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“The post-match interview, we joke, is where you catch guys saying the dumbest stuff because you’re getting their purest thoughts,” Diakomihalis said. “If you get a guy who’s extremely confident and thinks that they’re the man, they’re going to walk off and tell you they’re the man. If you have a guy who’s very critical of himself, he’s going to walk off and be critical. I feel like, in general, combat sports breed guys who are very critical, very, I would argue, self-aware. They’re always looking for the next thing and always looking back at what they can do better.”
Immediately following the viral walk-off, Diakomihalis feared the repercussions of the unfiltered thought before seeing that, just like in the world of MMA, if you give the fans something to listen to, you’ve given them something to watch.
Sure there was some chirping online about Diakomihalis speaking too highly of himself, but by the time he was standing on the podium for the third time, it was already becoming a fairly common phrase throughout the sport.
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“You’re never going to reach the top even when you are the best; there’s things you can do better,” Diakomihalis said. “There’s just so much going on. Whether it’s wrestling or fighting there’s so many aspects that it’s hard to be perfect. It’s hard to wrestle for seven minutes, walk off and be like, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’”
For those moments where you’ve particularly let yourself down, no need to wonder specifically what to do better. Sometimes you’ve got to just face facts and tell yourself to “have some nuts.” Three National championships and a classic microphone moment just may come of it.
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