Ring Magazine invited me into camp in Mallorca to share a real, unfiltered day in my life — the mornings, the runs, the sparring , the recovery, and the small moments that pull everything together. If you follow UFC, Boxing, Fight culture, you know fight camp isn’t glamour — it’s grind. I’m writing this as the guy inside the gym, the father who gets up at 5 a.m., the fighter who treats every session like it could be the difference between winning and settling. Welcome to my casa, la casa de los Benz. Table of Contents ☀️ Morning Routine: Why 5 a.m. Matters 🥊 Training Sessions: Making Every Session Count 🥤 Nutrition & Morning Rituals: Small Things, Big Impact 🛌 Recovery: The Quiet Work That Keeps Me Going 🏝️ Camp Life in Mallorca: Stepping Away to Focus 🔥 Mindset & Motivation: Fueling the Chip on My Shoulder ⚖️ Stepping Up: Fighting at 160 and the Unknowns 👥 Team & Brotherhood: The People Who Carry You 🧠 Composure in the Ring: From Debut Fear to Championship...
I’m Jesse Enkamp , and in this piece I’m taking you through one of the most memorable training days of my life: an encounter in the Czech forest and gym with Jiri Prochazka — a UFC fighter whose style broke my expectations, humiliated my assumptions, and rewired how I think about striking, timing, and presence. If you care about martial arts, and especially about how an elite UFC striker thinks and moves, read on. This is more than a training report; it’s a practical breakdown of mindset, drills, and principles you can apply whether you train in a dojo, a gym, or in the open air. Table of Contents 🌲 Where It All Started — The Forest Warm-Up 🥋 The Philosophy: Be Here and Now 🧭 Distance, Rhythm, and Connection — The Core of Jiri’s Striking ⚡ Timing Types: Before, During, and After the Attack 🌀 Flow, Not Defense — The Mindset Shift 🥊 Use the Opponent — Adapt Like Water 🍚 Nutrition and Recovery — Practical Choices for Performance 🧠 Meditation — The Mental Edge of a UFC Co...