IUR Fighting Championship XIV - Aaron McDonald

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IUR Fighting Championship XIV - Aaron McDonald Aaron McDonald, after an impressive victory, shares insights on his game plan, the mental and physical challenges, and how MMA has shaped his life. From fight strategy to personal struggles, take a look at what it takes to get the…

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[Music] [Applause] all right uh welcome everyone I are fighting champion or your Fighting Champion I always say I are everyone says I are but it's your Fighting Championship doesn't like it no you sh that you uh you know what it's funny I just had him in here and I said I I'm pretty sure I said I you are to him and he kind of like eyes the Demon's eyes um but to be fair it's capitalized you know so like well you're all right I do I do it myself as well um all right look everyone um Aaron yeah Aaron Aaron Aaron Aaron Aaron McDonald Aon McDonald Aon MAV valy McDonald s listen uh I I [ __ ] names up I know it and it's just in my head I'm just like [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] no we're we're not all good with names no um I said I [ __ ] up Smith sometimes but look um congratulations on your fight thank you sir um first of all like I have to compliment you you look [ __ ] good in there you know absolutely shredded like you look you look big um you know what is your routine like how how do you how do you kind of main are you do you walk around looking like that or is that just kind of something for I don't want to say for your camp but like are you I I'm always in shap man yeah yeah yeah I try Lucky Bastard yeah I always try and stand in shap you know what I mean it's uh uh even since I was young man you know what I mean I started hitting the weights I was always into that you know looking good you know what I mean looking good feeling good so um and I'm in the perfect Sports well I have to eat good have to train good so you know there's no slacking so what comes with that is a good shape and you seen that tonight I was looking a [ __ ] I was looking I was looking really good you know what I mean I was looking good in the fight as well so yeah so it looks like it's all worked out tonight absolutely um did you kind of have a any any kind of plan or whatever going this or yeah what was this what was it just exactly what you seen M the game plan was Jake we know was a good hard hitter so the game plan was we're going to obviously the fight starts on the feet so we're going to be in and out moving about and then anytime he overextended we were going to come in for the takeown um when I got in there with him he was big so I was like right we got to we got to got to take our time um wait for him to overextend and he did that and I took him down so the game plan was move about make him Miss then take him down and that's exactly what I done so for the first time in a while I actually stuck to the game plan whereas I sometimes I get hit and then I go for a [ __ ] braw man so that see for this camp that was one of the main things we were working on with my co Sebastian H cuz sometimes I get hit a punched and I go f listen ch ch dig ahead of him but that wasn't like that because if I was to do that with Jak I'm making a brawl I'm giving him the fight yeah I'm giving him an advantage no I mean made sure that I was sticking to the game plan no matter what if he hit me if he did anything to me he hit me a good C kick um I felt it he hit me a good punch but didn't didn't uh go off the game plan awesome um you you you were stuck to much velcro um was very good U I think he tried a few times to he was doing something with his legs I remember he's going for rubber G we knew that yeah something we thought of we knew that this some say man like this is the first time in probably my fighting career where we worked on things that the opponent does usually I go in the fights and just try to blast people and just do what I wanted to do but we we specifically worked on things that he was doing in his fights the rubber guard he was good at arm bars triangles um and we planed for that and we sorry not planed we were prepared for that okay and as soon as he was going through those rubber guards and stuff posted her up so like to be honest man everything worked everything everything went to plan so um he was a tricky customer he's a heavy-handed boy you know what I mean so yeah as I said man we stuck to a plan it's the first time I've ever stuck to a plan in a fight you know I'm professional now M so you know I can't be M about anymore I can't be can't be [ __ ] about me you know what I mean so well look it it it clearly worked out for you so I hope you hope you stick with that um all right look um what is something about like kind of Combat Sports uh sorry I should say um is there something personally do you have like a personal experience or a personal um something you can share about how like Combat Sports has kind of helped you like physically or mentally well look I'll tell you this right this fight I was fighting for my own sanity so it's funny my my friend who's who's living in Portugal he came over for the fight I'd be honest I've had a roller coaster from the past I've been on a roller coaster for the past 6 months of my life man like it's been very mentally tough a lot of things have happened in my private life where I was fighting for my mental health so this fight like because we he made turn around was we're fighting for Glory tomorrow night you know what we're fighting for sanity I need to get my mind back I need to get my head back this is what this fight was for me I didn't give a [ __ ] about anything else I was just trying to get my mental health back and I knew winning for me I've competed my whole life and winning solves everything for me so basically I'll say it like this I was I was on my knees me for the past six 6 months s months maybe even for the past year and a half but these past six months have been very very hard mentally tough for me man you know so um a lot has happened in my life outside the cage and this fight here was just literally to get me back to a sane place and I'm standing you with you here and I but the [ __ ] thing is it's like I you know this is a job now for me but I have like I knew what this wind would do for me and would get me to a place where I was happy and and healthy mentally healthy so you know I know everyone's going through tough times it's life man we will always have tough times no matter what it's just how we're able to deal with it and react to it and as I said man I was fighting for sanity here man I was fighting to be se you know what I mean so I be a [ __ ] I've been I've been all over the shop here the past couple of months made six months you know so so basically kind of like you know kind of competing or not training to compete kind of really helps keep you grounded yeah and then it zeroed in Focus yeah s centered grounded and rooted uh that's what I was saying about this fight I knew I was going up against a tough opponent and I said to the boys I was like I'm I'm going to exercise demons I [ __ ] I a lot of better stuff out