9 Things no one ever tells you about being a pro MMA fighter

9 things no one tells you about being a pro MMA fighter that you will usually find out after the fact.
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[@somethingsimple9603]

They also don't tell mma fighters that 50% of people who watch their fights believe they could beat them.

[@champ1159]

LOL!!

[@DreadTeamLeader]

Nah at least 75%

[@bigchief4052]

People that don't train lol

[@tak4043]

Well... flyweights look really small and if that's all you watch..

[@robertrosen2703]

@@champ1159 Your name is game!

[@saturn580]

Watching my first MMA fight I remember thinking that the kicks and punches looked incredibly soft. It took my brain a moment to realize that the fighters are just incredibly resilient. A normal person couldn't withstand that level of punishment for a second.

[@rico14]

The apex really demonstrated this. When you couldn’t hear the crowd, and you could hear all the strikes. You could hear the power of the strikes 😅

[@spaceracer23]

Ring girls aren't something you have at the gym? Why not? Sounds like a missed opportunity Ramsey.

[@Xplora213]

The ring girls would STILL be looking at every other guy there 😂

[@cainmorano4956]

Ring girls need to train too!

[@spaceracer23]

@@cainmorano4956 Ramsey Dewey now taking applications for apprenticeship ring girls. Send your photos ladies. His DMs are open.😉

[@walterevans2118]

@@cainmorano4956 Train in WHAT ? ....lol

[@scottn7cy]

@@walterevans2118 It doesn't matter - we just want to see them train!

[@kennethjohnston9736]

When my son was 3 we were at McDonalds and he saw a dwarf. He said, “Daddy she is short”. The poor lady looked a bit dejected or sad. I looked at who he was talking about looked back at him and said, “so are you.” He looked at her, nodded, and just kind of shrugged his shoulders in acknowledgement. You could have seen the smile on this lady’s face from the International Space Station.....

[@William-Morey-Baker]

lol, my little brother did something similar... except he didnt call her short... he used the M word, and she was VERY offended. he was 3 or 4, and i blame TLCs show "little people big planet"... my mom loved that crap, and even though the show promoted other words, they still said midget frequently... of course little kids arent gonna know any better, but it only takes the one time and they learn

[@katarinatibai8396]

🤗😘 Well done - heart warminfg - your nice response 💕👋

[@ashchaya7676]

@@William-Morey-Baker Is "the M word" McDonalds?

[@AtticusDenzil]

what does your stupid comment have to do with the video?

[@agentnukaz1715]

With Ramsey's random tangent we would not have this comment today

[@feeltheillinois]

"i have a friend who is actually a midget" LOL

[@maxhammer4067]

I bought one a few years ago there great to use as butlers at partys 🥳

[@wachowski9525]

I love how this video got sidetracked lmao

[@gaga3963]

"I have a friend that is actually a Nigga" 😂 Edit: I'm black. Don't make the word cool but I can say it. Lol

[@gickygackers]

By choice

[@gickygackers]

@@gaga3963 nigga

[@augmar4655]

Are all pro MMA fighters required to be fans of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

[@RamseyDewey]

Yes. It’s the law.

[@nasri]

And Power Rangers.

[@victorsrur134]

why they wouldn't,TMNT are the hardcore mma fighters of their universe,in IDW comics

[@mohammadtausifrafi8277]

It is in the unified rules.

[@MG-bi6mq]

The sweatier the better. That way when you hit the ground you sort of slide. Like a wiggle pig. Also, bring your weight set backstage so you and your crew can pump iron while you wait for your fight. That’s why it’s called a weight set.

[@sharlah4057]

Go wiggle pigs!

[@rickanderson536]

# 10... memory loss. 😄 j/k love what you do Ramsey

[@RamseyDewey]

Truth! Seriously.

