Adam Shelly | Cage Warriors 160 Manchester, Team KF & Irish MMA | Energized Show

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Kind: captions Language: en foreign [Applause] okay what's going on guys welcome to a brand new episode of energize brought to you by four stars doubt Ross are you intoxicated or something introduced I guess mine today we have everyone's favorite Shelly brother he's pointing out a team KF it's the one and only tornado Adam Shelley Adam how you doing bud good lads what's happening how's things going to be on um number one Shelly on the show Ross yeah absolutely absolutely I hope Lauren sees this Adam's going to replay that to him over and over again on Christmas Day Ross yeah absolutely absolutely Adam you're coming from Fresh Off probably the biggest win in your uh career and also probably the most Spectacular One in your career and what was that like I was sadly um from start to finish I really enjoyed everything around that fight from fight week to the fight itself um being at home was great I had a catch weight it was great and then obviously the performance itself um I knew there was obviously going to be a big crowd there but even uh I remember when I walked out I was the first of the KF Lads to fight so I remember when I walked out I was I was quite actually taken back by the pup that we got I even said at the Chris when we got to the cage I said Jesus that was some public you know and Chris was like yeah look forget about all that now focus on the performance um by the way I don't know like I just I suppose um well you didn't think that I thought he was Ryan did you knew something like that um I suppose I haven't fought I've never fought MMA in Dublin so like by far K1 here in about five years ago like in the in the right venue and like had a good few people like that but I don't know it was just like like I said I knew there was going to be a good reception and better than what I've had in my fight in the UK obviously but it was just it was it was class like the crowd really got behind and then each Irish fighter that I saw after me like you know a team that the whole crowd got behind everybody I thought it was a great night in terms of atmosphere yeah definitely I I felt that as well amongst the crowd I've had like obviously there was you know your friends family and team KF uh training Partners there and obviously there was quite quite good for you in there and you would have heard all them as well but I felt like the Crayola backed the Irish Fighters nearly all the time like you know you probably had team Rhino fans who are there the FAO you guys who are there you know the CE McCoys were there Etc et cetera and then just the general fully fans who bought tickets like they were probably all just hoping that fiorish guys would keep on winning and uh and you did on that occasion it was a it was a great noise of MMA all together but uh I think you were one of the people who stole the show Adam with that uh with that uh spinning kick like um obviously you have them in Your Arsenal but uh how nice was it to get it in there and land that in front of your home crowd it was brilliant um and like you know something I've been working with Chris and speaking with Chris about for the last while now is getting into that sort of um getting into our Flow State in the cage and Performing the way I do in the gym and letting it come out on Fight Night um and I feel like that was the first time I I showed a glimpse of what I'm capable of and what I can do um and I feel mentally and physically I've cracked it now and I'm hoping to show it now in every fight and I'll definitely be looking to show it next week what did you have to overcome because obviously myself and Ross were there when uh when he didn't go your way in Belfast now you're on a 2-4 win streak and you're going to be the only Irish person fighting on cage Warriors Manchester on the 29th of September what what's what's the biggest difference now in the Lloyd father machelli um I think it's more like I have I've sort of achieved goals and stuff outside the cage which then allows me to go to train and and perform and in the cage and in training with without the stress and worry of sort of everything else going on um like I like to have like most people I'd imagine I like to have all boxes ticked I need everything sort of right for it's like if everything's going right I I everything's like you know I can check off all the boxes but and I just feel like that's something I've achieved over the last couple of months and now I'm just I'm training and I'm fighting and stuff because I want to and because I enjoy it um like I have a full-time job now and stuff like that so although I still have goals to achieving the sport it's not make a break for me like from a financial point of view but like like and then for me like when I was competing in let's say Taekwondo and kickboxing out like when I was younger and stuff um like I was paying my way in Damn Sport you know you know I'm funded like so you know you're paying up to a grand like 1200 quid out of your own pocket for them trips you're still doing the early mornings the late nights the twice a day is while being in college or whatever it may be and it's all because it's offered a love of the sport and um so like then when I get into MMA it was nearly like right well I need to make this my career and like this one I'm gonna feed my family off in the future and stuff but then I sort of reverse that sort of said no I'm going to get myself set up outside got a job in there and with the airport fire service and now I'm back to training and stuff because it's what I love and I just find that that just works best for me [Music] so Russ Adam has put nail foyers in in the public and in the caves now yeah absolutely yeah great that you represent their the foreign is up there is class actually we do all our training and like on-site in the airport and like a big simulated rig and stuff like that that we can set on fire and have fun with that all day like yeah [Music] and then obviously like Port nail fires you know you're supporting your life in danger as that happens or whatever so obviously do that's uh something that's very risque as it's getting in the cage but does that actually help with your composure come find when you're doing that sort of training yeah I think the both complement each other like even when I was the only recruit trainer and stuff