Playground Podcast

Open-heart interview with former UFC and WEC fighter Mark "The Machine" Hominick, describing his experience fighting UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo in front of 50,000 fans inside the Rogers Center for UFC 129 in Toronto, Canada; then, exposes the daily commitment and sacrifices needed to become successful in MMA; reveals what fighters do in their off-time between fights, dealing with injuries, training, personal life, etc.; explains the way a striker trains to avoid a grappler's takedowns, how patience is sometimes the best strategy and depicts the effects of his Weapon of Choice, the body hook to the liver; discusses his adaptation to higher levels of competition - going from TKO (Montréal, Canada), to WEC, to UFC - and the way MMA indies prepare fighters for the big stage (in and out of the ring/Octagon); reflects on the positives and negatives coming with fighting in front of a local crowd; chats about learning how to promote/sell a fight efficiently when you get to the big leagues.