Will Couchon: Feeling Good & Hunting for Win in MMA Debut!

A couple of days away from his amateur MMA debut and and Will is surprisingly in good spirits. He clearly has that just before weigh in gauntness but doesn't appear to be weak at all. While hitting the bag and rolling with Prof. Codella, the focus and attention to detail was evident. In fact, he was almost unrecognizable! There was no goofiness or signature BWAAHH!! to be found this morning, just the machine on a mission. Well, for brief moment, as you'll see in the video interview, the silliness surfaces but I believe it goes to show that he's got a good handle in balancing the mental aspect of his preparation.

Despite some prior missteps, this Saturday 10/29/11, will mark his MMA debut for the Dead Serious MMA organization. The fights wil be held at the Rahway Recreational Center, Rahway, N.J. Although it is subject to change, he believes his fight will either be the third or fourth of the night. His opponent, Joe Scanish 0-1 MMA, fights out of Goju Ryu Martial Arts in N.J. and seems like a game fighter. (Here's a link to his opponent's first amateur mma fight New Breed Fighters.) Will is the only fighter from our academy who is on this card. Unfortunately for Mark Feliccia, all his potential opponents are either accident prone or highly susceptible to contagious airborne pathogens and strangely enough, all have the same initials: TBA! This brother can't catch a break. I suggest he assumes the identity of our infamous underground warrior and guaranteed the opponents come flying out of the woodwork!!! 

Speaking of legitimate warriors, here is a video interview with our golden boy  sharing his thoughts on his preparation for this fight and also a video of him and Prof. Codella rolling lightly at yesterday's open mat.

 

 

If you haven't already purchased tickets, check with Will or Prof. Codella to see if there are any tickets left. **This fight card will also be available on a PPV live stream through Go Fight Live for $10, but I have to share that my first experience with GFL was truly aggravating because the stream was experiencing technical difficulties for the first couple of fights and I missed Mike 2K's match. When it did come back online the quality of the feed was good but customer service was doo-doo: no apologies, no partial credit, nada! 

So buyer beware. When you do purchase the stream you are able to see the replays of all the fights in a day or two which is good since you probably won't find these fights on you tube. You can get the details for the stream here:

Go Fight Live 

also the address, google map and fight card info here: Dead Serious MMA

From my observations and the testimony of our esteemed Professor it looks like Will is prepared physically, technically and mentally to do battle Saturday night. But, when one of our senior veterans and MMA fighter, none other than our badass brown belt Chez Budgell, says the man is ready to do our academy proud, it means that warrior recognizes warrior!! So Will relax, follow your game plan, and leave it all in the cage brother, this is your time to shine!!