like that I feel like my experience in it like you know competing and Combat Sports and stuff um sort of help my composure and that end of things and then likewise you know now when I'm in work obviously like you know whether it's training or real situations like you know you're you're putting yourself in the fire pad in the pawn and like you're sort of doing that day today like you know so it's somewhere that is somewhere where I like to be like I don't like to just sort of sit around and just go day to day like it's nice to be you know out there like you know challenging yourself and putting yourself in these difficult situations yeah I suppose you're you have to be alert in the moment as opposed you have to be alert in the moment in the cage as well so I suppose there is going to be some correlation there uh hopefully you remain safe in uh both aspects uh going forward as well and it's constantly in danger I can't see it now uh Adam tell us this obviously you're avoiding on cage Warriors Manchester um it's got to be a great card the Manchester cards are always stacked there's uh plenty of talent out there for people to see but um was there any disappointment that you weren't on the Dublin card and then also do you feel like maybe there's a slow add a bonus that you're the only or reporter on this card now so there might be a bit more attention for you for your fight as opposed to just another fighter on the Dublin card yeah possibly so I sort of um I opted for this because I want to aim to get two more fights by the end of the year um I like I sort of looked at the calendar and when they initially released it and especially when I saw that they moved the so the original schedule Dublin show was for the 25th of November so my aim would have been before September and November but then when they moved to the Dublin show to the 14th of October of a saw that putting two and two together and looking at it and thinking like if now look this might be different for somebody other Lads but I was thinking for myself if I fight on that Dublin shell on the 14th of October then that might be the only fight then I get for the rest of the year and that'd only leave me with two this year where in an Ideal World I'd like most Lads I'd say I would like them four I'll take three if I can get it so now my goal would be hopefully put in a good performance and get the results I want over here Manchester next week and then get on that Newcastle card in November yeah exactly and uh obviously uh this for you here against uh Matthew obviously he was there FCC featherweight Champion hey he's coming into cage Warriors now and obviously this division is getting stacked up at the lightweight division obviously yeah George Hardwick I think will remain with the promotion uh unfortunately it was unsuccessful and they always contended series there's people like your own teammate Leon Hill uh go like he's going on for that belt I think uh sometime soon Paul Hughes also traveler's name in the half of the lightweight belt yeah what way do you say the see the lay of the land at lightweight stacked as you said um and you know what's funny with cagewise I don't know if you Lads have noticed this and where I'll be saying this in the gym it's like it comes in waves like sometimes you can look at the division and you're looking and going Chase there's nobody really there at the top of a particular Division and then you look at it sometimes and you could list out a top ten of killers and I think lightweight is there was a time there go back about a year or two ago maybe he had Mike figlack uh Chris Duncan was signed remember now we never actually fought but Chris Duncan was there George had which was there there's a few other Lads and you're going this is a Killer's route but that might feel like I signed Chris Duncan got signed George Hardwick contendencies and for a while I was looking at the top of it going there's nobody jumping out but now like you've made them Jones back you know so it's not like to add to that or at least the names so I suppose um George is still the champion am I right saying that he never actually vacated no he didn't he's the champion yet so I'd imagine maybe if Mason Jones gets a win in Dublin card he'll probably be fighting George will he I think it sort of depends on when George wants next day because like who knows like if he wants next out in you know the November card and Newcastle well then like he might end up pointing someone else to put that it's definitely very very interesting that's the same but Welsh waiting there with their response to the UFC yeah you know I think it's emila Brown's pointing for the wealth away title there's like six or seven guys who are like uh especially obangan as well who are like worn Domino went away including Lloyd's arm and James Sheen for the Irish interest who like are on the Constable there getting back in there for um a total shot so like I'd love to see it I suppose it's a bit like when someone really dominant retires or whatever uh and then like you know you question that next wave and then all of a sudden there's a bit of injection back into the vision even look at something like the UFC Sean stricken wins the belt and like the matches matches you can make become uh a bit more sexy than uh Israel who's already beaten half the division yeah yeah that's spot on yeah it's like it comes in waves doesn't it how's the training camp in obviously a lot of the team are preparing for Dortmund you're that bit earlier so did you have to tell the guys get your ass in here because uh I need those hard rounds first and now everyone's been on the ball to be fair and like you know what even after the Dublin show in April the guy went back training on the Wednesday and obviously not to the same intensity or volume but like sort of been training all year like and I was hoping to fight in july uh I would have liking on one of the the London card at a round cards didn't manage to get on it so I've sort of been in Camp in Camp but you know don't I use that expression Loosely like they'll really do camps but since June like it's it's been fairly Fair uh full-on so but he's in a good spot everything's going well I've made a lot of improvements even since the the April show um so hopefully they'll show them next week yeah but what's what's train been like in in team KF at the moment because uh like from following the last they are fighting on the Dublin card it seems