tfarny said:
Wow, horrific. That hasn't exactly been my own experience, personally, though.....perhaps it has something to with the psyches of cage fighters as well?
Well, don't generalise cage fighters.
A year ago, 60-70 USMC soldiers were stationed at the military base in my hometown.
They were there for two weeks, and I met them the first day they were here. We went out to have a couple of beers every night. I still have contact with about 10 of them, and I'm planning to visit them in Iowa when I turn 21 next year.
One of the guys, which I came along with really well, was a kind and calm guy. What I didn't know, was that he was an undefeated WEC fighter (world extreme cagefighting) at that time. 9 victories and 0 loss.
We're still in touch weekly, and he's a kind of big-brother-person to me now.
I agree that the mind set of some of these athletes could be very wrong and unfortunate from the day they figured that they wanted to become MMA fighters.
The killer, in particular - has only fought two times, and my friend in the WEC has never heard of him.
I will not reveal my friend's name, because he didn't want me to - and that is understandable because of the topic.