Loaded Hip Flexor Lifts!
We trained this exercise hard leading up to the fight…
I think it’s safe to say it paid off😅
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#muaythai #muaythaitraining #ufc #mma #mmafighter #mmatraining #hipmobility #mobilitytraining #mobilityexercises #mobilitywork #flexibility #flexibilitytraining
Death overshadows you. While you are alive and able – be good.
~Marcus Aurelius
This quote hit me hard during my reading last night 🤔📚 So today I will train with a sense of urgency. My time is finite. #longlivethemonkeyking
#mma #ufc #bjj #warmonkeyking #jordanleavitt
Anything for a paycheck, am I right?
#longlivethemonkeyking
On a more serious note, anybody can hit a front split with some work. Tight hamstrings and hip flexors cause a whole multitude of other problems that training for a front split prevents. I’m much more flexible now than I was in this picture (December 2020) thanks to @flexibility.maestro 🤯
Definitely, hit him up if you wanna split like the king 🐵👑
How Jordan Leavitt aka the Monkey King decided to be a UFC fighter
#mma #mmafighter #ufc #ufcfighter #themonkeyking #jordanleavitt #interview #podcast
So I like to makes jokes and act silly and post memes. I try to make sure when people are around me that we’re having a good time. A king is jubliant host after all 🐵👑
One of the coolest feelings in the world for me is when I’m getting interviewed and I make the interviewer laugh. Not the quick “haha 😐” that the journalist and reporters do to be polite but a REAL laugh. A real human moment. A feel like they’re rare in the fight game.
I’ve always been the person who tries to lighten the mood with a joke because I’ve always been wrestling with this lifelong melancholy. So I shoot off some jokes and we all laugh and it feels good to be a part of a happy moment with other people. I’m not ALWAYS joking but the serious moments are few and far between. 🤗 Maybe it’s social anxiety, a defense mechanism I developed in childhood to feel like I fit it… who knows? 🤔
I guess all I’m trying to say is I’m comfortable being the class clown. 😌
#longlivethemonkeyking
I’m not the strongest💪
Or the fastest🐆
Or the most talented 🙄
But I bring my all into everything I do and that’s more than enough.🤗
The best is yet to come 🐵👑
#longlivethemonkeyking
#mma #bjj #ufc #jordanleavitt
They told me to clean my weapons…
So I washed my hands 🫲🥸🫱
#longlivethemonkeyking
#mma #jordanleavitt #warmonkeyking #bjj #boxing
Not outside the realm of possibility now…
Get me some spandex and some 💉 and I’ll win the next Royal Rumble 😎
You can take that to the 🏦
#longlivethemonkeyking
#mma #bjj #ufc #prowrestling #wrestlemania #wrestling #jordanleavitt #warmonkeyking
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face… you may have to cycle through several plans 😅🤣
#longlivethemonkeyking
Tongue out😋
Eyes closed 😌
Hands down🙃
There’s still a lot to learn 😂
Rounds with @madsburnell are the best 🥸
Honestly though, I’ve always wanted a smashed face picture of myself. My skin is so stretchy, I knew it’d be great 😂
Thanks @cloud_city_vista for capturing this moment.🙏
#mma #bjj #ufc #boxing
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face… you may have to cycle through several plans 😅🤣
#longlivethemonkeyking
Tongue out😋
Eyes closed 😌
Hands down🙃
There’s still a lot to learn 😂
Rounds with @madsburnell are the best 🥸
Honestly though, I’ve always wanted a smashed face picture of myself. My skin is so stretchy, I knew it’d be great 😂
Thanks @cloud_city_vista for capturing this moment.🙏
#mma #bjj #ufc #boxing
Children, they say the darndest things 😂
I screenshot all the things said about me that make me laugh on social media and I read them when I’m feeling down. Luckily, the conversations I have and other people have about me are hilarious 😜
#longlivethemonkeyking
I also keep screenshots of the comments that make me angry and they inspire me to be better. Not posting those though, may get me flagged 🤣
Doesn’t matter much people are saying. You can use anything to your advantage.🤔
The top 5 fighters that have fun in the octagon
@monkeyking_ufc
@trailblaze2top
@tonyfergusonxt
@roxyfighter
@strickland_mma_
#ufc #fighter #mma #mmafighter #ufcfighter #podcast #interview #top5
I am what I am 😛
#longlivethemonkeyking
Have you ever seen Bruce Buffer so pleased? 😀😊
#longlivethemonkeyking
#mma #bjj #ufc #warmonkeyking
Glad to follow this super soldier off to battle🤓 #snlgang
So proud of @ranchdressingmma
Beautiful shifting right hook knockout that silenced the hometown crowd.