like the lads are living in there and um like I even heard doesn't Poirier came down for a knock as well just to see how hard team KF for training these days yeah no like and you know we're having a a bit like we haven't got a massive team but we have a very active team so like even their dom dom was what two or three weeks ago for his Pro debut so like everybody was down giving rounds to Dom and then there's there was posting me and omran from Manchester then there's the Dublin Lads so like there's always somebody with a fight coming up and you know you might be a particular body type uh sorry a similar body type to that person's opponent so Chris is saying like you know will you get down to give them rounds or whatever and in the gym like you know and like I said the intensity will um you know you might not be doing your three fives all the time if you're now fighting site but you're doing some type of round some types of competitive rounds so it keeps everybody sharp and under toes um and it just leads to a great atmosphere in the gym I find them yeah and doesn't Boise enjoyed it yeah he did he seemed to enjoy it yeah um oil actually wasn't down but uh The Lads were filling me and he seemed like a cool dude uh had a chat with all the boys after took pictures and stuff and one thing from the pictures I was surprised that was uh the height of him I thought he was taller Leon and armor and the lads were Tower and Over In fairness though team K effort known for being probably the tallest team in the country that's true yeah there's a lot of six for two six for three Lads floating around there yeah yeah like lightweight yeah how did that come about no yeah that's it the boys uh somebody's saying on uh on perier's Instagram that he was out rolling down by Grand Canal dock and uh I think a few of the lads message them anyway I'm just like here get down to the gym now come now for a few rounds and uh I'd imagine Chris has a few contacts somewhere I actually I couldn't tell you exactly how it played out but he's just him and the boys rocked up anyway yeah and I think there was half of them coming down for our positional session on Wednesday didn't end up happening now that would have been nice to to feel it feel that out in the wrestling and stuff you know must have heard you were coming down that's it that's it that's a one bit of pressure the diamond couldn't handle this is number one uh Adam tell us a bit about uh gather government your strutting code yeah Cowboy excuse me yeah Cowboys Cowboys great like you know nice to pick his brain about things um so most of the lies use them uh like for pads and like just a bit of different striking work he sort of has a different Outlook very like you know uh K1 and toy style based which for me is uh it's nice to get a bit of Outlook into that because like I sort of more of a like you know that point sparring type background Taekwondo base and that's what I did for years so it's lovely to blend it with sort of Gabor style and then Chris there nearly just pulls it all together so like in the lead up to this fight like you know then I'll be talking with Chris and we're talking about how to be in the traditional Taekwondo soil and then mix it in with the K1 style and just having that Blended approach to the strike and but it's great to have the two of them there Gabor and Chris to pick the brains about things and get different views yeah Shadow Cowboy he's putting some of some great content and as you're saying as we were saying you're fighting on the 29th Adam when are you going over to Manchester and who's going with you going over next Wednesday so today's Friday gone over next Wednesday early flight and myself Chris and Carl and then I think Ryan is going to come over on the Friday yeah and that will be live on uc5 pass as well yeah absolutely uh look at Adam uh 10K effort are doing awesome things at the moment and obviously you're the only awesome things at the moment and what way do you think this fight is gonna play out come point now uh obviously you're not gonna ask you for a prediction because you're obviously gonna say you're going to win but how did you see the fight actually playing out and where where does Matt give you trouble it's uh like a lot of my fights it's a I think it's Striker versus Grappler match up um from what I gather well on his topology anyway it says that Matt is five foot seven I don't know I know they can be wrong sometimes so I'm not sure if he is but I I'm nearly six trees so there's going to be a significant High difference there um and I'd imagine he'd be looking to come in and close the distance um so yeah stroker versus Grappler um I'll be looking to enforce my game plan which has a few little tricks in there and I'm sure he'll be the same [Applause] get Roy to show that real naked choke that he's falling over just just in case he tries to Grapple you I know yeah I know look over me um little tricks there in the grappling daddy that might come out we don't know yeah hopefully hopefully it's just one that I was playing tornado kicks and like that that's it Bobby's room yeah you're gonna have to show us kind of cage whereas Dublin by the way I can't wait for that as well yeah yeah we'll run a little tutorial workshop on tornado kicks yeah we can stick at points of four dollars there and Ross's head and we can all have a go brilliant yeah I did get Adam's only personal trust actually yeah he's tall enough right that's terrible when I get free drink for the night yeah we'll have to go and see we'll try it out or else we'll try it yeah yeah it was Ross's birthday this week Round of Applause on our way happy birthday Ross thanks a million thanks you're 14 now what's it like man I'm 42 42. yeah Adam thanks so much for joining us really appreciate your time and anyone you need to shout out before we go uh just all the boys in KF uh chasing around cheers for pushing me on obviously on the cultures down there Chris Tom Gabor and all the boys in the fire station and they helped me out big time when I'm in work with different things and so shout out to all them and yeah top 10 as well they're always good for a bit of gear top 10 response here yeah no thanks a million for joining us and we really appreciate the time can't wait to see you go do that work uh come fight night and for those of you watching home make sure to like share subscribe and as always lovely [Applause] I saw so keep going keep up the good work guys