Brian Moore

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• Brian Moore announced his retirement from mixed martial arts a couple of weeks before this episode was recorded.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore was the first Irish person to headline a Bellator event.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore holds 13 Bellator fights, tied with Chenade Cavana for the joint most in Bellator history.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said he started MMA after seeing it on television and did not want to remain a spectator.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said he had played Gaelic games including county up to under-17 and under-18 before switching fully to MMA within about a month of moving in with his wife.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said his first MMA fight was against Alan Duffy, a professional who stepped down to fight him as an amateur at a Wexford show promoted by Miles Price.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said he met John Kavanagh at an Oxford show and soon after moved up to train at SBG.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said his professional debut was on a Chaos show with several SBG teammates on the same card.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said he took almost two years out of fighting to start a business and open his gym while his wife was pregnant and very sick with hyperemesis.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said his Bellator debut was a short-notice fight against Daniel Vichel while he was only training at SBG about twice a week.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said he picked up his first Bellator win at Bellator 177 after Ludovit Klein pulled out of their scheduled bout.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said he headlined Bellator 187 on short notice against AJ McKee at a packed 3Arena in Dublin.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said he lost to AJ McKee by submission in round three after slipping on blood and scrambling incorrectly near the fence.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said he broke his left hand in round one and his right hand in round two against La Hat, ending up with seven breaks and needing plastic surgery on his thumb.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said he fought in Russia on the same card as Fedor Emelianenko during a very difficult personal period and barely took in sharing the card with him.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said he began working with Kieran McGini after the Russia fight and that it changed how he approached fights and life.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said an adductor avulsion brought bone out of his groin and one consultant told him he needed to retire before a second opinion from Brian Deon said rehab without surgery was possible.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said he lost desire to keep fighting after Bellator was taken over by PFL and friends on Bellator staff and roster were cut.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said his last fight was in 2023 and he is content not to return.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said his gym now has about 115 kids training and he believes it is the largest academy in Ireland despite being in a small rural Wexford area.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said he lists his pro record as 16-10 and does not consider his three early Wexford bouts true amateur fights.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore said he has no plans to start a podcast or speak recklessly now that he is retired.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• I'm not going to be a spectator this. I'm going to be a competitor in this.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Within about a month, I was like, I'm not doing GA anymore. I'm doing MMA.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• I took almost two years out to start a business, start a gym.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• My dad just sent me a message and he said just wrote no mercy.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• I always wanted to finish this sport on my own terms.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• I'm not one of these guys that's going to turn around and go I'm coming back.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• We have 115 kids now training in our gym.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• You won't hear any from me that way. That's for certain.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 88: Brian Moore Reflects on Retirement & MMA Career

• Brian Moore announced his retirement from fighting.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 87: Omar Tugarev

• Brian Moore is no longer able to compete on the Bellator Champions Series: Dublin card.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast Episode 59 with Stephen Costello

• Arthur Rodriguez submitted Brian Moore with an arm triangle in round two at Bellator Dublin and moved to 14-1.

  The Auld Triangle Podcast: Episode 41 with Leah McCourt & John Mitchell

• Brian Moore will fight Otto Rodrigues at 145 pounds on the Bellator Dublin card in September.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 32 - Jordan Furey

• Brian Moore beat Luca Iovine by split decision at Bellator 291 and again called out Yan Rohigo.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 27 - Liam Shannon

• James Gallagher versus Brett Johns and Brian Moore versus Araldo de Silva are announced for Bellator 299: Eblen vs. Edwards.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 9 with Danny Corr & Omran Chaaban

• Brian Moore faces ranked opponent Journell Lugo at Bellator 275 after calling for the fight following mental-health struggles before his prior bout in Russia.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 3 with Ciarán Clarke & Ciaran Mulholland

• Nathan Kelly sparred a lot with Brian Moore before Moore’s last fight to test his striking against a veteran.

  Nate Kelly Talks Bellator Debut vs Scott Pedersen, 9-Second KO, Representing Finglas and More!

