It was just a few short years ago when Matt Leinart was on the verge of a second national championship with USC. In his downtime from football he was busy at his ball room dancing class and extra curricular activities with a female basketball player at USC. Not a bad life for a 22 year old. 

Fast forward a few years and Leinart is on the verge of being declared a NFL bust. Leinart has already been branded as a partier, who is more interested in his celebrity than football, so it is only natural that an image makeover is need. Enter Jay Glazer. 

The superb NFL journalist and devout MMA fan has taken it upon himself to remold Leinart into a weapon. The furnace that Glazer is using to shape Leinart's athletic ability? Why its mixed martial arts of course. 

Glazer and Leinart talked about the training on the Dan Patrick show. 

Glazer is training Leinart in mixed martial arts.

Apparently, Glazer did the same for the Vikings' Jared Allen in the past as well.

Glazer said he's trying to get Leinart to push through barriers. He tries to make the QB throw up and quit every day. "We push him so hard to get him to break down," Glazer said. Glazer didn't think Leinart would come back for a second day, because usually no one does. But Leinart did.

Leinart said that he's really getting a lot of out of pushing himself. "It's gotten me mentally tougher," Leinart said. The quarterback said you develop an attitude that you can do anything.

It appears that Matt Leinart is finally realizing that his legacy will not be dependent on dating Paris Hilton but on his accomplishments on the gridiron.  

Also I think we can officially declare MMA training as chic. 

Video of Leinart training MMA here.