“I needed to have fun, to be excited to be here and be authentic. Me being authentic is how I act now, not all stiff and stressed when I’m in the cage,” Griffin said. “It’s a weird feeling to be excited in danger. You’re like basking in the danger rather than stressing.”
Even though it would have been nice to go on this type of a run earlier in his career, Griffin wouldn’t change a thing about his journey. He believes he needed the struggles to teach him to feel the right emotions when he’s in the Octagon and transform stress into positive energy.
View Griffin’s Athlete Profile
“We’re all so good at this level, we’re the best on the planet. Everyone thinks that they are going to win, and everyone needs to figure out what they need to do for themselves,” Griffin said. “For me, I needed to start being excited. We have so much pressure to win. You have your career on the line, your money, your job, the whole nine. The pressure to win, you lose, you’ll get cut. It’s hard.”
