On the OverDogs Podcast, Joe Pyfer first answered Mike Perry’s query about whether or not Individuals are elevating their youngsters too mushy. Pyfer believes that social ideas, discussions round gender id, and selling a number of genders are the the reason why males aren’t raised how they need to be anymore.
Joe Pyfer then went on a rant about MMA followers when requested whether or not the fanbase has turn out to be too mushy. He claimed that netizens don’t care a few fighter’s emotions, and he has skilled that after struggling losses.
“100%, bro. All people acts as in the event that they care about one another’s emotions, bro. That’s not the case. The common household doesn’t give a sh*t what I’m going by means of. They don’t care how I emotionally really feel. They don’t care what payments I’ve to pay. They don’t care. They don’t care if I’m damage. They don’t care. Like, I misplaced it, bro. I fought Jack Hermansson with strolling pneumonia. I had two staph infections on a ton of antibiotics. I educated for 2 five-minute rounds for that struggle. And I fought my a*s off and fought 5 rounds. The MMA neighborhood doesn’t give a fu*ok. They don’t care. You understand what? They are saying, ‘You suck. Fraud verify. You’re the bomb.’ All this sh*t. Like, they don’t give a f**ok, bro.”
Joe Pyfer added that social media displays faux love, and followers don’t understand how a lot braveness it takes to don the gloves and step right into a cage.
“The world is faux love on faux social media. They usually don’t know what it takes.”
In the meantime, Joaquin Buckley added that his confidence has by no means come from reward or compliments from followers, and he likes to disconnect from the web. Whether or not ‘New Mansa’ wins or loses, he sticks to the identical routine of consuming, sleeping, and coaching. He additionally famous that fighters obtain essentially the most love after they’re successful, however the second issues go south, followers activate them. Buckley said:
“For me, you understand, I by no means bought my confidence from compliments, proper? So, ever since I got here into the biz, like folks had been speaking stuff, you understand. So, I used to be a kind of guys who solely had about 2,300 followers, you understand, however had some good knockouts and all the things of that nature. And, you understand, as quickly as, you understand, I had my struggle with Kevin Holland, I bought signed, like I used to be, everyone was already telling me I used to be going to get knocked out earlier than I even went on the market, proper? And that and that did occur. I did get knocked out, proper? And, you understand, as a substitute of, you understand, having sorrow about myself or crying about it, guess the place we at? Again within the health club, you understand what I imply?”
‘New Mansa’ added that fighters struggle to gas their ego and don’t must be applauded or booed.
“So now I’ve been on either side, the place I’ve been hated, and I’ve been cherished. However on the similar time, that stuff will not be what fuels me. You understand, what fuels me is with the ability to step out into that octagon and like I stated, exit and do what I like to do as a result of that is what we do daily… We do that for our personal self-love after we step on the market within the octagon. I don’t want you to applaud, you understand?… So I don’t care about y’all boos.”
Buckley additionally suggested fighters not pay heed to all of the detrimental keyboard warriors should say, as most of them won’t ever dare to step within the octagon:
“So on the finish of the day, I actually really feel like, you understand, there’s been a whole lot of fighters sadly, proper? After they see all of the feedback, you understand, within the part, they actually really feel that means, proper, about themselves. And I really feel like, man, flip off that little remark part, bro. Like, who cares about what they are saying? Cuz they’ll by no means have the ba*ls to even step up, you understand what I’m saying? And struggle any person. Interval.”
Take a look at Joe Pyfer and Joaquin Buckley’s feedback beneath (43:55, 47:07):
Joe Pyfer discusses why he disassociated from followers
Joe Pyfer revealed that after his 2024 loss to Jack Hermansson, some followers made blasphemous feedback, which damage his emotions to the core. He said:
“I [Joe Pyfer] felt tremendous cherished after I bought within the UFC. After I lastly made it. After which I fought Jack, and I misplaced. And you understand, everyone was like, ‘Ki*l your self, this, that, and the opposite.’ And it actually damage my emotions. That’s loopy. That’s wild. That’s wild… However I disassociated from it, and I used to be like, man, like I’m giving these folks my time, my emotion, and so they don’t even fu**ing realize it. And I don’t even know for what… Like I don’t want to clarify myself. It’s what it’s. Let these folks let the struggle neighborhood assume I f***ing suck.”
Lastly, Joe Pyfer added that the majority followers don’t perceive why fighters disconnect from them, and it’s solely as a result of the Web has no mercy.