Butte, Montana is beautiful. Hopefully we can come back again.
You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.
David Goggins
Thanks @auggie_mma for the round. Good rounds are hard to come by 😎
#longlivethemonkeyking
Photo Cred: @cloud_city_vista
#mma #bjj #jordanleavitt #ufc
You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.
David Goggins
Thanks @auggie_mma for the round. Good rounds are hard to come by 😎
#longlivethemonkeyking
Photo Cred: @cloud_city_vista
#mma #bjj #jordanleavitt #ufc
I woke up this morning with a smile on my face. It’s easy to wake up and grind when you realize that pressure is a privilege. I love this game and I’m happy to suffer in pursuit of my dreams 🤭
#warmonkeyking
I can’t wait to reap what I sow.🙃
#longlivethemonkeyking
#mma #bjj #ufc #jordanleavitt
Today has been a rough week… and that makes me happy 🤪
Truth is, I kinda like to suffer. I’m not a masochist per say, but it feels good to bend my emotions to my will. To force yourself to lean into the pain. It sucks but every time you do it it makes you stronger.
You gotta embrace the suck in the fight game. It’s supposed to be painful. The best use the pain to reach new heights.
#longlivethemonkeyking
Thanks for the pain @matheuscamilomma 😎
I feel sorry for your opponent.
Heavy hands 👊
Good Jiu-Jitsu 🤙
Terrifying ground and pound.😵
Great attitude, you’ll go far🙏
Also, I really liked this quote from @cameronrhanes book “Endure”. 🤓
Photo Cred
@cloud_city_vista
#mma #bjj #ufc #boxing #muaythai #judo #wrestling
Today has been a rough week… and that makes me happy 🤪
Truth is, I kinda like to suffer. I’m not a masochist per say, but it feels good to bend my emotions to my will. To force yourself to lean into the pain. It sucks but every time you do it it makes you stronger.
You gotta embrace the suck in the fight game. It’s supposed to be painful. The best use the pain to reach new heights.
#longlivethemonkeyking
Thanks for the pain @matheuscamilomma 😎
I feel sorry for your opponent.
Heavy hands 👊
Good Jiu-Jitsu 🤙
Terrifying ground and pound.😵
Great attitude, you’ll go far🙏
Also, I really liked this quote from @cameronrhanes book “Endure”. 🤓
Photo Cred
@cloud_city_vista
#mma #bjj #ufc #boxing #muaythai #judo #wrestling
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.” Jim Rohn
Today there is no motivation.
Just discipline.
That’s is enough 🐵👑
#longlivethemonkeyking
Photo Cred: @cloud_city_vista
#mma #bjj #ufc #jordanleavitt #warmonkeyking
Super excited to be back on the Wah Gwaan podcast 🇯🇲
1 hour of chill vibes and fun conversations with the boys😎
@odeosbourne
@ranchdressingmma
@ruffinbomaye
Basically a whole episode of stories from this fight camp, talking about what lockeroom atmosphere, and A LOT of Boondocks references. 😂
Can’t wait for this episode to drop!!!
#mma #ufc #podcast #jordanleavitt
The Monkey King shares the time he submitted a man with a move that he thought was fake.
#submission #invertedtriangle #jujitsu #ufc #mma #ufcfighter #mmafighter #groundgame #podcast #interview
The most fashionable man in the UFC
#fashion #ufc #ufcfighter #mma #mmafighter #fashionable #fashionstyle #fashioninspiration
