Paul Mann, Dave Harker and Jacob Kirwan

I want to thank everyone who sparred with me this week. It was a good week of training. I am taking off this weekend to rest. My little girls 5th Birthday party was today at Chuckie Cheese, that was an adventure. I am looking forward to Cagetime 3 in OC. next weekend. Clinch Academy's, Paul Mann steps back into the cage. I cant wait to see him fight its been a little while. We Jessie, Rich and Jeremy from Ferocity MMA will also be on the fight card. We will have our new Jacob Kirwan MMA Shirts for sale there.

There's been a lot going on. I'm scheduled to fight Marcos Galvao on September 24, 2010, for Lou Neglia's, Ring Of Combat. Marcos is a 2 time WEC vet and a multiple time BJJ World Champion. So this should be interesting.

In the mean time, me and my Old Lady (lol) have been working on my website JacobKirwanMMA.com. So far it's up and running. Soon,hopefully within the week, we will have more on MMA Articles and video blogs. We will have "The Ring Of Combat Training Camp" video blog starting next week. You will be able to follow me as I prepare for my fight. More updates on the strength and conditioning program and progress reports on our participants. Like I said, the website is up and running, but there's plenty more to come so stay tuned.

Well im not fighting on saturday night. My brother will be fighting. Not sure when my next one is. I am just trying to improve as much as i can right now. Theres a big diff between training for a fight an training to get better. Judy is also doing a grappling tournement on saturday. Joey hughes went to US Nationals last weekend an won the advanced division for 210 lbs and above. Oh that was his FIRST grappling tournement ever. It was a great day and fun to watch.You can check out his finals match on youtube. Ryan placed second at naga to . Spencer and Thomas are fighting next weekend in virginia so we are pretty busy at clinch.

Well Iam waiting to hear who ill be fighting on June 19. The guy I was suppose to fight had to pull out. Training has been going well. Crossfit in the mornings has really helped. Its great because you dont have to worry about cardio as much and can focus on technigue when sparring and grappling. Grapplers quest is coming up. I might go if they dont find a fight for me. Its been awhile since i have grappled a real match lol.

Sorry I haven't been on here for a while. After The Shogun Fight I took a quick fight on April 30th. It went well! First round TKO. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported me!

My next fight is June 19th in Ocean City. Training has been going really well. We have been doing Strength and Conditioning now at Clinch at 6:30 AM Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Anyone interested in joining in, is welcome after running it by Luke Reinhart.

I'm looking forward to be fighting in O.C.! It should be a great show. I will keep everyone posted for tickets!

Big win last week at shogun fights. It was a tough fight but i came out on top. The weight cut was the best so far thank god lol. I took some time off this week to heel. That was the hardest training camp yet due to injurys. I am just glad the fight went well. I cant wait to get in the gym an start hitting it hard again once my body heels. I would like to thank everyone who came to the fights to support me an cole last weekend. It really helps when your fans come out an show support. THANKS

156 baby. Not to bad. The best part is i feel good. We have been working hard for this fight. Cole P fight got changed he is fighting Brian Vanhoven now. I have a great workout planned for tomo morning with luke and another Blackbelt. So im pumped about that. We had a tough wrestling practice last night. We had a good king of the matt drill going on. Joey won lol. 185 pounder that wrestles like a lightweight.

Its been a good week of training. I have been doing some wrestling at middletown HS helping Dylan get ready for states. There are some tough wrestlers there so its been great for me to help sharpen up my wrestling for my fight. We have mma tonight so im sure Luke will put us threw the ringer. My weight is good i have been weighing out at 158 after practice. I dont like to get much lower than that. I hear Cole P is on the card now. I feel sorry for the guy he is fighting lol

Congrats Dylan Herrmann

Congratulations to Dylan Herrmann for winning the Frederick County Wrestling Championships at Brunswick High School in overtime. Awesome performance! Keep up the good work.