[@gickygackers]

Plenty of trades will handicap you before retirement, and cripple you through retirement. Consequences

[@lobstershaft2294]

When you said that not everyone takes steroids, it made me further realise that the severity steroid problems can vary from sport to sport and even location. According to both my dad who was a professional NRL player (albeit only a short time) and one of his close friends who had a long career in pro NRL, steroids are supposed to be a HUGE problem (like to the point where you practically have to be a genetic freak to be natty and still keep up), and they both reckon it's likely gotten even worse than what it was back then. What's even sadder about the entire steroids issue is that it's looking more and more like that drug detection is fighting a losing battle against drug use in these industries.

[@dr.floridamanphd]

Steroids are an issue in every sport. I’m not surprised it’s an issue in rugby as well.

[@vaughnordakowski8774]

I feel like American football and rugby are probably two of the most steroid dominant sports based on the importance of pure size. Especially being a line man who's main goal is to smash against other large human beings, there is not an insane amount of minute skill involved, mostly just impressive strength.

[@kingnailuj2911]

@@vaughnordakowski8774 every sport actually

[@vaughnordakowski8774]

@@kingnailuj2911 not every sport. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, basketball, mma (weight classes), lacrosse, and baseball are not even remotely based on pure size. Basketball relies on height alot but steroids isn't helping that.

[@nicholaskarras2759]

@@vaughnordakowski8774 yes but steroid usage is rampant in every sport, steroids arent just mass gainers, you could do a PhD in pharmacology and only study for the rest of your life 1 type of steroid and never run out of research topics, and their is like over a dozen different types of Performence enhancers. The level of PED usage is dependent on a lot of things, how much money is in the sport, how much peds actually affect the Performence of atheltes realstically e.g. doing a cycle while being a pro fencer is going to get nowhere near the same results as a pro sprinter as fencing relies primarily on technical apsects that aren't affected by Peds whereas sprinting for 95% of performance is pure horsepower which can be heavily bolstered by PEDs, and even what country the athlete is from can make a difference whether someone is on gear or not. But to say people aren't doing steroids while playing tennis or basketball is absurd. Not every elite athlete is on gear, but you can bet that if we lived in a world were you couldn't bribe your way out of the piss test that a lot of roasters would look a lot different and the banlist would be a lot bigger.

[@blazonbyrd5996]

9:00 "Don't be the next Icy Hot" - Ramsey Dewey LoL needs to be on a Tee Shirt. Hilarious.

[@Beastius24]

The waiting is a killer. In 2020 I competed in the Scottish open (kyokushin) as novice . Had to warm up 5 times and psych up because our class was moved all over the place. Emotionally it's not a good thing. When you are there you want to do it. Very useful and informative video! Thanks Ramsey

[@byronjuarez656]

One BJJ tourney I competed in (just high school gymnasium stuff) I weighed in at 8am, then waited until 4pm for my division to start. I was gassed from my 8am adrenaline dump. Needless to say, I began my matched gassed and my diagnosed anxiety/depression mental disorders didn't help my stamina any.

[@frosty6297]

@@byronjuarez656 as someone who competed in alternative sports with chronic anxiety, you really really have to remember why you're doing it. Work hard, stay focused, but enjoy yourself! The latter is key, whenever I've had my best results, I've been in a state of flow as I was enjoying myself, all anxiety left that day (for at least 1 day, anyway!).

[@cjflocka9211]

@@frosty6297 what was the reason you were doing it ?

[@frosty6297]

@@cjflocka9211 enjoyment, fun!

[@DanielTejnicky]

OSU! same here xD only in czech - the waiting was horrible. I did like a month of pretty intense prep (extra trainings, kumite, hill sprinting) I felt ready when we arrived (despite me not being able to sleep that night) and then with each hour of warm up - wait, I felt less and less ready xD and then I came up against brown belt from hungary with my blue one xD, I kept acsidently punching him in the face. And then he blocked one of my low kicks with his knee destroying my ankle - tech KO, I could not stand on that leg. Dissapointed my sensei back then - and my self, and my friend and my father xD

[@SaltLight7]

How about... Number 10: sometimes you can incur memory loss from all of the head shots.

