Tom Lawlor and Vitor Belfort Are Looking Inward as They Prepare for Their Upcoming UFC Bouts

But it’s not quite up to the bar set by Kimbo’s “inner me/enemy” line. Keep trying.

But in all honesty I’ll be rooting for him 100%…I like when a bit of theatrics and spectacle get brought into MMA, and Lawlor does it well.

Overcoming your “self” is something that is common in just about anything that has some sort of competition. I remember when I used to compete in break dancing battles that half the time I would do as well as I do when I’m practicing, and the other half of the time I would just totally suck and not be able to do the most simple of moves.
One hears it all the time that so-and-so looks great in the gym, but can’t put it all together in the actual competition whether it be MMA or something else.
Lawlor seems like a cool guy, and I’m sure that he practices cardio and proper technique. However, in the cage, it looks to me that he throws a lot of arm punches and eventually tires himself out.
With Vitor, he has all the talent in the world and can look like a world beater one day, and an amateur the next day.
It is a really interesting subject though as far as overcoming the self in competition.

But Lawlor’s weigh-in routines as Dan Severn, the ‘Just Bleed’ guy etc were awesome and made a fan out of me. Love how he is self-aware enough to realize people are criticizing his cardio and address it. Hope he does well, don’t want to see him kicked out of the UFC.

The Lawlor/Cote fight is going to be a great scrap. It’s kind of disappointing that this might be the end for either of them in the UFC as I still think they’ve both got a lot to offer.

vitor has a tendency to lose his will and drive after the first round
if a vitor fight goes past the first round i always begin to lose hope in him winning. i don’t know how much of that is mental and how much is physical but i tend to believe it’s more mental than anything.

lawlor just needs to work his cardio and fight with hunger

it inspires in my own life. If I can motivate myself to work harder, make more calls, focus a bit more, devote more time to my work rather than just simply turning up and waiting for the clock to run down – well, every day that I do that a bit better I actually feel happier, I feel like I did my duty (to myself) and hopefully I will make some more bread……..anyway, the fight game and the stories from fighters really inspires me so thanks to the fighters and those who report so eloquently on what drives them. ;)