"It's hard to grasp in words, you can't even put it into martial arts words, you've really got to put it in a warrior style, or war and how people used to approach war back in the vintage times. Actually going in there, not sleeping for four days, not eating, going in the cold and obliterating an opponent. That's how close you've got to get to coming in how he approaches a fight, and I take a lot from that."
"That's true. Yeah. I think what we're doing in here is closest to the gladiators back in the day. Why we're still making movies about that, why we're still reading books about that - because it's a very primal and beautiful thing that humans still have. We are morally evolved into not killing each other for no reason, but we have made it into an art where we get close to killing each other but in a respectful way."
Yousri Belgaroui won his UFC Vancouver debut via third-round TKO over Azamat Bekoev. Belgaroui trains with light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira and credits Pereira primarily for teaching a warrior-style mindset as well as technical elements. Belgaroui describes that approach as extreme preparation, discipline, and an almost vintage-war mentality that demands total commitment. He believes that the warrior mentality resonates with fans and fighters like Jiri Prochazka. Belgaroui frames modern fighting as a primal but respectful art akin to ancient gladiatorial combat while rejecting unnecessary killing.
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