12 ways to Know You're An MMA Fighter

"Cutting" doesn't mean the same thing to you as it does everyone else.

Regular Headphones don't fit into your ears.

People ask you to choke them out.

Or challenge you to wrestling matches in random social settings... and they get choked out.

You're suspicious of any blemish on your body.

Gym Rats mock Crossfitters and Crossfitters mock Gym rats... The important thing is you've found a way to feel superior to both...

Until someone mocks you in public for wearing "TapouT"... And you can't defend yourself, Because telling them you are actually a fighter feels MORE douchey... 

Doing cage work in class means every one at the next pool party is going to think you have a disease.

You've had to rationalize to both male and female friends how rolling shirtless with other dudes isn't gay...

Yet wearing tiny shorts and extra tight shirts is perfectly acceptable...

Going to the gym for you is not the same as for every other guy.

And the last way to know you're an MMA Fighter is because you've put it all on the line... and step into one of these...

Seems obvious... But there are people who train all their lives and will never see the inside of a cage. You are one of the brave few that doesn't ONLY train... but also fights... You applied your training... and you deserve the moniker of "Fighter"...

"Big Bang" Mike O'Laskey is an MMA Fighter and Coach With a Martial Arts School in Burbank California

1312 W. Magnolia Blvd
Burbank, CA 91506
olaskeyma@gmail.com

Tel: 818-480-7810

www.olaskeyma.com