Anyone who steps into a cage to maul another man would be sensitive. It's really putting yourself out there. Winning a fight on a global stage is probably one of the biggest rushes, but by the same token, losing on a world stage is probably extremely emotional. Losing in MMA means another man physically dominated you, and often times, it means that man could have killed you if a ref wasn't there to stop the fight while you were napping on the canvas. I can't imagine any human going through that experience on that stage and not becoming defensive. The fighters are playing with their most primal "fight to survive" instincts. Those instincts are so hard-wired into our DNA that they can probably override them emotionally sometimes. Huge respect to the fighters that are able to have thick skin, but I completely understand the ones that don't. I couldn't imagine doing what they do.
these podcasts are hard to listen to with Ari
Conor is the most arrogant disrespectful person ever.
2 years later Biden is president
Tony Ferguson is overrated
Anyone who steps into a cage to maul another man would be sensitive. It's really putting yourself out there. Winning a fight on a global stage is probably one of the biggest rushes, but by the same token, losing on a world stage is probably extremely emotional. Losing in MMA means another man physically dominated you, and often times, it means that man could have killed you if a ref wasn't there to stop the fight while you were napping on the canvas. I can't imagine any human going through that experience on that stage and not becoming defensive. The fighters are playing with their most primal "fight to survive" instincts. Those instincts are so hard-wired into our DNA that they can probably override them emotionally sometimes. Huge respect to the fighters that are able to have thick skin, but I completely understand the ones that don't. I couldn't imagine doing what they do.