MMAKO-Interviews

Friday, 05 June 2009

Interviews- Jaime Jara

MMA-KO: first off Jaime it’s great to have you here at MMAKO?

J.J Thank you

MMA-KO: how did you originally get into mma?

J.J: I’ve been wrestling doing martial arts since I been in high school I seen the first ufc and I always wanted to do it since I seen it the first time but I ran into the right people at the right time I met Cal Worsham and he was fighting at the time and I got into his gym and started training with him and he got me my first fight

MMA-KO: What is your favorite fighting style?

J.J: I really like jujitsu I like the grown but jujitsu I have to say is my favorite takes a lot of technique and a lot of skill to make it happen any body can go in there and knock some one out with a lucky punch but it takes a lot of skill to put a good submission off

MMA-KO: How do you prepare for a fight?

J.J: I train seven days a week usually when I am getting ready for a fight I work my boxing I do a lot of cardio and a lot of running I run sprints I do my boxing everyday I hit pads with my boxing coach and then I work my jujitsu after that I try to get and fit everything in each day to get this thing done I just sign a contract with Showtime

MMA-KO: What was the most powerful moment ever in a fight?

J.J: The most exciting moment for me was when I fought my first Showtime fight against Jeremiah Metcalf and I knock him out on PPV you know on TV on Showtime so it was pretty awesome

MMA-KO: Jeremiah he is from Modesto?

J.J: Yea in fact he is a good friend of mind but you know it was the event itself you know just the big stage it wasn't’ him it was being there and getting the knockout on my first Showtime event

MMA-KO: Name 3 people in the fight industry that inspire you?

J.J: I have to say training with Cal Worsham he done a lot for me I have to say him I look up to Randy Courture and an other one that I think is really well rounded is Nugara

MMA-KO: Do you have any pre fight rituals?

J.J: No not to much I stretch that’s one thing I all ways do I don’t have weird things I do

MMA-KO: So you basically do a little stretching?

J.J: Yeah I get ready and warm up I stretch more then anything

MMA-KO: When and where is your next fight?

J.J: I am going to be fighting Dec first over in Thornton just outside of Sacramento its about forty five minutes outside of Sacramento in Thornton I don’t even know who my opponent is right now

MMA-KO: You were on the poster at one time?

J.J: Yea I was but they took me down because they didn’t know if I was going to If I was going to be on the card because I fought in Reno a couple of weeks ago and they didn’t know if I was going to get hurt or what was going to happen so they had to pull me off the card and when I came out of the fight ok they put me back on the card

MMA-KO: Tell me one thing about yourself that your fans wouldn’t suspect?

J.J: I am a nice guy people think I am mean people think the way I look I am mean actually I am a nice guy

MMA-KO: Do you have a manager Who are your trainers?

J.J: Cal Worsham is my manager and my training coaches are Al Garcia is my boxing coach and Mike Rumsey is my condition coach.

MMA-KO: What is the one thing you want your fans to know about Jaime Jara?

JJ: Every time I step in to the cage I fight my hardest; do my best to come out a winner on top.

MMA-KO: Anyone you like to thank?

JJ: I like to thank Team x and my teammates, I’d like to thank Cal Worsham, my coaches Al Garcia, Mike Rumsey, like to thank my sponsor ground in pound. Assault fight gear for sure and Skin industry & pimp it

MMA-KO: On behalf of MMA-KO I want to thank you for taking the time to do this interview.