embrace the rush. it's why we fight. when it comes to fight night try not to start jumping around or warming up too much early on, you will just wear yourself out. just chill as long as possible and when the nerves get too much do a bit of shadowboxing until you start feeling a bit more relaxed. then you can chill until it's time to warm up before your fight.
Visualisation i think is what you're talking about. very positive tool to learn a lot of pros use it
tension is the enemy of performance. i learn this from race horses. a lot of race horses blown out before they even run their races from hypertension. this is a factor in a horses ability to travel and perform away from home. i have seen the same thing happen with fighters. that is one of the advantages of fighting out of somewhere like vegas. it makes it easier for the fighters to get used to the bright lights and pressure earlier in their careers.
I need to go to my next fight either drunk or baked. I perform better actually.
Shit works for me
I haven't showed up to training baked, but I have showed up drunk. While drunk my body kicks are vicious, I can get full torque on the swing and even if I get hit with bombs I don't feel it. I think I might do it at my next fight.
Shit, I've been boxing and wrestling since I was a kid, do grappling tournaments to keep my grappling on another level, and I still get those "pre fight jitters"