[@vaggelismarkantonis8710]

😂😂😂so that's why he forgot what it was...

[@beenright5115]

Slight correction: dwarves are small statured people who live underground and carry really big axes. ...rest of the stuff was on point though.

[@Lynwood_Jackson]

I wrestled at the Iron Man tournament in Canton, OH one year, and one of the guys on the team cut 25 lbs for each day of the tournament (in the modern world, you weigh-in for each day of a tournament). He ended up losing his first match on the second day because he didn't recover well enough between weigh-ins and his first match of the day. Cutting weight sucks.

[@XxTormentedDemonxX]

What about the fact that the money you earn will come from how many people want to watch you fight, not how good you are. (unfortunately)

[@RamseyDewey]

That depends on what kind of promotion you’re fighting for.

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

Idk, Khabib kind proved the opposite. He's had no scandal and drama at all to attract audiences, yet people flooded in to see him fight, because he is so good

[@tensae4725]

@@jaketheasianguy3307 not exactly mate. I might be wrong but I believe Khabib became famous after the Conor McGregor fight. And that fight gained a lot of views because of Conor’s drama.

[@Neyreyan]

@@jaketheasianguy3307 he is also the best ufc fighter wich alone is enough for that. I guess you could look at the career of fighters who are not champions. Another good example would be Stipe Miocici but the best fighter get popular no matter what they do

[@ravinandank7809]

@@tensae4725 Dustin kod conor hes now where near as famous as khabib or nate. Beating conor helped to rise their popularity but it's not the sole cause

[@davidjadeaeckhard9625]

Ramsey! Thank you for another first rate video. I value the wonderful insights you give. You contribute to the world of fighting in such a positive way. Pure respect.

[@jc-kj8yc]

I once took part in an amateur tournament and the organizers simply forgot my fight. Me and my opponent waited 3 hours for nothing and because of the built up anxiety we took the news that there wouldn't be a fight almost relieved, but were still really mad that we went through this for nothing. So waiting for the fight really brings the worst of two opposites with it: it's equally boring and nerve wrenching. Time just doesn't pass by and you get more nervous with any minute. Imo it's the worst thing about fighting

[@Drikkerbadevand]

Yep. Always

[@chenoaholdstock3507]

This is very, very interesting. I would never have guessed any of these.

[@Anonymous-yh4ol]

Great video!! Thanks! All this is so good to know beforehand. AWESOME!!

[@CoolGeekDefence]

Didn't watch the video yet this is a great birthday present for my 18th birthday as a UFC champion in training thanks Ramsey 😁

[@michaelbrown655]

Good stuff; aI knew a couple of these, but not all of them. Thanks for sharing.

[@bartimaus8738]

great video, thanks a lot

[@luisclaudio4622]

Love the shirt brother!! BTW, it is absolutely true there's a major difference between gi and no shirt or no gi grappling.

[@DropTine987654321]

That’s insight you don’t get from watching The fight. Love hearing it from a pro’s point of view. Love the T-shirt too. Heroes in a half shell, ya buddy!

[@jeetkundough6224]

Good advice 👍

[@tensae4725]

Israel Adesanya is about 210 pounds. I thought he was skinny. That dude is gigantic. And also, I wanted to ask you, does fighting dehydrated feel the same as fighting without getting any sleep ?

[@champ1159]

Fr, he looks freakishly tall on TV but when you seem him in real life he HUGE

[@RamseyDewey]

They both suck, and will negatively effect your performance, but sleep deprivation feels a lot different from dehydration.

