I have found that most combative athletes fall into the trap of avoiding too much that doesn't fall into traditional means of training. This usually means anything that allows for high repetition bodyweight training is high on the list. Strength and power work that is commonly used in most other sports is oddly neglected by the combative world. This still may be a result of the fear that too much strength work will cause excessive tension.
Well, let's face it, all athletes need to spend time on maximal strength training, even combative athletes. The consideration has to be how much time and how it is integrated with other means. Now, I could be just reciting my own personal thoughts (although I have worked with many amateur fighters), but I found a very interesting on George St. Pierre's training.
Having watched many fights I think it may be hard to argue that George St. Pierre might be one of the most athletic fighters in UFC. His quickness, agility, power, and strength seem to be hard to match, especially shown his recent fight with Matt Serra. His trainer (I wish his name was mentioned) does a great job in this video in combining many different methods into a powerful routine. By incorporating aspects of maximal strength and power work you get a great effect than one by itself. Since both a neurally driven you can create more synergy between the two qualities. Check out the video.
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