Jake Hecht

theboxingclinic

MMM/Boxing CLinic coach Jake Hecht signs a 4 fight contract with the UFC and debuts against Rich Antonito dec 10th on the Jones/Machida card.
Everybody at the gym wished Jake the very best of luck and look forward to celebrating with him when he gets back to Cork after tearing it up in Toronto!

samk1

congrats jake

TEAM RYANO

great news guys well done

cowzerp

Congrats, great achievement

John Ferguson

Great news, well done Jake!

Niall0

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/11/11/2553661/jake-hecht-to-make-ufc-debut-against-rich-attonito-at-ufc-140

Excited to watch my MMA coach fight in the UFC!

Roar

Thrilled for Jake, go kick ass dude!

tyreman1

i cant wait to see jake on the H2O while everyone will be partying at the BATTLEZONE after party lolol

on a serious note congrats mate, super achievment !!!

Professey Chin

Seen this last night. Congrats Jake!

El Guapo!

Great news. Congratulations!

reganreggie

Excuss my ignorance but is jake irish. Longshot with the surname but would love to see another Irish lad compete at that level

Niall0

reganreggie wrote: »

Excuss my ignorance but is jake irish. Longshot with the surname but would love to see another Irish lad compete at that level

Hes American.

kainer2

reganreggie wrote: »

Excuss my ignorance but is jake irish. Longshot with the surname but would love to see another Irish lad compete at that level

I'm sure there will be a new crop of Irish guys in the UFC soon.

But having guys like Jake in Ireland will only help the younger guys at the Boxing Clinic get better as they start their careers. People forget that MMA isn't a spirit event, it takes time to develop, but I'll be amazed if a few top tier Irish guys don't make it Stateside next year

kerley1979

Jake may have Irish heritage or descent, but he is from a town North of Saint Louis, Missouri. Born and raised there before starting his career in MMA.

theboxingclinic

And your point is?????

kerley1979 wrote: »

Jake may have Irish heritage or descent, but he is from a town North of Saint Louis, Missouri. Born and raised there before starting his career in MMA.

gimmick

His point is he was answering another guys question maybe?

Great to see a guy who is training out of Cork compete at such a high level. Fingers crossed for him.

theboxingclinic

Jake wins by tko rd 2, nice to see the mma clinic cork city logo in the UFC! Well done jake ya legend!!

Roar

Boom! What a finish.

canonball5

Great performance, well done!!!

Niall0

Only person fighting out of ireland to win a fight in the UFC, Major Achievement. Jake "The Beast" Hecht what an animal.

Professey Chin

Congrats Jake

Sid_Justice

how come he's living in cork? that's mad i only read this thread now. well done.

Niall0

Sid_Justice wrote: »

how come he's living in cork? that's mad i only read this thread now. well done.

He came over to Coach the MMA Clinic in Cork

Sid_Justice

what's the background? was he head hunted or arrive anyway? where did he do his training camp for this fight? ufc?

no offensive to anyone in cork but it seems a bit bizarre someone beginning their ufc career would relocate to this country

Niall0

Sid_Justice wrote: »

what's the background? was he head hunted or arrive anyway? where did he do his training camp for this fight? ufc?

no offensive to anyone in cork but it seems a bit bizarre someone beginning their ufc career would relocate to this country

Heres an Interview with Jake from May.
http://fighthounds.com/interviwes/cork%E2%80%99s-redfm-104-106-interview-with-jake-hecht/

Niall0

http://www.examiner.ie/sport/other-sport/hecht-overwhelmed-after-debut-success-176970.html

nino1

what brought him to Ireland?
no disrespect intended to the mma scene in ireland but it seems a strange move when he could be in one of the big camps in the US.
Just curious.

Sid_Justice

I listened to the interview and it seems he was offered a job and he took it.

Barry.Oglesby

Sid_Justice wrote: »

I listened to the interview and it seems he was offered a job and he took it.

Incredible story.

Sid_Justice

The strangest ones are the true ones.

Roar

he was back in Cork training the guys last night, less than 48 hours after he was in the Octagon in Toronto. Incredible!

Niall0

Jake was interviewed yesterday on bloody elbow radio http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/12/13/2632396/bad-boy-presents-bloody-elbow-radio-episode-109-jake-hecht-alistair

Ian Whelan

"When he accepted the fight on November 13, Hecht weighed 204lbs but managed to make weight of 170.5lbs at Friday’s weigh-in in Toronto".

That's pretty amazing. It depresses me to think that I'm going to do the exact opposite of that over Christmas.

Ian Whelan

Ian Whelan wrote: »

That's pretty amazing. It depresses me to think that I'm going to do the exact opposite of that over Christmas.

That's impressive.
And the cut too, more than a bit dangerous though?

JoeyJJ

Niall0 wrote: »

Jake was interviewed yesterday on bloody elbow radio http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/12/13/2632396/bad-boy-presents-bloody-elbow-radio-episode-109-jake-hecht-alistair

man it was painful listening to that intro to get to the interview. Cheers for the link decent interview, won't be tuning in reg though