Jake Quickenden Opens Up On His Reason For Fighting | Stage To The Cage | Episode 3 | Oktagon MMA

coming up this week on stage to the cage I couldn't imagine my my life without Leo Freddy it's nice to see definitively that I'm getting fitter getting lighter getting stronger that's what I've got to lose that's what you got to lose I'm going to have to chop my dick off he treats it as if it's his full-time job and he treats it like a professional should do so it's good fun send him back to X Factor you be an exit after this what that X to me I literally can see three of you I can see through I need to stop training [Music] more so we have a date November the 4th we have venue the AO arena in Manchester and we have our two guys Jake quickenden and Paul Smith putting themselves through 10 months of Hell sacrifice and preparation to make the walk to fight each other but the question is what motivates both of them to do this to make that walk into the Octagon cage and to fight what are they fighting for one clear motivation for both of them is their families the people who know them and who they love the most both want to inspire them and show their kids that anything is possible if you put your mind to it one I'm going to check your heart rate ready let's have a listen let's have a listen [Music] yeah healthy healthy heart Leo listen be like this on the night ready what' you do fight fight get your G up I think becoming a dad has changed quite a lot in me if I'm honest like the main thing is this I'm just not as selfish I don't think of myself I always think of the kids first um and that's probably the the best bit of growth I've had I feel a better person for having kids I feel um I couldn't imagine my my life without Leo for to come honest hey should we just let Daddy clean up the thing I love most about Jake is the fact he's such an amazing dad like he honestly puts Leo before anything like even me and he would do absolutely anything for him like Leo genuinely is as well so we actually met in in iifa which is why we got married there Jake was on a lad's holiday and I was on a girl's holiday and we kind of just like crossed paths when we was at Pikes which is like not even a club it's like a little bath she couldn't take her eyes off it yeah couldn't take her eyes of it and yeah we met up a couple of times whil we was in IA and the rest is kind of like history I met him when I went up to leads when we came back and then met him a few times and then he kind of moved down and now we've got Leo and we're married that was it so that was the far one the frame is obviously broken so now the fot has just been stuck in one of the VES there Leo again me and Fred and another one of Fred and a tape measure don't know what's been getting measured in here I could give you a list of things that are annoying but narrowing it down to the top three I would say three yes you only ask for one I heard it in you only have for one so number one would be Jake always thinks he's right so whenever we have an argument it's like Jake's way or no way number two relating it to boxing that he's so competitive to the fact that like if we were to play a card game and he was to lose that's like end game he just like can't deal with that and I would say number three is that he's super messy you know why I am like that that's because of my upbringing is it your dad was my dad was that my dad was a massive influence on my life like on my sport on the way I was competitive on the way he always pushed me to be better he always accepted if I did lose and and said you brush yourself off and you go again as long as you're given 100% And yeah my dad was a real motivator so I guess I've taken from my dad is to just kind of be understanding but motivating and that's what I'll do I'll never push anything on the kids like Freddy's loving football at the minute so that's great but tomorrow you might love something else and then you just support him in that way don't you so I'm going to be like my dad was and he was a friend and a dad she said some weird Tik Tock things this you want one Leo I oh that's already CRA you do you do it Leo do it oh no fr's going to do it go then it to Leo I you do it oh my God you did that's a hard boil what are you doing doing that for I want to eat that so don't make sure you put why did you give is mine hard Bo they all are oh no oh my God so y well done I've seen him do the one fight which he absolutely smashed um and I know he's going to train so hard and he just won't want to lose so I'm actually not too worried about it to be honest he's like he's like a human he just chills he's got the life of luxury everyone treats him like a king and so it should be and so it should be I think this day and age people don't want to work hard for things and getting in the cage is something that you have to work out at but hopefully with hard work I'll get to a point where I'm pretty good what's up how many is that eight eight he does it all the time same I think it's just his favorite number 8 or2 8 or2 D do you want to do if Leo asked me why I decided to get in the cage and have a fight I'll just tell him because I like to step outside my comfort zone I like to test myself and try new things and show him that anything's possible if you want to do it with hard work so that's what I'll say just never stay in your comfort zone because you don't learn anything from it um step outside your comfort zone and test yourself um we don't always just put me on the TV by the way that does doesn't always happen that's just cuz I was on loose women yesterday and s s actually forgot to tape uh record the last thing I was no it was a it was a live competition yeah a quick live competition and I thought you would watch it you never did no because it's just a wasn't there okay I just didn't feel the support that I needed I hope you supported me and not Paul for this fight maybe maybe I like his jokes he's funnier than you would have S him if you've annoyed me that day yeah knock him out I get knocked out and oh we are at uh the house of Sam McKenzie AK science to health uh I'm we're doing a V2 Max and fitness test getting me weight checked and stuff like that to see if I'm H see if I'm on the right track he's done all my uh nutrition plan and things like that he's just uh trying to get me weight down see de L he's very good so when I first met Paul I had only watched his online social media video so I'd never quite got a grasp of uh what type of character I was going to meet I was actually a bit nervous to meet him he has got a fantastic work ethic amazing attitude I've done this once before and the first time I came I was a little bit scared cuz I didn't know what to expect and then he gets gets all his geared out and you look like Bane there's a few different tests we're going to be doing we're going to be doing a body composition test to check that his body fight is moving in the right direction for making weight we're going to be checking all of his Bloods so we're looking at all his essential markers for health and performance and then we're going to do his fitness test to compare the first readings uh to the second for his V2 Mac to check that it's improved I'm the type of person I like data I like numbers I like being able to measure progress um it keeps me on track come on manate well done let's go you got it come on come on last 204 come on there you got it so the body competition results showed me what I was hoping uh he's up to now he's lost a stone uh which is