Drew Dober

Fight week starts the second I leave the house. Denver to New York, bags packed, mind already Saturday night. Making weight is the worst part. Everything else is the part I live for. See you in the cage. 🗽

At 18 I paid money to fight. Three fights in one weekend. I was painting ten to twelve hours a day, then training after work, just trying to be a Muay Thai fighter. That kid would be proud of where I am now. And he would want more. I am still trying to make him proud.

People meet me, hear UFC fighter, and say they know who to call to beat someone up. Here is the truth: most of us are the least confrontational people you will meet. We simulate violence every day for our 9 to 5. If I throw hands, it is going to cost a lot of money.

Anderson Silva at 50 years old drops Woodley with a foot fake into an uppercut. He shows the knee, the MMA guy reacts, then the shot comes up the middle. Still such a fan of his.

Catch the kick, keep a hand up. Grab a leg with both hands and you leave your face wide open. Joaquin Buckley just showed what happens when you forget that. Catch the kick, eat the shot.

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