Ronda Rousey on not fighting with emotion

For Ronda Rousey , fighting with anger or any other emotion can be a detriment to your ability to succeed. It comes to minimizing errors because the slightest mistake can lead to a humongous window of opportunity for your opponents, especially in a game of centimeters that is mixed martial arts. One mistake and the fight could be over. That's what makes mixed martial arts unique vis-à-vis other sports; that one technique finish. If somebody jumps over their opponents head and dunks on them in an NBA game in the first minute of competition, that's great but there's still 47 minutes of basketball left. If you get knocked out in a mixed martial arts fight in the first minute of action, the referee isn't going to wake you up, dust you off, and then send you off to finish the next 14 minutes of fighting. It's over. So staying calm and emotion-free can be a healthy attitude to take to minimize errors, and that's what Ronda Rousey strives to do in competition:

If you're fighting with emotion instead of structure, then it's always going to be a mistake.

John Danaher on the benefits of Jiu Jitsu off the mat

John Danaher speaks about Jiu Jitsu not being a skill that can be used on the mat, but something that can be translated into everyday life. We're not just talking about using BJJ in self defense situations, but the mental activity of making fast decisions and coming up with quick solutions under fire. At times fast decisions are needed to be made and if you have practiced coordinating your mind to fire off fast solutions under duress, that will allow you to have that type of mental acuity in everyday life. John Danaher noted this in an interview with Open Mat Radio:

“The deepest benefits of Jiu Jitsu come off the mat.  It encourages a world-view based upon the idea of rational problem solving.  Jiu Jitsu is all about solving problems that are rapidly changing under stress, and that gives you an ability to identify the crux of the problem in front of you, even in a stressful situation and adapt your body and tactics to overcome that problem and to continue overcoming it as the problem itself changes.  It encourages you to use a very rational trial and error method, basically the same method that science uses to overcome these problems.  So it gives you this sort of problem solving mindset, which I think applies throughout life itself.”

Conor McGregor praises Demetrious Johnson for win over John Moraga

UFC featherweight star Conor McGregor praised his flyweight co-worker Demetrious Johnson for his armbar victory over John Moraga at UFC on Fox 8 in Seattle. McGregor, who takes on Max Holloway at UFC on Fox Sports 1 on August 17th in Boston, has a tremendous amount of respect for the smoothness, precision, and efficiency of "Mighty Mouse". Conor McGregor wrote on his Twitter:

Big @MightyMouseUFC fan and his coach Matt Hume!! Smooth, precise and efficient. UN-ARMED COMBAT at its finest!!
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) July 28, 2013

With the victory over John Moraga, Demetrious Johnson now improves to 18-2-1 and is a perfect 4-0-1 in the UFC flyweight division, and has defended his title twice.

Georges St-Pierre on training on the days you don't want to

Georges St-Pierre holds to the theory that he gets better not on days that he wants to go to train, is motivated and exciting and feeling good about going to the gym; rather he feels that he gets the most improvement from days where he doesn't want to go, can't stand going, but overcomes that blanketing negative aura and energy within him and musters up the will-power to get up and give his all in training. GSP mentions this in his book The Way of the Fight:

...if you can overcome the negative energy coming from your tired body or unmotivated mind, you will grow and become better. It won’t be the best workout you have, you won’t accomplish as much as what you usually do when you actually feel good, but that doesn’t matter. Growth is a long-term game, and the crappy days are more important. The best part is at the end of your workout on the crappy day. You feel better about yourself, happier and proud.

Bruce Buffer on No Fears

UFC announcer Bruce Buffer discusses the important of celebrating the small and big victories in your life, and subtracting fear out of the equation of your existence. From Buffer's book It's Time!: My 360-Degree View of the UFC:

John Moraga Quotes

UFC flyweight star John Moraga was able to turn his life around from growing up in a tough part of West Phoenix, and working his way to the top of the UFC's 125 pound weight class.

 

 

 

Demetrious Johnson Quotes

Demetrious Johnson is one of the fastest fighters you'll ever see. The UFC flyweight champion brings an immense amount of speed, talent, technique, and tenacity to the UFC Octagon.