Benji Radach Only Trains Part Time

by mmafiend on Apr 8, 2009 7:54 PM EDT

From a recent interview we did with him:

Benji Radach: I work full time and train in the mornings and the nights just like I’m doing for this one, so it’s pretty hard. It’s a big feat to get wins over big guys when you are working full time, you know?

The MMA Fiend: Yeah, most guys at your level, training is all they do all day. I don’t even like getting up to run when I have to go to work that day, so I can only imagine what it takes to work full time and train at that level.

It really takes a fighter out of training, man, it’s really hard for me to do it anymore. I used to do it all the time when I was fighting in the UFC and stuff. I was an electrician and I trained at night, you know, and it just takes so much out of you that you don’t even really enjoy it anymore. You get burned out really fast. But I took this last two weeks off of work so that I could focus on training, so I should be good to go.

I actually did some work as an electrician for a while until I started electrocuting myself, and after a few times I figured it was best not to temp fate and find another line of work.

Yeah, I’ve been shocked a lot, man, that is for sure. I got burnt by 277 a little bit once, laying some light, and thank God - that stuff usually kills a lot of people, but luckily it didn’t end my life, thank God. But yeah, it’s dangerous, man, I had a couple close calls. I had 480 volts explode right in my face one time and got flash burns - it was pretty bad.

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Good stuff. I think Benji is going to surprise alot of people in this fight

by Lil P on Apr 8, 2009 8:21 PM EDT reply actions

I had 480 volts explode right in my face one time and got flash burns

that is f*cked up!

by fozo on Apr 9, 2009 5:33 AM EDT reply actions

This is why Benji Radach is one of my favorite fighters...

On top of the fact he is one of the most down to earth fighters that I ever got a chance to meet…. he is more like the rest of us, he has to get up everyday and go to work and do this.

Great article.

by Gunslinger20 on Apr 9, 2009 9:24 AM EDT reply actions

Was he working full-time when he beat Ninja?

Cuz that’s pretty fucking good.

Although detractors decry (MMA) as a brutal, bloody form of human cockfighting, aficionados know it is a brutal, bloody, totally fucking awesome form of human cockfighting. -The Onion

by The Kittitas Kid on Apr 9, 2009 1:15 PM EDT reply actions

For this fight he took two weeks off ahead of time to try to get some semblance of a full training camp, but I don’t know about the Ninja fight. Either way, it’s quite impressive.

by mmafiend on Apr 9, 2009 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions

wow. this makes me feel lazy in saying my job interferes with my training. perhaps it’ll motivate me to start training before i go to work as well.

by snet tim on Apr 9, 2009 9:57 PM EDT reply actions

277 is no joke...

I got hit by it and it reached my heart. I had to go through like an hour of EKG’s and it burnt my muscles but there was no visible damage outside. I couldn’t flex my hand for about 8 days…if you’ve ever used one of those muscle stimulation devices like the ones in Jackass…it’s like that x10,000.

It’s amazing to me that he can manage both a career like that along with a successful MMA career, he seems like a really good dude as well.

by B Money on Apr 10, 2009 1:43 AM EDT reply actions