“It’s tough; the days were very long, especially last camp,” he said of fitting school, practice and work into his days. This one is a little better because it’s last minute, so I don’t have to commit to doing those long days as long (this time).
“Some things had to be sacrificed more than others – like school would be left out more – but it had to be done. »
Perhaps the thing that best explains why people rate Ado so highly as a fighter to watch ahead of Friday’s clash with Chapman is his reasoning when asked why he chose to pursue mixed martial arts over professional wrestling, which for him, like so many others. of us, was his initial starting point.
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“It doesn’t depend on how much effort you put in, and that’s the part I don’t really like,” he said of professional wrestling, where top workers with all the skills and abilities required are always at the mercy of superiors. decide who to push and who not to push. “With MMA, I know that as long as I put in the effort, as long as I do the work, it all depends on what I decide to do, what I decide to apply from what I learned in training camp.
“I’m more comfortable with things resting on my shoulders,” he added. “It depends on what I do, not what anyone else does.”