When he took his first professional fight, Joe Duffy went natural.
The Ireland native had years of experience in tae
kwon do, kickboxing and other martial arts, but he was still learning
about the world of MMA, so he took his first professional fight at about 170 pounds.
But that was mostly his walking-around weight, not a weight after months
of preparation, watching his diet and weight cutting.
“I had a shock when I saw the size of the guy coming into fight me,” Duffy told MMAjunkie.com. “I made it through that, then I started looking
into more details on weight-cutting and training and things where we’re
not quite as advanced here.”