Skills Training
Continue high intensity skills work as planned. Readiness and recovery are supporting the session demand.
CMBT methodology · Athlete context applied
CMBT CULTURE · PHASE 01
CMBT Culture. Built for the athlete.
CMBT Athlete brings readiness, training, weight management, recovery, and breathwork into one practical system for combat athletes, both in camp and between fights. Created by Melissa Prieto, founder of CMBT Culture and the 2024 International Best MMA Strength & Conditioning Coach, from more than a decade inside UFC, PFL, and world-level camps.
Phase 01 · The athlete layer
0+ YRS
Coaching Experience
UFC · PFL
Camps Run
0
International Best MMA S&C Coach
0
Readiness Tools
01 / WHY THIS EXISTS
Combat sports has talent. What it lacks is a connected system.
The current reality is fragmentation.
Combat athletes operate across disconnected gyms, coaches, disciplines, apps, and sources of information. The resources exist, but they are rarely connected. Access to the right professionals is still difficult.
In that gap, athletes are left to navigate social media advice, conflicting opinions, and pseudoscience while making high-stakes decisions about training, recovery, weight, and health. The problem is not a lack of information. It is the absence of a credible system that helps athletes know what applies to them and where to go next.
CMBT Athlete is the first point of access.
CMBT Athlete gives fighters an easy, practical place to organize the signals that shape performance. It turns daily inputs into a clearer map: what to monitor, what may need to change, and when to seek professional support.
This is the first layer of CMBT Culture: infrastructure built from the needs of the industry and the gaps athletes experience every day. It begins with the athlete, then connects into coaching, professional access, education, and community.
Layer 01 · Live
Athlete Readiness
Daily readiness, training load, weight, recovery, breathwork, and performance trends in one athlete system.
Layer 02 · In Development
CMBT Culture OS
Connecting athletes with an expert or qualified professional for individualized coaching, programming, and performance decisions.
Layer 03 · Next
Education & Community
Courses, membership, a professional directory, and trusted resources bring credible knowledge, access, and support into one ecosystem.
02 / THE SYSTEM
A practical performance map, wherever you are in the process.
In fight camp or between fights, six connected tools help you organize what matters, understand your current direction, and make better-informed decisions about training, recovery, weight, and performance.
INSIDE TODAY'S BRIEF
One check-in. Three clear directions.
CMBT Athlete does not stop at a readiness score. It translates the athlete's current state into practical context for the three areas that shape the day.
SleepSorenessEnergyHydrationFuelingTraining phase
Conditioning
Maintain the planned conditioning volume. Keep the total demand aligned with the current training phase.
CMBT methodology · Weekly load considered
Recovery
Protect the sleep target, refuel after training, and use the recommended breathing protocol after the session.
CMBT methodology · Recovery priorities
WED JUL 15
Good Afternoon
Readiness
82
Optimal
Today's Brief
Push conditioning as programmed
Readiness and recovery are both trending up. You are cleared for full intensity today.
7-Day Avg
80
WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
Daily Weigh-In
Division
155lbs
Current
157.4
% Over
1.5%
Weeks Out
5
Descent Check
On pace for target weight
Your current trend reaches 155 lbs with time remaining before weigh-in.
BREATHWORK
Assessments & Protocols
Bolt Score
28s
MBT Score
95s
<15s · Baseline
15 to 19s · Developing
20 to 24s · Functional
≥25s · Elite
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How to test BOLT
PERFORMANCE TREND
Readiness History
7-Day Avg
80
14-Day Avg
76
Today
Start the day with direction.
A short daily check-in brings sleep, soreness, energy, stress, hydration, and fueling into one readiness view. Instead of another number to interpret alone, you receive a practical direction for the day: continue as planned, adjust the workload, or prioritize recovery.
Weight
See where your weight is going, not only where it is today.
Track daily weight against your target weight, weight class, and time remaining. The trajectory gives you context early, helping you recognize when progress is steady and when the plan should be reviewed with your coach or nutrition professional.
Breath
Apply breathwork to the demands of fighting.
Breathwork becomes part of skills training, not a separate wellness routine. Use targeted protocols to support warm-up, recovery between efforts, composure under pressure, and down-regulation after training, with guidance on where each protocol fits.
Trend
One day is a data point. The trend is the story.
Seven- and 14-day readiness views, weekly training load, and your check-in history make changes easier to see over time. Recognize patterns, add context to how you feel, and bring clearer information into conversations with your team.
Today
Start the day with direction.
A short daily check-in brings sleep, soreness, energy, stress, hydration, and fueling into one readiness view. Instead of another number to interpret alone, you receive a practical direction for the day: continue as planned, adjust the workload, or prioritize recovery.
