Name: Michael Chandler Explains Why He Loves MMA
Uploaded: 2021-05-15T17:35:45.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Michael Chandler Explains Why He Loves MMA' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-05-15. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Michael Chandler Explains Why He Loves MMA' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-05-15. Transcript available.

It seems interesting from an outsider's perspective to get to a point where,
yeah, to come from
a place of fighting for your peace of mind or for your comfort or to feel okay.
You know, like I do stand up comedy to feel okay.
I get on a stage.
I need something from people, you know, fighters, they, there's some, we're all
trying to prove
something to ourselves or to others, but to come from a place of fighting,
because that's
such a physical and brute thing to then get to a place of having some sort of
peace in
your life where, um, where whatever those voices are that probably made you so
angry in the
first place, that's a wild ride you guys are on.
Yeah.
And it's, and it's funny too, as the sport has evolved and even, even in the
very beginning
of, of the sport, you know, the sport started with, uh, you know, Dana White
and these guys,
they didn't even start the UFC.
It was, it was started by a different group and then the UFC and the Fertittas
Dana White
bought it and turned it into what it is today.
But I'm sure there was guys who, who fought just for, there was no money in it
either.
So it wasn't like they were trying to make a bunch of money.
It was really, who was the toughest, who's the baddest dude on the planet from
what, uh,
vocation from what background you got, you got your boxer.
There was a boxer wearing one boxing glove where he could throw a jab, but he
could also grapple
had your karate guys, your sumo wrestling guys, your street fighters, your
whatever back flippers.
Some guys get in there, just do a backflip and then get their ass kicked.
Yeah, exactly.
You know, so they, that's how it kind of started.
And then, and then, and then it evolved into the sport of, okay, we can make a
living out
of this or, or it's just a really cool hobby.
So you saw guys who kind of came from a place of anger, but then you see a guy
like myself,
I just like hand to hand combat and I, and I don't, I don't really like
confrontation.
The funny thing is I'm very similar to you.
Like if, if someone walked in right now and wanted to fight, I'd get this weird
nervous tension.
And I'm like, I'm not trying to fight, man.
I'm not here to fight, but you put me inside the cage with you and you,
and you put a check on the line and it's a competition.
And I can prove myself in a, in a, in a contest of hand to hand combat.
That's when the real competitor comes out of me because I love the contest, but
I don't
like the conflict, you know?
So somewhere in between there is, is where you.
So some of your drive comes from the competition aspect of it.
No, all of it does.
I think, I mean, at this point I realize that all of my, all of my admirers,
fans, or people
who, who follow me on my platforms or want to want, want to say, man, that guy's
a guy
that I want my kid to be like, they don't do it because I can kick people's ass.
Like they don't care about that.
They do it because they say, man, that guy is a, is a symbol and a
manifestation of a little
guy from a little town who was taught to do little things, who had a bunch of
ups, a couple
downs, never quit, pulled himself up by his bootstraps, dusted himself off
every time he
got knocked down and became a champion because of it.
Now isn't is in the best position of his career because of, of his stick-to-itiveness
and his
continued to, and drive to move forward.
And yeah, it's really cool that he, you know, it's a bonus that he likes to
bite down on
his mouthpiece and get into a brawl inside of a cage, inside of an octagon.
But really we like him for the symbol of what he is, the metaphor for what his,
his career
stands for.
And I think that's what, that's what I like, because to me, fighting is so much
deeper than
just the 15 minutes inside the cage, the 25 minutes inside the cage.
It's how you live your life, the honor, the respect, the integrity, and the,
the, the character
that you can build.
Because someday I'm going to be retired.
I'm going to look back and say, man, that was a really fun ride.
It was painful at times, but man, I impacted a lot of people throughout it.
And we had a really good time and made some, made some, some coin to be able to
take care
of my family.
Hope you enjoyed that video and you can watch another and you can watch this
one.
You can watch this one, different options, different choices.
Some guy just brings you a one option, not this guy, two options, watch one,
this one or
this one.