And that is exactly what makes your training less realistic. When you fight in an MMA event your oppoent hates your guts while you are in the ring with him. He is trying with all his might to knock you out, give you a concussion, break your limbs and choke you into oblivion. You are what is standing between him and moving up to his next, higher level payday and advancing his career as a fighter. Losing to you may cause him to not be able to support himself or his family. He will do everything in his power to maim you. He has been training for many years to get to this point and has been focusing for the last several months on nothing but just smashing your face in.Originally posted by SimonM
This was in practice, training, not a brawl on the street. The people who caused these injuries are all either friends or family.
The intensity level you have faced in training is nothing like that you will face in the cage, dude.