[@mattwells1036]

@RED CHUCKS I'd think only a day with no or bad sleep wouldnt make you crazy. But you'll be a bit drained and groggy, not good for when you need to fight. Once in highschool I couldnt get more than an hour or two of sleep the night before a wrestling tournament, lucky for me it was only jv, and I made it to the finals, but the strangest thing ever happened in the middle of that match, I was up 6-2, and the other guy was shooting in, i was defending the takedown, and then i just blacked out, i came to and i was in a cradle on my back and i then tried to escape but it was too late. I can only imagine what happened/what that looked like, I'm defending a takedown well then i just go limp and get scooped up with no resistance. I feel like it could have happened too fast to notice but someone might have thought that looked weird what happened. Definitely felt weird for me. Anyone else ever have a short blackout during a physical sport? One not caused by a concussion lol

[@anatolyalperovich9069]

More or less yes

[@Solarjohn2]

I've had bad anxiety days before my Highshool wrestling matches and boxing matches, I would literally get zero sleep the day or two days before my matches. For some reason, I wouldn't be sleepy or have a groggy feeling before or during my matches. As a matter of fact I believe my anxiety forced me to be more aware and awoke during my fights. I guess everyone's body on sleep deprivation works different and I think dehydration would be worse

[@littlebrennan3]

This is the good stuff!!

[@sinarad6053]

I really like One FC approach toward weight cutting. It's much more safe and fair in my opinion.

[@fabricebrenot9907]

Love #3 tips!!! 🤣🤣

[@oscargaliano]

Great insights! Personnally the worst for me is waiting without knowing the accurate time. A suggestion for a 10th? Usually pain for days or weeks, even winning.

[@Geburah82]

@Ramsey Dewey I quite enjoy a small gamble on the UFC, adds a bit of spice (I've never got sucked into the gambler's fallacy or common gambling traps, mind you) - but watching their hydration / physical condition on any videos toward end of camp, the official weigh ins, etc, I always find is the biggest tell how a fight is going to end - that indication of what percent of themselves is turning up, how drained and over it they are mentally due to that, seems to be a far bigger factor than "The other guy" :D

[@dphill96]

I thought one would have been "you'll get hit". But seriously, the hot mat one. 😂🤣😂

[@andywade5930]

I think the eye opener for me was when I read a series of articles in Fighting Arts International with Gary Spiers a martial artists who applied his learning working the doors around the world. That was the best description of street violence I've ever encountered and it was terrifying and sobering at the same time. It's probably on the internet somewhere and worth searching out if you haven't read it.

[@Gaming4ever-pd7jv]

Hurrying up and waiting is part of every martial art. Granted, I don't do MMA, but still, my first and second fights in my first tournament were almost an hour and a half apart.

[@orly3000]

You rule Rams!

[@PoznanPiatkowo]

Awesome tshirt!

[@loldddddgt1322]

Great video! Do you have any tips on throwing kicks at the air (shadow boxing). I’m not quite sure how to recover balance because the power isn’t transferred to an object, I.e. Muay Thai roundhouses. I can use the weight to spin around back into stance, but that seems iffy.

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

Fighting w no shirt is different...great insight

[@jezzaboi2168]

Kind of wish that weight cutting and rehydration was reduced. It makes the fights worse, it makes them more risky in the non entertaining way, and adds an uneeded layer of difficulty to get into

[@blockmasterscott]

Dehydration hurts people in forms competition too. I’ve seen people gas out on the middle of a form during competitions because they didn’t drink enough fluids.

[@andriesvanvuuren4398]

Love the shirt

[@theonewhoknocks2809]

No-Gi grip training is a MUST for mma and learning Muay Thai clinches will go a long way to combat slippery fighters

[@rivermoore6179]

Saw sage northcut in person , dude is HUGE even seeing from far away

[@ThatJamesGuy88]

Bro, love the TMNT shirt!

[@anatolyalperovich9069]

This is very interesting thing about corner man. Now i get , why that guy hasn’t heard me , and i had to bring his dude , and tell him , what to shout .

[@willspeakman2461]

Love the t-shirt. My guilty pleasure is that I actually enjoyed the Michael Bay film.

