Grapple.NinjaWho Really Won at McGregor vs Khabib 229
When Khabib Nurmagomedov put down Conor McGregor at UFC 229 with a fourth-round submission, he won himself another lightweight UFC title. But his post-match brawl with Dillon Danis will cost him a $2 million purse – and may cost the industry as a whole much more.
In a way, we saw this coming. After months of abuse by McGregor and his team outside the ring, including escalating verbal and even physical attacks, no one can blame Khabib for getting pissed. To be fair, I’m sure many of us have wanted to punch Dillon Danis for his unprofessional trash-talking antics. But fans are pissed at how things turned out, too, and they showed it by getting into fights, throwing bottles into the arena and hurtling their opinions around online after the match.
The lightweight champ's own father and coach Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov isn't happy, either. In an interview, Khabib’s father described himself as “categorically against fighting outside the octagon” and implied that his son lacks discipline. He also said he regards the incident “severely.” When he lost his temper, Khabib brought dishonor to the family he was trying to defend.
The Growth Mindset
The growth mindset is a way of approaching challenging situations without the presence of fear. My coach often has us practice this by having us flow roll with a partner, but instead of focusing on winning (which makes the match competitive), you take on the “Mind of Einstein”. The entire roll is a process of data gathering. When you run into resistance or an unexpected response from your partner it’s just more data for you to apply to grow your game.
This allows you to make mistakes and try new things without fear of failure. Allowing yourself to make mistake is extremely important for the learning process. I like to apply this same concept when competing. A simple change in mindset can allow you to never lose when competing ever again. If you approach your competition from a non-fearful perspective, where you allow that “L” to transform itself from “Loss” to a “Learn”, then you’ll never lose when competing again. You have lost nothing if you notice an opportunity to get better and nothing exposes your weaknesses better than competing.
So go out there and try something new today. When it fails, ask yourself why? Try adjusting things until it starts getting more success.
See you on the mat!
Recovering from your Jiu Jitsu Injury
One of the most difficult, and almost inevitable, experiences in jiu-jitsu is injury. To make matters even worse, many people get into a vicious cycle that follows something like this:
- Get hurt
- Stop training completely
- Come back ready to go hardcore
- Get re-injured
- Repeat.
Grapple.Ninja Pro Now Available
I've been working on rolling out Grapple.Ninja Pro subscriptions for the better part of the summer. It's quite a bit of work for a 1 man dev team, but I'm happy to announce the launch of Grapple.Ninja Pro subscriptions backed and powered by Stripe!
I love writing code, especially when it's for something I'm passionate about, but I firmly believe that a project must be sustainable to be successful. The good news is with enough support through Pro subscriptions I will be able to dedicate more time to develop, maintain and support the web application. I am committed to continuous improvement of Grapple.Ninja just like I am committed to getting better at jiu-jitsu every single day. Likewise, if you commit to a Grapple.Ninja Pro subscription you are taking the first step through a doorway to accelerated growth. Start tracking your own training data and begin taking ownership of your own jiu-jitsu game! You can't always rely on coaches or teammates to figure out your weaknesses in your game, sometimes you need to be pro-active in your training to progress to the next level.
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