MaxDeMarco on Nostr: The moments before I went into the ring for my first Muay Thai fight were surreal. ...

The moments before I went into the ring for my first Muay Thai fight were surreal. 👀🥊

It was a mixture between respect and acceptance. Days before the fight I worked hard on facing my fears about life. Let me tell you that I was shitting my pants seeing my face on all of these posters and not knowing who my opponent would be. I felt prepared but also scared as fuck. During this time i questioned a lot of life decisions - my priorities and what i want from life. Since this makes you think.. what if it’s over?

I went very close in accepting any possibility in the ring. From injuring myself to getting seriously hurt or even death. I would’ve never thought that this would happen but it happened very closely to the fight. Because of the acceptance of death I went into the ring pretty relaxed. I talked to my opponent before the fight and was in my own zone...

But then the fight started and he hit me in the face - I woke up and the adrenaline kicked through every single vein of my body. I NEEDED THAT WAKE UP CALL INTO MY FACE
From there it was go time - no playing anymore.