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Hey Sherbros and shergals, as some of you might know this year I'll be trying to get more competitive with my training and would like to complete my first MMA fight in 2019.As part of my preparation I've been thinking about the intangibles and hidden qualities fighters possess that can make all the difference. I'm talking about things like heart, honour, will, confidence, visualization skills,circumstances of their up bringing, motivation.
How do you guys feel about these and any others I missed please add and how much they can affect someone fight wise.
For me I think it's a huge part, just having a belief in oneself is extremely hard, to maintain and even conceive for most to drive them to compete at the fullest how many times have we heard people say this guy's a killer in the gym but fight night they can't get it off.. That's a belief issue.
What about confidence, look at McGregor the guy is the poster boy for what self confidence can do for yourself, I have my own beef with Conor that I've made clear on here several times but the guy really does believe in what he brings to the table and has kept that confidence regardless of he's wins or losses.
Then there's honour and respect I think this is key to longevity in MMA, if your fighting for a higher cause or purpose then filling your bank account if your motivation is coming out of a place deeper then fame, fortune you can keep going no matter what happens in your career.
Good example of this would be GSP, yes he's made his money and all that but he didn't do it for that he did it because he wanted to be the best, he wanted to show his martial arts game was better that he's still progressing, he wanted the competition he respected the challenge each one brought, even in the loss to Serra he was honourable in defeat and came back better he rose to meet what would of been at the time a scary challenge, just look at Ronda and how she never recovered from her losses...GSP respected the game and knew even though he lost it wasnt over just new challenge
Then you have heart, my person favorite you can't teach it or gain you either have it or you don't and I 100% believe it can change a fight in a heart beat regardless of skill difference or even size. Fighting has all always be a battle of wills all combat follows this principle from battles of 1000 Vs 1000 or 1 on 1 ...its a clash of heart and I've always had a deep admiration for fighters who fight with heart win or lose these guys and girls are in it till the end and some great comebacks have come from nothing but heart alone. It must feel amazing to know going into battle you wont break, Diego Sanchez ,Robbie lawler,darren elkins come to mind for this among many others but these three just lay it on the line everytime and are always dangerous I swear Robbie was born on battlefield somewhere lol the guy just lives and thrives in the fire in the trenches.. Just battling and coming out the winner it's great to see and admire. .
I could go on all day but please add more?
How do you guys feel about these and any others I missed please add and how much they can affect someone fight wise.
For me I think it's a huge part, just having a belief in oneself is extremely hard, to maintain and even conceive for most to drive them to compete at the fullest how many times have we heard people say this guy's a killer in the gym but fight night they can't get it off.. That's a belief issue.
What about confidence, look at McGregor the guy is the poster boy for what self confidence can do for yourself, I have my own beef with Conor that I've made clear on here several times but the guy really does believe in what he brings to the table and has kept that confidence regardless of he's wins or losses.
Then there's honour and respect I think this is key to longevity in MMA, if your fighting for a higher cause or purpose then filling your bank account if your motivation is coming out of a place deeper then fame, fortune you can keep going no matter what happens in your career.
Good example of this would be GSP, yes he's made his money and all that but he didn't do it for that he did it because he wanted to be the best, he wanted to show his martial arts game was better that he's still progressing, he wanted the competition he respected the challenge each one brought, even in the loss to Serra he was honourable in defeat and came back better he rose to meet what would of been at the time a scary challenge, just look at Ronda and how she never recovered from her losses...GSP respected the game and knew even though he lost it wasnt over just new challenge
Then you have heart, my person favorite you can't teach it or gain you either have it or you don't and I 100% believe it can change a fight in a heart beat regardless of skill difference or even size. Fighting has all always be a battle of wills all combat follows this principle from battles of 1000 Vs 1000 or 1 on 1 ...its a clash of heart and I've always had a deep admiration for fighters who fight with heart win or lose these guys and girls are in it till the end and some great comebacks have come from nothing but heart alone. It must feel amazing to know going into battle you wont break, Diego Sanchez ,Robbie lawler,darren elkins come to mind for this among many others but these three just lay it on the line everytime and are always dangerous I swear Robbie was born on battlefield somewhere lol the guy just lives and thrives in the fire in the trenches.. Just battling and coming out the winner it's great to see and admire. .
I could go on all day but please add more?