me because I've been holding a lot of [ __ ] in me man like in my head and this is what this sport does for me man like it's it's keeping me grinded it's keeping me rooted to the floor keep me rooted to the Grind man and um I'll be honest man if I didn't have this sport I don't know what I'd be doing I know it's cliche like people people saying I'll be I'll be on drugs or I'll be prison or be there but I'll be honest with you man like I if I didn't have this sport I don't know what I'd be doing man like I'd been a I'd been in a bad R so as I said man this fight was for for S made like it's it's weird when I say that man like glory and all that stuff but this fight was for me to get back to my normal self meate and it's crazy to even say that D know but yeah like no I I get it 100% I get it um like what was it initially that kind of Drew you in to even want to get hit in the face [ __ ] man I I um I've always I've always got into fights when I was younger you know I I only started this I only started this sport like 21 22 and how old you now 29 getting old but uh so yeah I started this sport just because I was getting in the fights all the time and sorry pardon me I was um yeah I was just getting into a lot of trouble M and this kind of help curve that this yeah just I was aggressive young fell you know what I mean so this uh this helped me out a lot mate in terms of just discipline as well man like that's why I got into it I was living a life that was going down a bad road and it it just it it's brought the best out of me you know I it's we can get caught up in caught up in groups caught up in other stuff and you can end up going down a bad Ro but this sport pulled me out of that put me on a good path uh it's made me disciplined it's made me a better person and I'm looking just to keep PL on man and uh that's why I would say to everybody you know who's got kids get them in the MMA get them into some sort of combat sport even for these bullies and all if you are a bully yourself and you go into a combat sport you start you start to realize yeah I can't be bullying people you know what I mean so it's like it it works for everybody works for the booies and the booed yeah so it does I agree so it's it's a great Sport and it's helped me out a lot I agree um what would you tell someone who's kind of on the fence about maybe maybe they're interested in training but maybe they're just a bit too nervous to go into a gym how what would you tell them to get them to come in I just say make the first step don't think about it yeah that's the only thing that gets in our our ways is our mind you know we can create these big pictures we can they can grow legs in our head you know what I mean so I say don't even think about it just get in there and that's all you can say because if you start to think about it boom you're Dum yeah it's the mind is a the mind is a great place but it can also be it can also be a really bad place for you as well it can stop you from doing great things uh so you know I would just say don't think about it I know it's hard to say that but it's the mind that's stopping you from doing it so if you can make the if you can make the step see getting in see like even just going to the gym just get to the gym that's the most important thing getting there get through the door and then it's all fine but like if you think about it don't know [ __ ] you know what I mean just get in you know what I mean don't let the mind make this big picture in your head make it grow legs grow arms next thing you know you're sitting in the house watching Simpsons you know what I mean so yeah just just get in there and let that mind just don't listen to the mind some of our thoughts are pointless anyway bullsh it will be the best decision uh you can make 100% 100% yeah definitely was the best decision for me to get an MMA as I said 2122 I got into MMA you know what I mean I've been doing what seven years now so and it's the best decision of my life well you know what what's next for you where where do you you know where do you want to go from tonight so basically I'm still sign of octagon so okay they obviously let me fight locally um I'm looking to compete a lot this year I only got to compete twice this twice is that that normal for them to do or is it just uh um I don't know like they like me you know what I mean and well I hope they like me you know what I mean so H but yeah they says you know you can go and fight in the local scene the regional scene um a contract will be up here very soon like May sometime like that okay so you know get me I get myself a couple of wins in the regional scene whatever and then we'll go back and then we'll see what the crack is but you know man I'm looking to I'm looking to compete I'm looking to compete every other month or whatever five times this year is is my goal and uh to have a goal for a fight career I know exactly the thing is man like you know I'm not getting any younger so if you're going to do it you need to do now do it now and you know I'm healthy now yes I've got a way with of a sore leg got me a c kick well done Jake right but anyway uh I could go again in March I could go again in April I'm I'm in the gym tomorrow morning there ain't no [ __ ] about here me excuse my language but um I'm in the gym tomorrow morning I'm keeping this going I'm keeping this lit and if there's any opportunities come here at the end of March we at the end of February so at the end of March um I see there's a few shows knocking about if they want me to fight let's see awesome uh look we're going to end this on a fun fun question all my jacket yeah clearly uh you know a thing or two about fashion all right um what what's your what's your favorite thing to wear like what do you got something this thing look at this jacket it's got par me creat an AA about me that me you know what I just H I like to like make clothes make you feel good you know what I mean so I was coming into into into this fight here you know people wereing tra I'm 29 years of age you know what I mean I can't be run about in trait all the time you know so it's like let's get the nice jacket on let's get you really need is a fur coat fur coat maybe when we're on the we're on on the five figure contract and stuff I can get the fal night but this this will do for the job now obviously he wasn't get pay too much for this one but we'll soon to see end of the year you can come back and talk to me all right right on uh F coat Gucci shoes man [ __ ] guci all right some Louis Vuitton yeah yeah Louis [ __ ] Louis Vuitton well why because they not some let me see people say it so they all pedopiles and all that [ __ ] I don't [ __ ] know I don't know I I just seen some [ __ ] on instagramed so all these big on Instagram it has to be true true true but yeah no I don't know uh maybe I'll make my own brand [ __ ] me look hear me I've got one big jacket on think I'm going to make these new brands anyway go right on brother look I appreciate your time thank you very much congratulations on tonight and I hope to see you again soon thank you very much man excellent thank you very much uh do me a 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