you all the best in the MMA Bout, I've done full contact kickboxing in the past and its very adrenaline based rush. :D

Loved it. :D

And for Cancer research as well not many people are willing too enter a contact sport like that.

You have my respect for doing that you got some balls I'll give you that. :D

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Well today I had a spare half hour and popped out to get bits I need.

Sadly I couldn't find the hung like a black donkey willy protector so I had to settle with this one. Will just have to roll it up or something.

I will be fighting in yellow and black, I picked that as A, they are my favourite colours and B, yellow is a eye grabbing and distracting colour, and C, psychological effects as it can make it a hard to read environment and cause feelings of frustration.

Sounds foolish, but my own mind is my hardest battle.

Now to finish dinner and go for a late night run in cold air to clear my head!