Johnny “Cage” Cardonna a big promise for Mixed Martial Arts(MMA).
It was nearly two years ago that Johnny Cardona came by the academy and told me of his dreams to one day become an MMA fighter. My first question was, “Have you trained in any martial arts before?” He answered very calmly that he never trained before, but he had the will and desire to be the best. I sat down with him and explained that to excel in Mixed Martial Arts, he has to master at least one discipline. In this case it would be for me to teach him the ground game (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) and make him ready to dominate and finish on the ground. Also I told him that it would take longer them he expected to be ready. Johnny asked if he could get in the cage within three months. My answer was absolutely not, you will be not ready.
From that day on he chose to engage himself in learning the fundamentals of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and master the ground game, he wanted to be seen as a technical fighter, not another brawler that can thrown punches.
Keep your eyes open because Johnny has great potential to become a great champion one day!
I’m excited to see him fight MMA, I’ve never heard of him before, thanks for the heads up.