# Why Fighters Show No Mercy in the Octagon

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2101785987772772500
- Source account: [@afeldMMA](https://x.com/afeldMMA)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:51
- Published: 2026-09-21
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0ZrImLwwUnGG/en/why-fighters-show-no-mercy-in-the-octagon

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0ZrImLwwUnGG/en/why-fighters-show-no-mercy-in-the-octagon) I have, I have zero mercy in the ring. Um, I was taught by one coach, he's like, "Look, I'm a fighter who stumps other fighters' kneecaps," and a lot of people find that to be slightly unsportsmanlike, and you could cause somebody a,

[0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0ZrImLwwUnGG/en/why-fighters-show-no-mercy-in-the-octagon?t=14) a career-ending injury doing that. But the way that I was trained was like, "Hey, if somebody's punching you in the brain, your memory starts to subside, your ability to pronunciate words starts to su- su- subside.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0ZrImLwwUnGG/en/why-fighters-show-no-mercy-in-the-octagon?t=26) He's trying to give you brain damage. Why not give him a limp for the rest of his life?" So it's a very dog-eat-dog world in, inside the octagon, and I think you kinda have that mentality.

[0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0ZrImLwwUnGG/en/why-fighters-show-no-mercy-in-the-octagon?t=36) You have to have that mentality going in there or else you'll get hurt.

[0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0ZrImLwwUnGG/en/why-fighters-show-no-mercy-in-the-octagon?t=38) Same thing with military. You know, those guys can't be friendly to the enemy.

[0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0ZrImLwwUnGG/en/why-fighters-show-no-mercy-in-the-octagon?t=42) They just can't. After the event, you know, buy the guy a beer, wish him all the best, but during the event it, it has to be eat or be eaten