What does it actually take to compete as a professional MMA fighter — and what does the sport teach you beyond fighting?

Tim Wilde is one of the UK's top professional MMA fighters, with 18 wins across Bellator and the PFL. We recorded this just after one of his fights was pulled due to injury — so we start there: the mindset of dealing with setbacks when an entire training camp leads to nothing.

We cover MMA weight cutting, how his training has changed as he's got older, why sleep is his biggest performance tool, and which martial arts he thinks give you the best base — for the cage and for your kids.

Life Mastery · MMA · Fighter Mindset · Martial Arts · Combat Sports