[@shankshernandez2348]

It's around see you what you said I got too much enthusiasm you're right I do have it also I said on every channel yesterday I meant it I have made up my mind I want to train and learn Sanda kyokushin karate Taekwondo ITF Muay Thai combat sambo BJJ boxing like I said don't get a black belt in BJJ just good knowledge of grappling but get a black belt in karate and Taekwondo which is 3 to 5 years and like you said martial arts have no age limit so I got time

[@H4I2I2EE]

Five is interesting considering they tell you the weight and height of the fighter at the beginning of the fight. I am assuming most people know that they have to cut weight for fights and that height does not usually change significantly(as far as I know).

[@robertrosen2703]

I love the WWF Panda rashguard :D

[@liamcage7208]

This is something no one told me when I was kickboxing; Adrenaline drains your energy. The prefight jitters, that nervous adrenaline is burning off a lot of your energy reserves. With experience you learn to relax prefight and conserve your energy for the fight. The most worried I was during my armature fight career was when my opponent stepped in the ring and he was perfectly calm. I knew 1) he had a lot of experience, 2) he wasn't worried about me. Yup, he kicked my ass.

[@oaksaint4458]

The "bring him to your corner" one is genius.

[@ashchaya7676]

Just one of the things I loved about Bas Rutten's attitude to fighting was that he would drink water before weigh-ins to ensure he'd make the top weight class. Was only interested in testing himself against the best available.

[@jc6087]

Dehydration+Fatigue=Concussion

[@scottbauer71]

Love the shirt... COWABUNGA

[@simplestrum]

I don't agree with tip #3, because if you're gonna lose, might as well lose happily.

[@madhav_g7960]

Yo ramsey I'm now petrified of low kicks first Silva then weidman and now conor

[@jonathandedmam154]

Where did u train in SLC? I trained with west side in Ogden, destination mma (Lehi judo club), zenith (screw those guys haha) visited Foley's once in a while, Agema, John mckean, Carl Sims I ended up in Utah on accident in a road trip because a friend was going to Cali and asked me to go with and started going to school out there and lived out there for 4 years

[@tzaeru]

As far as I know, 'dwarf' is fine, but some people with dwarfism find 'midget' a bit offensive, since the term still has pretty strong associations to the freak show era, where dwarfs would be advertised as midgets. But for 'dwarf', there's even e.g. International Dwarf Sports Federation and Dwarf Athletic Association of America, in addition to the medical term itself having its root in 'dwarf'.

[@H4I2I2EE]

Yeah, I heard midget was kinda like the N word for them.

[@shiyotso1]

How DOES a person get into MMA? Do you go through a gym? Do you get picked up by someone? What's the process like? Even for a non-professional setting, how does one enter the world of mma? I would love to try my hand at it, but I know I need to get back into training, I know I'm nowhere close to a fight. But just knowing a goal to aim for would be phenomenal!

[@Phospion]

anyone that triumphed in mma just got to a gym one day, probably out of shape and without that much prior knowledge. Just show up man

[@carterscustomrods]

About weight loss for weigh-in.. In High School Wrestling, the weight class maxed out at 275lbs. But I was a very dense person. I would get down to 275, but it would destroy me. Losing my muscle mass, hydration, strength, etc. I got down to 6'8" 275lb, with 6% body fat and would get my ass whipped. My coaches finally sat me down and said I'd have been a god if the Unlimited class was still a thing. But they couldn't let me continue to compete as they were worried I'd be seriously damaged. They'd still let me come to train, but I was never able to compete. I discovered my ideal weight was 335-345 as it got me to 11% body fat and much more agility speed and strength. So I often wonder how many others out there like me were unable to do things because they genetically had the bone density of an elephant? I went on to other things, but I still look back and feel sad I did t get to have a run at wrestling because I loved it. Jujitsu was great because there was an unlimited... but it lacked the strength and aggression I'd experience with wrestling. And I didn't like the rules/limitations Jujitsu placed on itself. It never let me utilized my strengths. Like body locks with my legs from guard. It was illegal then (not sure anymore) to contract a person's body with my legs. I dunno... it just seemed everything I did, outside of streetfighting was not meant for me. I cut easily, so MMA was a no go. Boxing was dull. And we didn't have many of the now well known martial Arts back then like Sambo. So, I made my life as a "Pro-Wrassler" and stunt performer. Wrasslin was fun, and I loved it because im a hammy guy thats a bit eccentric irl. But I always missed real competition.

