WWE star Baron Corbin recently appeared on an episode of the Johnny Dare Show, where he talked about a number of topics including getting the itch in possibly fighting in the UFC down the line.
Corbin said, “Very. I know where you’re going. Very.” “That’s why I’m back doing jiu-jitsu competitions and choking people out. When I was out in Philly for WrestleMania, I went and trained with a UFC fighter for the day, and I was like, ‘Man.’ You get the itch.”
“There is something about it. It gets those endorphins going. The training, the grind to get there. I like the mindframe you have to get into when you’re in there. When I was training in Philly, it was all these black belts and I was getting my ass whooped. That toughness. ‘You got me this time, I’m going to get you.’ There is something about it. It’s something you chase. I get irritated and little sensitive when guys are like, ‘I’m a fighter.’ ‘How many fights did you have?’ ‘I don’t have any fights, I just train at the gym.’ That’s different, you’re a brown belt, but you’ve never been in competition. There is a big separation from people who train and people who compete. It’s that mindframe, that weird glitch we all have that we like to get in there and smack each other in the face.”
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