fantastic progress since uh since the new year and I was hoping at this point that the body fat didn't surprisingly as as might people might think didn't want it dropping continually I wanted him to have maintained for a while so we let all the metabolic markers reset to Baseline him have a proper good recovery um and feel uh fully fully replenished during his training and and it looks like he's done a good job of that [Music] that was better than I expected I felt great on the on the treadmill when we were going it started getting tough but then my song came on and I kind of spray me on a little bit and even after it when I came off just getting my breath back and bringing my heart rate down I felt like I was um able to recover a lot better so I think we're definitely definitely doing something right it's nice to see definitively that I'm getting fitter getting lighter getting stronger definitely the best thing I've done is getting Sam and Tom and all the people around me to help me be part of a team I don't think I've ever been part of a team before my job is a very solitary one so um obviously I have people I work closely with at the comedy club and things like that but being part of that team is um really valuable 93.3 so we wanted to like sort of give you a visual representation of this so just I've got so going to give me something that's like 17 kg how am I going to get to 90 to 77 M so J this is got 17 bags of of sugar there that's 17 K that's what I've got to lose that's what you got to lose I'm going to have to chop my dick off no no way 17 kilos I need to start training more well I'm 35 and I do ache a lot after I've trained I know tomorrow will be a struggle getting out of bed so that's quite a scary thought really is it because at 21 I could just jump out of bed like ninja and now I'm struggling so yeah I guess I guess they are I guess that is a bit of a worry cuz the last thing I want to do is make PA train loads and then I get injured that's that would be the worst case scenario and if found the same imagine I step on and I lose 17 kilogram and make 77 like a few days before one of us gets injured and then we've made the weight and we can't fight yeah hopefully my body will hold up I'm hoping like the years of keep looking after it means it might but like my shins are just always bruised all all the hairs falling off my legs I don't know what that's wrong that's some kicking I kick that out my legs fall my hair falls off get ready for those leg kicks JP tree down you're but yeah like it's become a bit of home from home this place and everyone's so sound like everyone really gets on so it's totally different with fighting the support you get is mad like you always find like people are asking if you're all right they share your stuff on Instagram without you asking like it's a bit mad like it's a weird and it's because everyone knows how hard it is you try and keep people humble you try and keep them where they where they you think they should be but he is a he's he's standing out you know what I mean and it is it's not because of what we're doing here yeah it' be a little bit to that but it' be mainly because of his attitude his determination and what he wants to achieve at the end of it I've seen when it got announced people like why are you letting these two fight like like off I'm I'm not claiming I'm Conor McGregor do you know what I mean like why why can't I have a fight why can't I train to take it serious I'm going to train my ass off keyboard Warriors they'll never get in the ring would they that's bring that yeah that so go back one step J go back bring that leg to make sure that leg that right leg gets free first now use your left knee to pull a KNE out pull his knee out now just get on your knees go Lim armm body lock if you remember the ash we were doing with ch yeah it was the leg there and then it was posture up HS in it's going to be right hand right hand right hand right hand right hand right hand right hand yeah we are at um Charlie bowling wrestling uh Charlie is a very accomplished wrestler of Team GB Fame he's a very good he going for your credentials Charlie what's up nothing quite as sexy as putting wrestling boots on you'll be it honestly my dogs have like never been in contact with anybody else's dog so I wouldn't want them RI ripping his head off that would be a ter terate with [Music] me although he's not he's going to be doing his first pro fight he's not a professional athlete but he treats him it as if it's his full-time job and he treats it like a professional should do so it's good fun enjoy it one of my favorite sessions of the [Music] week you got to remember as well with that run the pipe it only really works if I'm leaning over you yeah if I'm like that [Music] up yeah go go move your feet more but it is better just working on Basics I mean we've not got a lot of time um to you know be good at everything so just basic attacks defenses and just getting him like sharp really ready for a fight [Music] there there f up there you tell me good wait you didn't commit to plan a you didn't commit to running the pipe yeah so commit to it okay I'm not going to tell you when if it doesn't work if I if there's not enough pressure I don't go check it out [Music] okay [Music] when you're taking it out make sure you're not going like that cuz then you can kick and turn away make sure look yeah send him back to X [Laughter] Factor you be an X Factor after this what here x to me fair play I think he's a he's a good opponent like I don't I'm not a guy that talk anyway so I've got I'm not going to talk any you know I respect I respect him for for one he trains anyway but for doing it do you know what I mean like he don't need to be doing this so fair Foxon I think it's a great opportunity for both of them to bring new eyes to the sport especially for UK MMA gives people the opportunity to see a different side of it do you know what I mean it's not it's not as barbaric it's not as brutal um we're not fugs you know like as there there's a there's a science to it there's a there's a protocol to it there's there's there's training there's science back training do you know what I mean it's uh it's real my my family is everything so to be away from them it's hard work um but it's something that I want to do it's something that I want to testt myself and uh the training's going well man like I feel good feel good the rolling is strong and I'm definitely getting better at rolling my striking feels good so and we're nowhere near the fight yet so it's taking every day at at a time making sure I try and eat before I train that would be handy I literally can see three of you I can see three of you and you're ugly all three hell I get my top one it's cuz they're scared you now by the way nine months guys he's going to cut weight he's got next time on stage to the cage it's going to be great great for the UK especially octagon to come over here as well I think the show is great and Paul's going to make a statement so yes this is a set for SE lunch looking forward to being on the show imagine I get to 97 and have to lose 20 kg that's a 20 kg plate you put on the bar I can barely bench press one of them let alone freaking lose one if if he agrees to do this he will give his all I'm confident that he's going to win so if you don't don't come [Laughter] on do you ever like walk through so you can like imagine what you do if there was like a gang of lads at di on you I you gers your wallet right guys guys everything [Music] N/A