[@RamseyDewey]

I’m very outspoken about how combat sports need to have super heavyweight divisions with no upper weight limit.

[@SS3213gsdf]

you are not 6'8 275lb 6% bodyfat lol. how about 15%

[@carterscustomrods]

@@SS3213gsdf cool

[@GiacomoVaccari]

275 at 6% is Mr. Olympia territory, keep dreaming

[@mohammadtausifrafi8277]

@@GiacomoVaccari He is 6'8".

[@genreartwithjb5095]

This is a “microwave match” where we put the contestants in a microwave oven like environment and the person that doesn’t slip on his own sweat wins

[@ArkansasWushu]

10. Keep your head off the matt. I lost my first fight because I got put in the mount position. Rather than lean into the punches I pressed my head back against the mat which resulted in the ref calling a knockout. Apparently if they start noticing your head isn't "bouncing back" they call the fight for safety.

[@RamseyDewey]

I have worked for many years as a professional MMA referee. A head bouncing off the mat would be a big red flag for me that the bottom guy is NOT intelligently defending himself as that would mean you are taking undefended blows.

[@jabadashudau2422]

Does fighter really get distracted by the ring girls? I have never seen it. All the fighter seems to not care about the ring girls.

[@OlsenReid]

You have a great voice.

[@douglasmacneil4474]

The ring girls thing was definitely a thing lol. Was very distracting

[@nickofengland]

Maybe no. 10 could have been about the days after. Have you ever done a video about what it feels like after the adrenaline level has dropped back to normal and you feel all the damage you took?

[@konev13thebeast]

about fighters weight to size, its very similar with bodybuilders. A 180lb stage weight 5'7 bodybuilder is an absolute giant. if you weigh 180 on stage, you would easily be 220-230 off season and still would look incredibly lean.

[@ethienosinsky5186]

Hey Ramsey, I have a question relating to grappling, if you outclass your rolling partner, should you keep squishing them or leave them time and space to work their attacks ? I even tried some really odd and unorthodox techniques and got the tap, like I pulled for the first time a no gi ezekiel choke from guard (on bottom position)

[@RamseyDewey]

Always spar in a way that is productive. If you aren’t learning something important rolling with the new guys, you’re missing out. If you need to practice squishing a helpless man, go for it, log some hours. If you need to progress your game beyond that, however, let your partner work a bit, and take the opportunity to develop weaker parts of your own game.

[@Enric0W]

10 is probably the most important one.

[@ltravail]

If you watch a really good boxer you'll see how they always try to maneuver towards his corner near the end of each round (unless he's stuck in another corner getting pounded, or pounding his opponent in another corner). This allows the fighter to simply plop down on his stool when the round ends while the opponent has to walk all the way back across the ring to get to his corner. Might not seem like much, but those 5 or 6 precious seconds (not to mention the extra energy expended) to get back to his corner has its effects. I watched a fight where one opponent managed to end every round just a step away from his corner. By the time the 10th round came and went, you could see the other literally dragging himself back to his corner. In pro fights, any little edge you can get can be the difference between winning and losing.

[@aix83]

They also don't tell you Ramsey can make that commercial so funny it's as good as a number 10, so you keep watching.

[@alpd5329]

That is why heavy weight is the best division to fight in. Just to not torture yourself losing weight

[@salehsankar9012]

About cutting weight poirier said on Joe Rogan podcast that before the second fight against conor when they call him he was 186 😂😂😂😂😂😂 and he supposed to be under 145😂😂😂 if I'm not mistaken

[@RamseyDewey]

Weight cuts like that happen.

