Joe Rogan has pointed it out a bunch of times when a good skilled fighter has totally lost it in front of the cameras and a large crowd.
Lol...Jeff "the snowman" Monson said that he had a real bad case of "octagon syndrome" when he fought Ricco Rodriguez on a ufc PPV a few years ago.
He has freely admitted that he was nervous as hell, his adrenaline went through the roof, and he freaked out and totally lost his game plan...and got his butt kicked.
That's when he moved all of the way from Washington state to Florida to train with ATT, started all over from scratch and revamped his whole fighting strategy, trained his butt off, started letting ATT more carefully select his opponents and prepare him for his fights, and then took his time while paying his dues along the way, as he was getting ready to return to the ufc.
And if you look at his recent record and the numerous titles he already holds...it has obviously paid off (since now he is the #1 ufc HW contender too)...and I don't think cameras or crowds still bother him much anymore...lol
But he has called it right by thanking the guys at ATT constantly for where he is now...they have done a superb job of training, preparing, and managing him so far.
Now that he has moved back in the Pacific Northwest and has opened up ATT West in Olympia, Washington...I bet we will be seeing some more decent fighters coming from there too.
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