I never got into training to be an All-Ireland boxing champ or to win a belt. At the start, I just got into it to learn how to defend myself when I got into situations.
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I am not stupid. I am a very bright guy. I know that in the fighting game, you get people who get brain damage and do themselves long-term harm.
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People think hard sparring will get you sharp. And you do get sharp in the gym. But anytime I’ve trained that way, I’ve actually been a little bit flatter in the fight. And the knockout shot hasn’t come. It’s almost because my training has been too hard.
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People say that I’m a boxer. I actually started with kick boxing, and then I moved onto boxing, and then I moved onto grappling.
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When I prepare, I am not messing around. I find the right places, the right people, and the right environment. Iceland is one of those places.
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I love money because I’ve earned it. I won sixty G’s with my first knockout – and the week before, I was collecting social welfare.
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My goal is to be number one in MMA.
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Whether it was in a fight and how to react or whether it was in a stadium with screaming fans or whether I was in a fancy car or the best clothes ever, I always put myself somewhere.
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I used to pretend that my Peugeot driving to the gym in the rain in Dublin was a Ferrari on the Vegas strip.
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The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I’m going to the stars and then past them.
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That’s what I do this for, to secure my family’s future. I don’t care about anything else. I’m able to spoil people, and that’s the best thing.
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I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I will go ahead and conquer it.
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I have a deep, deep belief that if I tell you I’m going to crack you with a clean shot to the chin inside one minute of the first round and you will be unconscious, well, then that’s what will happen.
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I want to be an expert in different fighting styles, new training methods, new ways of thinking.
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There’s people that tried to celebrate when I lost that got nothing to do with it. That’s not the sign of a champion.
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I guess I have a little bit of an ego. I’m confidently cocky, you might say.
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