Randy Couture Leads Atlanta Falcons MMA Training Program: I would love to know what Boxing promoter Bob Arum has to say about the Atlanta Falcons becoming the first team to incorporate an MMA training program for its players this offseason. After calling the sport of Mixed Martial Arts “garbage and junk” there’s an NFL team willing to submit its players to roll, “around like homosexuals on the ground”? That’s truly unbelievable!
Anyhow, yes, this offseason will be a different one for the Atlanta Falcons, as reports indicate that the NFL team 
will be the first to incorporate an MMA training program for its players. The entire squad has volunteered to partake in this innovative program, which will be mixed in with the Falcons’ traditional offseason workouts.
“We’re always looking for new and progressive ideas as far as training and offering our team supplements to the athletic performance model we have in place here,” Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said. “This was something we were comfortable with as far as conditioning but even more importantly the idea of having MMA help the players with their leverage, hand quickness, and things that could help them within the trenches taking on blocks and battling inside.”
This MMA training program will be administered by a company formed by former Ultimate Fighting Championship title-holder, Randy Couture called MMAthletics.
“You get some great conditioning out of it,” Atlanta Falcons middle linebacker Curtis Lofton said. “Plus, there’s a lot of carryover to what we do on the field. We do some Muay Thai (for core-muscle and hip development), wrestling, working on our hands and getting guys off you. We work on body leverage, too, which is important. Whoever is the lowest man controls the other man.
“It’s really intense. This is our second workout for the day. Some of this is just pushing it to do whatever else you’ve got to do to get better.”
