Finally, some one addressing the hear of the topic. THis is the stuff I wanted. Yeah, that "eye of the tiger" to use a horid phrase of a Rocky movie. Fighting is as much a mind set as it is a skill set. You have to have the heart and drive
I addressed this in my very first post, MMA fighters are no different than other fighters ( technique aside), the fighter mindset is in all fighters, regardless of discipline.
And the only way to understand it and deal with is to fight them, period.