[@unicornseatsparkles9514]

I have a friend that's a midget, but he identifies as a hobbit.

[@edi9892]

This reminds me of experimental archeology. So much has been said or assumed as a fact, but once you actually try, you see it just doesn't add up... Even with all our videos and texts, there will be so many misconceptions about our lives in a century from now on. It will be hilarious.

[@Gloin79]

Do you cut any weight when the weigh-ins are only 2 hours before?

[@micoman2264]

Hi coach, I was wondering if you had any advice for me to help get my Japanese Jujitsu club to start doing proper randori and sparing. I have tried a bit but as a white belt it's hard to be taken seriously. We do alot of mannequin training and I think with some light sparing we could really have something. Many thanks and love the channel, Mico

[@cumshotoftheweek]

I’m sorry to say this but I would just change gyms. Japanese jujitsu is never going to match BJJ or wrestling.

[@muineeguh7011]

Probably just join a different martial arts club

[@micoman2264]

@@cumshotoftheweek I would but it's the only gym I can get to my area is very sparse :(

[@gxtmfa]

@@micoman2264 any wrestling in your area? Even wrestling coaches? I would be very skeptical of a school that doesn’t have any randori.

[@thATguy-rq7dj]

What do you think about Gilbert burns punching to the back of the head from a dominant position

[@tompierantoni7120]

I’ve never understood the nonsense of allowing those weight cuts, it’s both bad for the athletes’ health AND the show, who wins something with it? That has to be by far the most stupid thing about this sport

[@mindfuldrone]

In the bad old days, with weighing just before the fight, people would do dangerous last minute cuts which likely increased the risk of injury. The present solution is far from perfect, but better than that.

[@tompierantoni7120]

@@mindfuldrone I’m not entirely sure the current solution is better. If you need to trim weight in the last minute risking injuries it is because you are trying to fight in a weight class that’s not the adequate one for you, IMO people should fight in their walking weight

[@OGFITNESS]

Ninja Turtles!!! Loves that cartoon!!

[@giovannip.1433]

It is hard to make a long term living in MMA - unless you diversify into related fields of MMA. e.g. coaching, refereeing, commentary, etc.

[@TonyOcasiowingchunpressure]

I got the 10th one for nobody that tells you about mixed martial arts...YOU DONT GET PAID ENOUGH MONEY 🤣🤣🤣

[@nafikos6450]

Man Ive played music live and Im a guy that gets hot and sweats very easily. Had to use 2 towels after the show. Stage lights will roast you alive

[@robcharters2645]

Well fighting in general people don't have a clue,even if you win,your wrist will be in agony for days,muscles sore and hits you didn't feel at the time,will swell and throb with pain too,save your fighting until it's absolutely worth the after bs.

[@JacobRichardsonIsrael]

I would say 1 thing they dont tell you how much money and process of things you have to go through as a independent fighter that trains self

[@makenjikarate]

This reminds me of the weight cutting from Hajime no ippo, whilst that is unrealistic it's still scary to think about how much weight fighters have to cut

[@gxtmfa]

I mean, it’s as realistic as it can be while also maintaining its cartoonish element.

[@Xplora213]

Fighters don’t have to cut anything. Choices and consequences!!!

[@letmegetuhhh3959]

@@Xplora213 everyone says this but doesn’t understand if they don’t cut weight you’re gonna have to fight a guy that outweighs you by 15-20 pounds lmao it’s not a choice people want to make

[@chrisprad8325]

Boxers don’t usually have to cut that much weight though

[@tzaeru]

This is something I've wondered a few times. How do fighters make sure they really get their small intestines and colons empty before weight in? Do fighters use laxatives? And uh how do they make sure that the laxatives don't backfire quite awkwardly? Or do they just eat as little as possible before the weight in?

[@jc-kj8yc]

Eating and drinking usually stops 24-48 (sometimes 72)hours before the weigh in and the remaining time is spent on a bike in the sauna. They step on the scale massively dehydrated. That's why it's so dangerous.

