Paul Mcveigh

Well I always liked hurting people and mma gave me an opportunity to do that and not get arrested. With regards competing when I hooked up with the Dinky Ninja Fight Team it was sort of the norm and so I went with it.

Q2. What is your current training schedule like?

The crappy thing about mma is that there are so many aspects to train. Striking, wrestling, jiu jitsu, strength and conditioning. So it comes down to prioritising your weaker areas. At the minute i am paying a lot of attention to my wrestling and strength work. Always train about 6- 9 times a week off season and about 12 times a week when fighting.

Q3. What is your training split? What are your thoughts on cardio, do you feel its essential all year?

The main bulk of my training is based around technique and sparring. With regards conditioning I tend to prioritise strength before cardio particularly in between fights, its easy to make an explosive athlete fit than it is to make a fit athlete explosive. My cardio tends to come from hitting people and technique drills.

Q4. How long have you been competing?

Since I was 17, about 7 years, ahhh I used to be pretty then and have normal looking ears.

Q5. What are your main competitive achievements?

Winning the Cagewarriors world title at skinny girl weight (61.2kg) and defending it successfully. Won 3 British titles and a few Scottish titles as well. Once won a bucking bronco competition vs. a bunch of fighters from Ireland that’s defiantly up there.

Q6. What weight are you off season and at contest time?

I cut about 4-6kg the week before a match so i am normally a “massive” 65-67kg. At the weigh in im61.2kg for ten minutes and then 24hrs later I can be 64-65kg for the fight.

Q7. What are your current competitive goals?

Fighting on the Power of Scotland 2 show at Braehead Arena on March the 4th which should be fun don’t get to compete in Scotland that much anymore. Long term I want to get some fights in Japan that was my goal from the start we have been close a few times but in the end it always fell through.

Q8. Why do you feel you have been able to make continuous gains over the years?

The majority of my gains have come in the way of improving my technical proficiency, every 3 months i am better than I was in every range striking, wrestling and jiu jitsu. But what’s helped me the most this year has definitely been in following a structured and periodised strength and conditioning program. I feel I am now the biggest, strongest and most attractive fighter in the bantamweight division.

Q9. What supplements do you use?

I use Extreme Nutrition supplements because Dougie Black told me too ?. I use extreme protein in the morning mixed with water, oats, peanuts, flaxseed oil and raspberries, Extreme build and recover after workouts and I pop glutamine complex and Kre-alkylyn throughout the day like smarties.

Q10. How much do you feel supplements and nutrition help your training?

Its hella important. If i am not eating right or missing meals I tend to crash and be too knackered to train then I eat crap and feel like a steaming bag of excrement. When my nutrition and supplementation is good I train better and get more productive workouts done with less effort.

Q11. What is it that motivates you through a gruelling workout?

The fact that if I don’t do it somebody who has is going to bash me.

Q12. Who, if anyone, do you want to thank over the years for their help?

The Dinky Ninja Fight Team who have trained me, beaten me up and removed from me every shred of ego and dignity I had, all the while turning me into a passable competitor. Cagewarriors and Doug Truman for giving me a platform to compete against high level opponents. Doug Black for the sweet supplement hook ups

Favourite Music – Immortal Technique, Rage Against the Machine, Tenacious D, U2 and Toto

Favourite Movies – Lion King and the Crow

Paul Mcveigh