Great week of training. We went threw some nasty workouts this week. Im alittle beat up lol but i feel good. I am headed to the frederick county wrestling championships to night. Dylan Herrmann is in the finals so im pumped. He has worked very hard this year on his wrestling and he put time in durring the off season grappling at clinch.
Today I went to clinch for open mat and rolled with Luke an Tom at a very high pace. I felt like I was in a dogfight for an hour and a half. Tomo I am rolling with Doug M and Admar B so it will be a good roll again im sure. Ryan Mackin is coming up to sparr in the evening. That sould be fun we had some wars on the highschool wrestling mats

Happy Valentines Deedee!

This has been a good week of training. I been doing a lot of circuit training. I did a work out with Luke the other day that was crazy a lot of balancing and crawls. Been sparring and rolling with the guys from Clinch. Haven't been able to make it down to B more much do to the massive amounts of snow we had. Looking forward to starting the week and praying for clear skys.

Its sunday night and everybody is sleeping at my house and i cant. I am pumped up about training tomo. My rib is feeling alot better and we are gonna step it up alittle. Me an joey are hitting pads in the morning an in the evening. I want to wait another week or so before i start grappling.

March 27 I have a tough fight in baltimore. I will post it when i sign the contract. Its pretty much a done deal just waiting to sign. That works out perfect since Luke is getting ready for the Pan Ams.

Joey fought last night. He got caught in a guillotine early in the fight. Thats the way it goes sometimes. I think in the long run it will make him a better fighter. My rib is starting to feel a little better. I have been riding the bike to keep my cardio up. I should get back to training soon I hope. There was a lot of the fans at the fight and that was awesome. Thank you to everyone who came out to support us.

I haven't been on here much. Been down in the dumps about my rib injury that happened a couple days ago. So, I had to pull out of the fight coming up this weekend. They found another fighter for my opponent so that's good at least. Doctor said I should rest and not train for a couple weeks to let my rib heal. I'm going crazy, not being able to train. Just trying to focus on getting Joey ready for his fight this weekend. He's looking sharp. There were belt promotions last night. congratulations to everyone and to Tom for getting his Blackbelt. I'll put up some pics of the Belt Test and Promotions later.

Just got back from a last minute trip to Kentucky. We were there for 2 days. You have to be resourceful when your stuck out on a mountain and want to work out. So, I made a circuit with a huge log, a peice of firewood, Three giant tires and one steep mountain off in the middle of nowhere. We got back yesturday. Trained this morning in Fairfax. I went and rolled with Dave Jacobs. Then we hit pads at Clinch and did some of Luke's crawls.

Here's some pics of my Kentucky workout.

Weel I'm fighting Dave Linder 3-2 from South Carolina. He looks like a pretty good fighter, so it should be a good test for me. We just picked up tickets today. You can call Joey Hughes 410-967-5071. Thanks Joey! Training is going well. Today was a rest day. Tomorrow, I'm doing pad work in the morning and Ju-Jitsu and MMA at night at Clinch. I should be watching theWEC fights, but direct TV kinda messed that up. Oh well I'll watch the replay. Looking forward to a good week of training. Joey and Cole are both fighting as well and there fired up, so it will be some good training.

Looks like I'm fighting in January

Well the promoter called and gave me some names for possible opponents in January. So it looks like everything is gonna go through. Had a couple good days of practice. Mostly a lot of pad work and grappling. I'm looking forward to the next couple days mitts in the morning and Luke's MMA class in the evening, which is always a killer. Sparring at Baltimore Boxing on Thursday. Deer hunting on Friday. Might catch me a buck (as Cole would say.) Speaking of Cole, they are matching him up for January too.

Still Waiting

Still waiting to see if I'm fighting same night as Joey. There trying to match me up now. We've been training hard. We watched the fights last night. thought they were great. I'm glad Rashad went back to his wrestling. I gotta admit, I wish Dustin H. would've won. I like his style. Sam Stout looked awesome. In my opinion it was his best performance yet. Went to B more yesturday work out with pro boxing coach Wade after open mat and combat challenge at Clinch. I was really impressed with all the fighters at Clinch. They showed a lot of heart and skill. Cant wait til the next one.