Like to say hello.

[Ian The Machine Freeman]

Anyone, Anywhere

AtletaDoMataLeao,

I am prepard to fight anyone who is a name now as long as the money and the purse is right of course.

I find with the better my opponent, the better I fight. So, to be honest I want to fight the best.

My aim is to become the UFC heavyweight champion of the world and then fight in Pride. i've succeded in everything I've done up untill now, so there is no reason why I can't do it. Let's think about it, I was still an amateur 12 month ago and look where I am now. If you want it that much, you will get it.

dutchman,

No my friend, I do not train in London, I train in the NorthEast of England. I train in SUNDERLAND.

[BIG BIRD]

Welcome to the board Machine. This is a big happy family outside of Ronin and Joe Manco's dysfunctional gay marriage but every forum has one of those. You will not be flamed or trolled upon here unlike the other forum. The Mc Forum of martial arts. Otherwise known as mma.com . Once again welcome it is nice to have other fighters on this board..

[Ian The Machine Freeman]

Thank You

Big Bird,

Thank you for your kind words. Your right about Trolls on other Forums, that is why you don't see me post on our UK MMA Forum. Until the Trolls and Marks go away to play with their sisters underwear, then I'm keeping clear of them.

[duchman]

Ian,

That's to bad i'll be next year in londen for 2 weeks on freeking goodbye schooltrip.

Do you know any good mma/bjj/sambo gyms there

[dan downard]

Thanks for your reply.Simple ,but well put.
I would like to say that I have seen you fight,but we dont get fights on cable anymore.So can you tell me which ufc's you were in so I can rent them?

[Ian The Machine Freeman]

UFC

I have been in 3 UFC's and a Pancrase Superbout.

UFC24 against Scott Adams.
UFC26 against Nate Shroeder.
UFC27 against Tedd Williams.
Pancrase against Bob Stines.

[duchman]

Ian,
Do you know any good mma/bjj/sambo gyms in londen?
or where i can find a list of gyms in londen.

[AtletaDoMataLeao]

Duchman

I'm from London and will gladly point you in the right direction my friend. Just drop me an email at: Paul@ChokeAthletic.com

Going back to Ian's post about getting what you want if you are hungry enough, I know him personally and also know that he has a deep desire to make it to the top.
This alone, will take him a long long way.

I'd also like to say that it's great to have found a 'proper' forum at long last.

Respect to all
Paul@Choke

[Ronin]

BIG BIRD:

When did I marry Joe Manco?

I've gotta lay off the booze...

[Ian The Machine Freeman]

Paul@choke

dutchman,

Paul@choke will help you out, he is a good friend of mine.

Good luck with your training.

"The harder you train, The easier the fight."

[AtletaDoMataLeao]

Friend?

Duchman
There are a load of decent places to train in London.
There are BJJ and MMA schools.
Mauricio Motta Gomes is coming over to teach full time, there's a cool place called London Shootfighters, BJJ taught by an ex Gracie student (Anaconda jiu jitsu), a guy who runs the Rickson Gracie London school and a guy who trains under Royce and Rorion.
I can fix you up with all the details you need.
But don't just go to any old class, as there are some real bogus people out there teaching stuff that is plain stupid and dangerous.

If you are prepared to travel a bit further north, you could hook up with Ian, who has a smaller and more personal class that is intense! All his guys are really good fighters and super friendly to go with it.

His saying of train hard, fight easy is apparent when you mix it with his guys.

Hope this helps
Paul@Choke

[McLeod]

It's very good to see Ian on this forum.
I hope to see you stay for a very long time. keep us up to date with your goings on, and let us know exactly what happens backstage.

Actually, that would be an interesting bit of info to start with.. any interesting backstage stories?

[rockinronnie]

Welcome Ian - from Toronto, Canada !!

Ronnie.

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A straight arm's still a broken arm - Master JPF

[Robbie]

Welcome to the forum Ian,I wish you the best of luck in your future fights.

[duchman]

Thank you very much ian and paul!
I will post more later but i'm to busy now