Boxing, Muay Thai, and BJJ are EXTREMELY mentally challenging

To the casual bystander watching a fight or a boxing match, it just looks like a brawl. "Yeah, I could do that, you think." But, once you ever start training in that realm, your worldview changes on the sport. 

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Who doesn't love a good hour and a half of pajama play murder?

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The Jake Paul fight was such a letdown.

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it wasn't that at all, it was just him running in a circle. Once he did get clocked that was great, but should have either happened much earlier, or just been a better beat down overall.

Quant (ˈkwänt) n: An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
 

Can't speak on bjj because it's homo, but the gyms are great places to meet people and make friends. Not only are the sports incredibly challenging physically, but they strengthen your mentality too. It is difficult to explain, but when I really started really getting into it, my confidence and clarity was on a new level. It touched every other realm of my life as well. Unfortunately I had to retire due to injuries (not directly from fighting), but I had a brief undefeated pro muay thai career. It was the best time of my life, training 6-8 hours a day. 

 

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Can't speak on bjj because it's homo, but the gyms are great places to meet people and make friends. Not only are the sports incredibly challenging physically, but they strengthen your mentality too. It is difficult to explain, but when I really started really getting into it, my confidence and clarity was on a new level. It touched every other realm of my life as well. Unfortunately I had to retire due to injuries (not directly from fighting), but I had a brief undefeated pro muay thai career. It was the best time of my life, training 6-8 hours a day. 

The BJJ gym I attended was not homo - they made female vs male rolling mandatory. There were not a lot of chicks, so some dudes had to wait. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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