ONE FC: Pride of a Nation Recap
Last night was a challenging one for Evolve Mixed Martial Arts. Mitch Chilson and Rodrigo Ximbica Ribeiro suffered defeats at the hands of two very talented opponents. This is just part of the game. Professional mixed martial arts is the
toughest sport in the world, and these guys live life on the wire. There is no higher high than victory, and no
lower low than defeat. The margin
between the two is incredibly narrow. Anytime
you step into the cage you are just one false step away from defeat, and one
correct step away from victory. That is
what makes this sport so beautiful. Both
Mitch and Ximbica showed incredible grace in defeat, and you can guarantee they
will be back stronger than ever.
Keep your heads held high Mitch and Ximbica. You are both true warriors, and we are all
proud of you. Evolve Mixed Martial Arts,
the greatest mixed martial arts family in the world, is honored to have you as
part of it.
In a previous post we discussed a speech by Theodore
Roosevelt entitled “The Man in the Arena”.
Now seems like an appropriate time to revisit these wise words.
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man
who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could
have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who
errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without
error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions,
who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the
triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he
fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold
and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
- Theodore Roosevelt April 23, 1910
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