Your Will To Win

When a champion mixed martial artist begins to think of himself as a champ he no longer has something to fight for but an over sized ego to defend. The champion MMA is proving something by defending something such as a title belt. Underdogs are fighting to do something and usually bring about an upset.

There is a story of a fighter who fought well until he got the championship title belt. In his next fight while defending his title he lost the belt against an underdog. After losing the title he fought well and regained the title once again. His manager said to him, "You can fight well as a champion as when you're the contender if you'll remember one thing. When you step inside the ring you aren't defending the championship-you're fighting for it. You haven't got it- you've laid it on the line when you crawl through the ropes"

Remember it's much harder to remain a champion than to become one if you lose your will to win, so keep your feet your feet on solid ground and your ego in check.


It's not the size of the man in the fight...it's the size of the fight in the man that counts.

Norm Bettencourt