Is Gunnar too calm to be a champion?

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At his post fight interview he didn't seem bothered about his loss and said he was just happy to have challenged himself.

Now we all know this guy has competitive spirit to have achieved the things he has, but it seems he's maybe more motivated by his love of martial arts than the desire to win and be the best.

In order to make it to the top you need that strong yearning and desire, the anger and emotion to drive you to the top. Gunnar just seems too calm to me.

Lyoto is another guy that's very zen but he shows a clear desire to win and be champion. Fedor also claimed to not care about his losses but you can sense that killer in him, forged from the gulag days.

What do you guys think, is Gunnar too calm? Maybe it's just a misleading demeanor? Has he ever mentioned having the goal to be the champion?
 
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The correlation with being calm and not being able to be a champion is defied by one person

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So you're saying that calm and stoic people in general are unable to be ambitious enough to succeed at the highest level? Sounds far-fetched, but who the fuck knows.
 
Task said:
The correlation with being calm and not being able to be a champion is defied by one person

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I believe Fedor shows more drive than Gunnar. We've seen him angry when his lil bro got beaten down, barking before his fight, speaking of his pride of country and wanting to represent Russia.

But I agree, maybe it's just a demeanor thing, he obviously shows confidence in winning and asks for higher ranked opponents and expressed expectations of reaching the top. He also obviously trains like a beast (but that one could just be his obsession with the art).
 
HerpDerp said:
So you're saying that calm and stoic people in general are unable to be ambitious enough to succeed at the highest level? Sounds far-fetched, but who the fuck knows.
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I think calm people don't have enough chaos in their soul to push themselves to that top, top, top level where it's an existence of mostly pain, suffering, and sacrifice.
 
Ever heard the saying " the hollow drum makes the loudest noise" ?some of the best MMA fighters from past to present where and are calm

Fedor , Igor Vovchancyan , Crocop , Cain Velasquez , Lyoto , Big Nog , Rickson Gracie ,
 
Task said:
The correlation with being calm and not being able to be a champion is defied by one person

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Came to post the exact same thing. And being calm may be a good thing in the process of stepping back and learning from his loss.
 
"anger and emotion" have no place in high level activities from chess, to business to golf to fighting. You sir have no idea what you're tlaking about.
 
Baby Jesus said:
"anger and emotion" have no place in high level activities from chess, to business to golf to fighting. You sir have no idea what you're tlaking about.
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I disagree. It may not have a place in deciding your next chess move or in a business decision, but it most definitely is a big component in high level activities.

-There is a correlation between successful people and people who lost a parent at a young age.

-The guy that started starbucks says his biggest motivator is fear of being poor, even after his success

-Nick Diaz "love/hate" theory

Reaching the highest levels and doing the things that noone else is willing to do, day in and day out, to get there, the only thing that can get you to do it is emotion.
 
No such thing as too calm. When it looks like you are not emotional or physically effected by anything the opponent does(if they are trying to take your head off etc), it is an advantage

It is body language for having absolutely no intimidation or fear of another person & Fedor, was of course, a master at this. When you combine extreme aggression w/ absolute calm, it's extremely unnerving. Fedor was a master at this, he was breaking hs opponent, by not being effected by anything they did.
 
He was too tired to be champion. You can't build your defensive game off of being elusive and then get tired. And Fedor was very aggressive in the ring.
 
Lol I love when hype trains end.
 
The best when it comes to the stare down is Fedor Emelianenko. Watch him: he does not make eye contact and his entire expression is extremely relaxed - you would think he is about to perform a ballet or something.

But here is the crucial thing. When the referee tells them to head back to their corners, Fedor suddenly darts a short look directly at his opponent - or through his opponent, I should say. This kind of look is associated with antisocial behavioral disorders and psychopaths. They don't look at you, they look through you.

It's emotionless; it goes deeper than skin level. You will get a lot of fighters who will catch that look and suddenly realize they don't want to be there. Wanderlei Silva has a stare-down that makes you think 'this is gonna hurt', but Fedor's makes you think, I might die'.
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A sports psychologist's quote on Fedor's staredowns.
 
Gunnar is apparently too calm to do any strength and conditioning.
 
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