Matt Brown | UFC Fighter: TRAIN MINDSET FIRST, HUNGRY VS. STARVING, FLIPPING THE SWITCH, NEVER SHARP ENOUGH, KICKING THE DOOR DOWN

Chasing Edges

Matt Brown is a UFC Fighter (17 year vet), Gym Owner (Immortal Mixed Martial Arts Studio), and Coach. He holds the #1 spot in UFC Welterweight History for Total Fights, Finishes, and is tied in the top spot for TKO’s. On the podcast Matt and Brian dive into the mental approach to his sport, both as a fighter, and as a coach. The skills and perspectives discussed apply to life on and off the mat. The boys dive deep into the art of fighting and what are separators in high performance. Matt shares his wisdom on the lessons he’s learned and how he approached fighting and training now after years of rigorous training and trial and error. As well as how he maintains his training and sets his environment and culture up for grit and success. Matt and Brian also elaborate on different approaches to protect the mind from toxic distractions, and the necessity to constantly strengthen and sharpen the proverbial axe of combat skills. The axe is never sharp enough. Enjoy!
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2:20 Coaching mistakes in the fighting world

3:05 Art Form/Between the ears

*3:40 Look at Mindset First

*4:00 Learn How to Compete

6:15 Best are Hyper Competitive

7:40 Don’t want to hurt your teammates

7:49 Training vs Fighting

10:15 Training on Saturday

10:30 No caring about social life

*11:10 Flipping the switch

11:30 Balance, Stimulating, Playing guitar

*11:52 Switches, Masks, Triggers

13:50 Unhealthy balance necessary for high performance

15:00 Structure, routines

18:00 Gi vs No Gi

19:30 The downside of chasing edges

19:35 Keto diet

23:30 Layne Norton, Diet

24:15 The trouble with Doctors on Social Media

*24:55 Protecting your subconscious

26:50 Your Diet is more than what you eat

27:30 Keeping your phone inspiring

30:11 Crisis Quote, Business focus

30:40 Scared of losing business, survive or thrive

32:30 Working out saves people, its an essential business

34:30 Boundaries on social media

36:45 Where are you chasing edges?

37:00 Dustin Myers, building back to grit

*38:05 Importance of training in a culture, westside barbell

39:00 Culture of doing more than asked/programmed

*41:40 Training to and through the dark places, battling the logical brain

*42:25 Kicking the door down

*43:05 The battle against justification

43:30 The dark place, Nate Ebner

*44:00 What do reps mean til they burn?

44:18 Pain and Pleasure

45:30 Go up the stairs in wooden shoes, come down in silk slippers

*46:00 Hard to leave silk sheets, easy to run in poverty

*47:05 Hungry vs Starving

*48:00 Recovery and overtraining

49:00 Starving, going to every class

50:00 Making smaller circles, applying experience in training

*50:35 I have a strong axe, getting it sharper

51:20 Building and grinding the axe

52:40 Training to Inspire

53:19 Discipline

53:55 Fight Night Anti Routine, being adaptable, his night

55:05 Do you own the routine, or does the routine own you?

57:05 Making fight night your night

58:00 Kids doing individual combat sports, lessons

1:01:30 You can see the home life dynamic of kids in the gym

1:03:00 Dealing with adversity

1:04:40 Kids dealing with tournament adversity

1:05:25 People pleasing rant

*1:09:50 Not trying to change people

*1:10:10 Not coaching potential

*1:11:00 Didn’t have potential, started at 24 years old

*1:11:30 Looking at the mindset, the potential is secondary

1:12:25 This guy would be great, but..

1:14:20 Where to put your energy?

*1:16:00 Keep practicing even when you’re good, never sharp enough, never good enough