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"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Showing off is the fool's idea of glory. As you think, so shall you become."
--Bruce Lee
“We’re in the back, and the antics are already going on through fight week, so I’m obviously assuming things are going to be a little weird on fight night – not this bad.
“It kind of started when Don House came and wrapped my hands, and he was just kind of laughing. He was like, ‘Man, he’s being a wild man back there,’ not really giving me details, but I’m already catching wind that things are kind of weird in the locker room.
“Then the person that I’m not going to name came to me and was like, ‘Hey, I’ve got to tell you, there’s talks of this crazy submission that he wants to try on you.'
“I got a demonstration of what it was, and I mean, I immediately started laughing. I was like, ‘If you think for a second you’re going to like reverse ‘Stone Cold Stunner’ me in a high-level mixed martial arts contest, you’re off your (expletive) rocker – pardon my language. But yeah, I knew what the move was.
“It was like if he had my chin, and his chest was on the back of my head like a guy would go for a guillotine, and it was like he was going to rotate and turn his back to me while still holding my chin, basically putting the back of my neck on his shoulder, and drop down. We started laughing. We’re like, ‘This is so funny.'
“This is the same time I’m hearing about the burning of the sage and all the incense and stuff. Buddy, it’s like you’re prepping to go to a yoga class or something. Like, I’m about to (expletive) beat you up, and you’re trying to figure out how to do these ****** moves, and you’re sticking tea tree oil up your nose or whatever the hell it was.
“I knew all this stuff was happening, and it was just funny to us. I think that for them, the shock came from the commission because they’re making a big deal about it, so they’re kind of like, ‘What the hell?’
“But no, never at any point did I feel like I was about to be in any type of – there’s no immediate danger to go beyond getting in a mixed martial arts fight, so – the guy’s just nuts.
“I’m not trying to disrespect (Fabia). He has a particular thing he does well, but I really wish we could see Diego with a boxing coach and a couple other guys.”
https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2020...eadly-submission-immediately-started-laughing
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