[@flamezombie1]

Doing wrestling in HEMA outside in the Oklahoma summer weather, I have no idea how people lock up kimuras in MMA fights. I made three perfect openings to lock it up and it was like trying to grip a greased pig, no chance!

[@RamseyDewey]

The secret: don’t use your thumbs. Use monkey grips. You should be able to do the kimura with boxing gloves on. If you can do that, you’ll be able to do it in an MMA fight pretty reliably. When friction is reduced, gross motor movement becomes much more important.

[@flamezombie1]

@@RamseyDewey Hmm, I think I was because I just taught not to grip with the thumb earlier haha. My hands are pretty small, so my partner might have just needed a bit of sweat to make the difference and slip out

[@DanielTejnicky]

Number 10 the amount of pain the next morning xD

[@ACarpenter89]

what about number ten being how small the fight cash actually is

[@cahallo5964]

I am gonna be honest, this might be a bad assumption, but watching this video and Gabriel Varga's one about this topic, I think the thing I am less prepared to is gonna be the lights, I really really lose my cool with light changes, I get real mad when people mess with that.

[@robcio150]

It seems like the tenth thing is the one that truly nobody tells.

[@rvrmn2682]

I heard the part about not being distracted by the ring girls. And thought that maybe that could be turned into a comedy skit. And then I though no that's too simple or cliche or something. But then I thought, well what if all nine of these things happened in the skit? Maybe that would be funny.

[@francoiscabal2680]

Hey Ramsey, thanks you for tour work...l have a question...fear...do you feel the fear before a fight ?

[@RamseyDewey]

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[@francoiscabal2680]

Thanks Ramsey

[@MohseenLala]

Could you explain why fighters move around weight classes? Especially lower ones where they have to cut weight like crazy. Why not just fight at the weight class that's closest or directly at your natural weight?

[@RamseyDewey]

Fighters take the fights they are offered in order to get paid the most. Sometimes those fights are in different weight classes.

[@ajshiro3957]

I never got why there's a ring girl. I mean, can't the ref hold up the round card and remind you what round it is? What's the history behind it? Also, never knew that the floor was lava. No wonder people don't want to go to the floor. Might end up with some tribal tattoo looking burn

[@sullyb23511]

You really have to ask why there are ring girls? 😅

[@brianm545]

Those rules meeting are rough when they get to the "cannot do" part... I mean if you really want to know how to injure someone listen to what's against the rules in MMA fights

[@RamseyDewey]

It’s a pretty short list: No striking the groin, the back of the head or spine. No piledrivers (spiking and opponent on their head), no bending or twisting individual fingers, no kicks knees or stomps to the head of a downed fighter, no biting, no eye gouging, no fish hooking. No sticking fingers into bodily orifices or lacerations. That’s about it.

[@brianm545]

@@RamseyDewey I remember hearing in one something about not grabbing and using the clavicle as a handle. And something similar about the ribcage.

[@robbybee70]

bro saw you dancing on tv at some fights awhile ago!

[@RamseyDewey]

What? You’re not one of those people who thinks every bald man is the same person, are you? I have never danced at a televised fight event.

[@robbybee70]

@@RamseyDewey you didn't corner a guy who's first name last name and fight name all started with the letter T and do a flip and a split in the cage at some point? cus this guy looked a lot like you, let me see if I can find it online I saw it on tv so no promises

[@JacobRichardsonIsrael]

If your naturally 200 pounds and you drop down to 145 just for a competition only two reasons cuz you want to be on good shape or something or your not wanting to fight 200 pound opponents I'm 145 currently I will fight anybody any weight I will fight someone 200 pounds even though I'm 145 but for competition it will take alot of time to even get that much weight on me I only eat plant foods so yea but competition dont allow it most times unless you have background of something whether its through being famous or known fighter with a good record

[@yuritheimmortalmma]

My opponent was way bigger in person than in the photos