James Terry (6-1) recently defeated Zak Bucia by decision at Strikeforces May 11th event held at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Terry is coming off a year long layoff to recover from his shoulder injuries sustained during his Cage Combat Fighting Championships title defense against Jeremiah Metcalf. Terry was unable to defend his Welterweight title, and was relegated to recovery, which included two surgeries on his shoulders.

As a personal trainer at USH! (Cung Le), Terry has focused on training his clients and began a regimen of hard training in order to get back into fighting shape. After eleven months of training and wating for his next fight, Terry was lined up to face Zak Bucia (1-2), a less experienced, but game fighter.

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Terry defeated Bucia utilizing wrestling to control him and do damage on the ground for three rounds. Although Bucia was game and was able to nullify much of Terrys offense, Terrys overall dominance earned him a unanimous decision victory. 

"I was having to overcome some things when it came to the ground and pound, he kind of knew what his was doing a little bit with the jiu-jitsu."-James Terry

Although, he was happy with his performance, Terry stated that he may have taken it a little easy. As the Cage Combat Fighting Championships Welterweight Title holder, Terrys short reign was surrounded with injuries. He broke his hand winning his title, and  suffered two badly injured shoulders losing his title.

"I was happy to get the win,  but above and beyond all that, I was happy not to be injured."-James Terry

Currently, Terry does not have any opponents lined up, but has three fights remaining on a four-fight contract with Strikeforce. Terry says he intends on dominating opponents in the future as he is happy to come away uninjured from the fight. 

"When it comes to pushing the pace, and getting after the next guy, I definitely want to try to, you know, step it up a little bit. Not just win fights, but dominate fights."-James Terry

Terry says he hopes to get on the next fight card at the HP Pavilion, which he claims will take place in August, until then, he will focus on training himself and others at the gym. Terry implements weight-training as a large part of his training routine, and feels that it is a distinct advantage for him, as he stated that not all fight teams lift weights.

"Coach Cung likes us to lift, and you know, we do a lot of lifting"-James Terry

For more information on personal training with James Terry, he can be contacted at Universal Strength Headquarters(USH!) at (408) 729-4468. He can also be contacted by email: jterry.fitness@gmail.com