Into the Cage by Nick Gullo

Author:Nick Gullo [Gullo, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7710-3653-8
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 2013-11-25T16:00:00+00:00

THE FIGHT

The cage door closes. The bolt drops. The ref signals Fight, and it’s on. Circling, weaving for efficient angles, or charging straight ahead—now is when a fighter tests his resolve. Can he implement that fight plan? Round after brutal round, ignore the creeping fatigue, the throbbing knee, blood stinging the eyes—or does he say to himself, Fuck, he’s too strong … I’m cramping … just survive this next round … no shame in a decision, if I clinch…

Either way, moves and techniques had better occur via reflex because as this internal monologue reveals, now it’s a battle of wills. The only unsettled question is who’s will is gonna break first?

MMA is a beautiful sport, if not always on the physical plane—where the long clinches and circling sometimes prove tedious—then on that higher, more ethereal plane. The plane of the spirit. Where each feint, tie-up, and kick is unleashed not merely to damage, but to chip away at an opponent’s will.

Only after visiting gyms, training with fighters, overhearing their intimate conversations, did I appreciate how a bout equals more than the sum of its violence. Forget the surface. What you’re watching is a battle of character, resolve, courage in the face of pain, and doggedness in the face of exhaustion.

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