How do Fighters Sleep at Night?

[MMAart]

Probably sleeping pills is my guess.

 

[AJ Garcia]

Lol I was joking with my original reply but honestly it’s not that bad. Dieting sucks but sleeping isn’t too hard at all. The main thing that’s different for me tho is my weigh ins are at 6pm the day before the fight, so I wake up that morning and go sit in the sauna until I’m on weight. I don’t have to sleep while cutting water. The ufc guys weigh in super early so they have to cut weight all night. That would seriously throw me off.

As far as your nerves and how anxious you are, it was pretty bad for my first fight. I don’t think I slept well that week but still got some sleep. With all the fights I’ve had tho now it’s a regular thing for me. I get more nervous the day of the fight then I do the whole week before.

 

[krelianx]

I was thinking this myself. I suppose the day before weigh ins they suffer a bit and might sleep like shit, but then they have a whole day to rest, eat, and that helps them sleep.

 

[275others]

They get one of their training partners to uppercut them right on the button. Puts them to sleep immediately and also warms up their chin for the fight

 

[Jeff Goldblum69]

Read chucks book ....he had no trouble lol

 

[Lawblaw]

We don't

 

[HoFF]

Hard drugs

 

[PAPERCLIP30]

Upsidedown like a bat

 

[Liverkick-king56]

I've cut a tiny bit of weight once, so that's never been an issue for me but it usually takes me like 2:00-3:00am to fall asleep. Talking to close friends usually helps me fall asleep. After being face to face with my opponent it all become real and all the nerves kick in.
Fight week isn't too bad for me but after the weigh ins I usually go on an emotional roller coaster and go from excited and confident to wanting to cry (always switching up) but after I get my hands wrapped, I'm stretched and warmed up I usually calm down and focus.

 

[maxi diablo]

Plenty of benadryl.

 

[TheLinguist]

We don’t. I don’t sleep the entire week of the fight and then when it’s over I sleep for two days straight followed by one awake day, and then sleep another two days until I’m caught up.

That sounds extremely unhealthy, your office job don’t mind you taking days off like that?

 

[SpaceGinger]

I'm stressed out knowing I gotta wake up to my own kids in the morning.

 

[Milton_Gracie]

In Khabibs case: Petrified and stuck in the mud almost

I won’t tell anyone that you and I fall asleep before fights texting each other photos of McConner topless in a green Lamborghini

 

[Morning Star]

I've heard that Jackson-Wink fighters like to sleep under the cage.

 

[PR01]

They lay down and close their eyes.

And they get subbed by 115lb womens before it

 

[CptJacuzzi]

I see ALOT of fighters and athletes in general that are pushing for CBDs lately. I wonder if that helps, but I'm sure they can manage to get their hands on whatever drug it is they feel they need to fall asleep. Maybe bang the gf?

I bet Tony sleeps like a baby and he doesn't do shit though.

 

[Wogman]

They lay down and close their eyes.

 

[grimballer]

They get happy ending massages n then sleep like babies