James Doolan
Bantamweight wrecking machine James Doolan. A mainstay on the domestic scene for a number of years, James has always bought a well rounded game to the table and his ferocity has won him both fans and titles. James originally came from a stand up background but an impressive 13-4 pro record has shown the world just how well he has transitioned to MMA and the promise of more huge things to come in the future.
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A Quick Review of My Last 10 Pro Fights17 Mar 2011With so much talk online right now about guys padding out their records, looking for or taking easy fights, I've been thinking about my own pro record a lot recently, I'm now past the 20 pro fight mark with a record of 14 wins, 5 loses and 2 draws.
 
The thing with a fighters record is though its r...
Less Than 2 Weeks Until Fight Night15 Feb 2011First blog in a while for me, I've been ran off my feet with a really busy time in the gym. As well as preparing for my own fight coming up at Celtic park, I've been coaching and working with my team mates ahead of a hectic few weeks of fights coming up for the Dinky Ninjas including a world title d...
Why is every fighter obsessed with conditioning these days?07 Jan 2011FA read this post on facebook last night  ''why is every fighter obsessed with conditioning these days...hitting tyres with sledges, flipping tyres etc etc how about learn to do a single, throw a jab or finish a triangle?? '' and it got me thinking.
 
I agree with the post totally, last...
Pro Fight Number 2007 Dec 2010Saturday passed saw me fighting on one of Europe's top MMA shows OMMAC down in Liverpool. The fight was the second defence of the British bantamweight title I won last year beating the up until then unbeaten James McGuiness and defended about 8 weeks against UFC veteran Leigh Remedios. My opponent w...
A Busy Few Weeks23 Nov 2010I've been busy on a few different fronts recently hence why I'm just getting round to writing up this blog.
 
I've been involved in co-promoting fight shows for a few years now and recently we had Sportfight Scotland returning to Lanark auction market, possibly the best venue for small MMA shows in...
A Week of Coaching02 Nov 2010Last week I had my coaching hat on and attended 2 shows in 6 days to corner some of our fighters. Sunday seen us back down in Newcastle and another great Strike and Submit show were we had 3 fighters on, then mid week I was off to Sweden for the first time to corner at Superior Challenge 6 on Friday...
Not Making Weight24 Oct 2010Up early on a Sunday morning I'm catching up on last nights UFC 121 before i head down to Newcastle for Strike and Submit.
 
Yesterday our pro fighters who are on the card made the trip down south for the afternoon weigh ins Scott Ward at middleweight, Sean Wright at catch weight 73kg and Kieran Ma...
Title Defended03 Oct 2010I never sleep after fights, partly due to a lot of self analysis and partly due to the adrenaline from the fight and build up itself.
 
Last night I successfully defended my OMMAC British bantamweight title in a BIG fight for me. Being main event on a show of OMMAC's standard means a lot to me, hol...
Title Fight This Weekend27 Sep 2010I'm now under a week out from defending my British title at OMMAC. Trainings tapering off now, I had my last sparring session on Friday night at the Griphouse in their cool new training cage, my coaches Paul McVeigh and Garry Christie supervised the rounds, hand picked my sparring partners and appea...
Over Training14 Sep 2010Been a busy week for me on a few different fronts. Last week I sat down with my coaches (Paul McVeigh, Danny Gray, Garry Christie and Kieran Malone) and went over how I had been training for the last fight and the last few months leading up to going into fight training. I'm a bit of a geek in that I...
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