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Cut Off native Macy Breaux likes beating people up.
She’s pretty good at it, too – legally, of course.
Breaux is an accomplished boxer and mixed martial arts competitor – one of the hottest names on the local fighting circuit.
At press-time, Breaux owns an 11-3 record as a boxer and a 4-1 mark in MMA.
She said she loves both sports and can’t pick one over the other.
She added that the sports consume her life and she spends just about every free hour that she has in each day training, while following strict diets which focus on keeping her body lean.
“It’s all going very good,” Breaux said. “I stay busy, but I love training day in and day out. It’s fun for me. I’m currently working at a martial arts gym, so I seriously live and breathe this stuff and I wouldn’t want it any other way.”
Breaux puts in the time.
It’s incredible how hard she works.
Whether running over the twin span bridges in Houma, swimming, doing push-ups or something else, the Cut Off native said she is always working on ways to be bigger, faster and stronger.
Her social media accounts illustrate that and are constantly filled with posts, highlighting the particular workouts she’s doing on a given day.
But she fuels up her body the right way, too.
Breaux said she likes to fight at 115 pounds – a weight she believes gives her an advantage because of her powerful punching style, which sometimes overwhelms the smaller opponents at that weight.
She said early in her career, getting down to that weight was “miserable” because she was too heavy and had to cut too much weight in too little of a time.
But since then, Breaux said she’s committed herself to a strict diet, which allows her to make the weight more easily.
Breaux said in addition to her strict training, she eats “really clean” – a diet follows the guidelines of the Paleo diet, which focuses on keeping muscles lean.
She said she also tries not to eat after 7 p.m., which sometimes poses a challenge because she often doesn’t get home from training until 10 p.m. or later.
“I want to eat the whole house on those days,” Breaux said with a laugh. “But it comes down to self-control and discipline and since I’ve been doing all of that stuff, weight cuts have been easy.”
In the ring or cage, Breaux works hard, too, which makes her a terror on opponents when it comes to fight night.
Breaux is relatively new in both sports, so she’s said she knows she has a lot to learn.
She grew up next to a boxing gym as a kid and said she always wanted to be a boxer. She said she remembers watching the guys in training running past her house. In her mind, she always thought how badly she wanted to give that a shot someday.
She did, putting on the gloves with immediate success, owning several amateur victories over the past year or so, thanks to her athleticism, power and speed.
About 18 months ago, Breaux also picked up MMA, which she said was a new, fun challenge.
She said she her boxing helps her MMA, because she has the ability to control fights while on her feet.
In the cage, she said she’s working on some ground work and jiu-jitsu, so that she can become a more complete fighter.
Breaux lost her first MMA bout last February – a unanimous decision defeat against Christie Stricker.
But since then, she’s earned four wins in a row – two by knockout.
Her latest win was a unanimous decision victory over Devaney Clayton on May 13.
She said she loves both sports the same, adding that she can’t pick a favorite because each has its own little quirks that make them great.
“They both are completely different sports and they both have a different rush,” Breaux said. “My boxing definitely helps me with my MMA style, but being that I have only been doing both for such a short time, I don’t have a preference.”
For Breaux, she said the feeling of victory is great, but for her, the thrill of fighting is something that tugs a little closer to the heart.
The local fighter is a mother to a little boy, Holden.
She said Holden walks her down the aisle and into the ring or cage before every fight.
In those moments, Breaux said time stops and nothing going on in the periphery matters to her.
She said she’s razor focused, while enjoying the love of her son – a feeling which she said she cannot get any place else in the world.
“Those are my best moments,” she said. “He drowns out the whole crowd for me, and I can hear his voice saying to me, ‘Go Momma. You can do this,’” Breaux said. “His famous pre-fight speech is the same before every fight. He tells me, ‘it doesn’t matter if you win or lose, it just matters if you have fun.’ Those are the best moments I have in the ring or the cage.”
Breaux is going to be extremely busy in the coming months.
She’s competing at Caged Warrior Championship 14 at the Evergreen Cajun Center in Houma on June 17th – a fight she said she’s been working hard for in the past several weeks.
After that, she will switch back to boxing and compete in the Golden Gloves Nationals Tournament.
Non-stop work and non-stop training – that’s just the way Breaux likes it.
She said she plans to work hard and train that way as long as she can.
Truthfully, it’s the only way that she knows.
“There are a lot of things I still need to work on,” Breaux said. “I’m constantly studying my old fights and getting better. I always believe there is room for progress.” •
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