• Brian Moore is scheduled to fight Jornel Lugo, ranked number nine, on the main card of Bellator 275 on Friday 25 February 2022 in Dublin.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Bellator asked Brian Moore who he wanted to fight and he requested Jornel Lugo because he believes they match up stylistically and Lugo is one of the best opponents available.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore was previously in the Bellator bantamweight rankings but inactivity forced him out, and he says beating Jornel Lugo would put him back in the ranks.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore's last fight before this interview was a loss to Nikita Mikhailov in Russia.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• During the Nikita Mikhailov fight camp, personal incidents brought up issues from Brian Moore's younger years that he had not dealt with professionally and that consumed his focus during training.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• While in Russia for the Nikita Mikhailov fight, Brian Moore went about 50 to 51 hours without sleep, had panic attacks, felt dreadful, and described it as probably the worst period of his life.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore says he felt numb before and during the Nikita Mikhailov fight, had no killer instinct, and did not want to fight.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• After the Nikita Mikhailov loss, Brian Moore called home and became very emotional when speaking with his wife and daughters.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore decided while in Russia that when he got home he would see a therapist, and since then he has been working with a therapist and a sports psychologist.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore says he has struggled with his mental health for about 17 or 18 years, periodically rather than consistently.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore says he has been unofficially diagnosed with OCD and had only one or two panic attacks in his whole life before Russia, where they became daily.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore posted publicly about his mental health and says people reached out to him afterward, and that some later told him his posts led them to speak to a professional.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore says he cannot say he is glad he lost to Nikita Mikhailov, but believes a win might have stopped him from seeking therapy and returning to old patterns.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore is training for Bellator 275 at SBG Ireland, where he has been for over a decade, and has added Kiran Madini to his camp.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore says his love and excitement for mixed martial arts returned during this camp after it had faded around the time of his United States fights and afterward.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore's last fight in Dublin was over four years before this interview, when he headlined against AJ McKee at Bellator 187.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Since headlining against AJ McKee, Brian Moore fought in Budapest, Oklahoma, Birmingham, Milan, Los Angeles, and Moscow before returning to Dublin for Bellator 275.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore regrets not carrying his flag when he fought AJ McKee and plans to embrace carrying his colors and walk out to a well-known Irish song at Bellator 275.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore believes whoever wins his fight with Jornel Lugo will be in a strong position for late-replacement opportunities in the bantamweight grand prix and as a future contender afterward.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore picks Perez Stots to win the Bellator bantamweight grand prix aside from James Gallagher, with Hiromasa Ouguchi, Anthony Pettis, and a Magomedov among the other top contenders in his view.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore is 34 years old and says he has no set age to stop fighting and will walk away when he stops loving the sport.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore says he is fitter, healthier, and a better athlete now at 34 than he was at 24, takes fewer head shots in training because he has two children, and is less injury-prone in camp.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore expects Sheena Kavanagh vs Liam McCracken on the Bellator 275 card to be a high-level fight and says he is backing Kavanagh as his teammate while acknowledging both fighters are capable in striking and grappling.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore says Sheena Kavanagh has been his teammate for a number of years.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Bellator for the first time said who do you want to fight and I said Jornel Lugo.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• I went 50 hours but I'd say 51 hours.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• When I got home I was gonna see a therapist to talk these things.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Win, lose or draw on February 25th I feel like a better human anyway.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• I've struggled on and off with my mental health for 17 years, say 18 years.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• When I stop loving what I do, that's when I walk away.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Here you're going to get the best package, the best Brian Moore you've ever seen.

  Brian Moore Full Interview: Jornel Lugo, Mental Struggles, Fighting in Ireland & McCourt vs Kavanagh

• Brian Moore's last fight was a loss to Nikita Mikhailov in Russia.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• During the training camp for the Mikhailov fight, two personal incidents brought up issues from when Brian Moore was younger that he had never dealt with professionally.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore could not focus on training during that camp because he was consumed by what was going on in his life.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• After arriving in Russia, Brian Moore was away from his family with no training and could not escape intrusive thoughts in his hotel room.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• In Russia, Brian Moore went about 50 to 51 hours without sleep.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• While in Russia, Brian Moore had panic attacks and said it was probably the worst period of his life.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore's heart rate was through the roof during the insomnia period in Russia, and even about six hours of meditating did not calm him down.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Before Russia, Brian Moore thinks he had maybe one or two panic attacks in his whole life, but in Russia panic attacks happened every day.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• At weigh-ins and interviews in Russia, Brian Moore felt blank, sad, and not like himself.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• During the fight with Nikita Mikhailov, Brian Moore felt numb and had no real desire to fight.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore had an armbar in the Mikhailov fight but ran out of time on the clock.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Backstage after the loss, Brian Moore called home and became very emotional when his wife and daughter spoke to him on the phone.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Lee Hamilton Cooper took photos of Brian Moore backstage on the phone calling home after the loss.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Before the Mikhailov fight, Brian Moore decided that when he got home he would see a therapist.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Since returning from Russia, Brian Moore has been working with a therapist and a sports psychologist.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore says he feels much happier and like a better-developed person as a result of therapy and sports psychology.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore's only regret about starting therapy is not doing it sooner.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore says he has struggled with his mental health for about 17 or 18 years, but only periodically rather than consistently.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore says he has been unofficially diagnosed with OCD.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore posted publicly about his mental health, and people reached out to him afterward; some later told him they sought professional help.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore believes that if he had finished Nikita Mikhailov with the armbar, he probably would not have gone home and sought therapy.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore cannot say he is glad he lost the Mikhailov fight, but he feels he is in a better place now than before.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore says anxiety has sometimes stifled his fight camps, but when he handles anxiety better he puts in better camps.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore wanted a good opponent for his next fight to show the improvements he has made.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore says that win, lose, or draw on February 25, he will feel like a better human.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore's next fight is against Jonah Lugo.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore says he is super excited to fight again compared with how he felt before the Mikhailov bout.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore had said he would seek therapy when he got home many times over the last decade or more, but something always got in the way.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Brian Moore recommends therapy and says not to wait until a crisis point to seek professional help.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• I went 50 hours but I'd say 51 hours.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• I didn't want to fight.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• When I got home I was going to see a therapist.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• Win, lose, or draw on February 25th I feel like a better human anyway.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• I've struggled with my mental health for 17 years, say 18 years.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy

• The only regret I have is not doing it sooner.

  Brian Moore Details Panic Attacks and 51 Hours Without Sleep Before Mikhailov Fight, Seeking Therapy