WED JUL 15
Good Afternoon
Readiness
82
Optimal
Today's Brief
Push conditioning as programmed
Readiness and recovery are both trending up. You are cleared for full intensity today.
7-Day Avg
80
Weight
See where your weight is going, not only where it is today.
Track daily weight against your target weight, weight class, and time remaining. The trajectory gives you context early, helping you recognize when progress is steady and when the plan should be reviewed with your coach or nutrition professional.
WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
Daily Weigh-In
Division
155lbs
Current
157.4
% Over
1.5%
Weeks Out
5
Descent Check
On pace for target weight
Your current trend reaches 155 lbs with time remaining before weigh-in.
Breath
Apply breathwork to the demands of fighting.
Breathwork becomes part of skills training, not a separate wellness routine. Use targeted protocols to support warm-up, recovery between efforts, composure under pressure, and down-regulation after training, with guidance on where each protocol fits.
BREATHWORK
Assessments & Protocols
Bolt Score
28s
MBT Score
95s
<15s · Baseline
15 to 19s · Developing
20 to 24s · Functional
≥25s · Elite
play_circle
How to test BOLT
Trend
One day is a data point. The trend is the story.
Seven- and 14-day readiness views, weekly training load, and your check-in history make changes easier to see over time. Recognize patterns, add context to how you feel, and bring clearer information into conversations with your team.
PERFORMANCE TREND
Readiness History
7-Day Avg
80
14-Day Avg
76
BUILT WITH FEMALE ATHLETES IN MIND
Your cycle changes the context. Your readiness system should account for it.
Female athletes are often given generic recommendations that ignore cycle-related changes in symptoms, recovery, training response, and body weight. CMBT Athlete helps you record that context alongside readiness and identify patterns worth discussing with your coach or a qualified sports-health professional.
- shield_lockPrivate by design: local when signed out; privately synced to your CMBT profile when signed in
- vital_signsPatterns over time: review dated low-energy-availability indicators
- water_dropBetter weight context: account for cycle-related fluctuations
03 / WHO BUILT THIS
Built in the environment it is made for.
“I’ve seen great fighters lose years of their careers and opportunities they had earned. It was not because they lacked talent. The system around them was fragmented, and the right information and support were out of reach.”MELISSA PRIETO · FOUNDER, CMBT CULTURE
Melissa Prieto is the founder and creator of CMBT Culture, and a strength and conditioning coach with more than a decade of experience across UFC, PFL, and world-championship environments. She was named the 2024 International Best MMA Strength & Conditioning Coach and serves as Director of Education at the International Strength & Conditioning Society.
CMBT Athlete translates the readiness, load-management, weight, and breathwork processes used in real fight camps into a system athletes can use throughout the training year, not only when a fight is booked.
0+
Years
0
Award
UFC·PFL
Level
SCS
Director of Ed.
04 / THE METHOD
Built on real sports science. Refined in real fight camps.
CMBT's assessment framework is built on established sports-science metrics used across elite performance programs — Countermovement Jump (CMJ), Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull (IMTP), Reactive Strength Index (RSI), Max Aerobic Speed (MAS), and HRV-informed readiness tracking. These aren't proprietary tests invented for this app — they're standard tools used in strength and conditioning research and practice, applied specifically to the demands of combat sport.
- visibilityWhy this score: built from a transparent, weighted set of inputs — sleep, HRV, soreness, energy, mental state, recovery, hydration, and fueling — not a black box
- verifiedWhere it comes from: developed and refined by Melissa Prieto over more than a decade coaching inside UFC, PFL, and world-championship camps
- autorenewAlways evolving: continuously refined through real athlete data and coaching iteration, not a static formula
Grounded in established sport-science frameworks, including the 2023 IOC Consensus Statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs), NSCA position statements on strength & conditioning monitoring, and published research on jump-based athlete monitoring.
Combat-sport-specific research includes countermovement jump mechanics in MMA competitors (Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research), the anthropometric and physiological profile of MMA athletes, and a systematic review of rapid weight loss strategies in combat sports.
Framework-specific research includes a documented lack of periodization in MMA training load alongside a dedicated periodization model for MMA (NSCA), HRV-based readiness monitoring in professional MMA athletes, hypoventilation and breath-hold training in elite judo athletes, and elite female athletes' experiences of the menstrual cycle on training and performance.
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CMBT ATHLETE
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- Daily readiness score and actionable training direction
- Skill and conditioning intensity pairing
- Weight trajectory, target-weight, and weight-class context
- Breathwork protocols applied to combat skills training
- Readiness, training-load, and performance-test trends
- Custom profile, weight-class context, and cycle-aware insights
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