Rory: God made me stop wanting to hurt people
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Of all the ridiculous religious beliefs people have, feeling like it's more difficult to punch someone in the face at a sporting event is very low on my list of fucks given. Good for him.
Do something else.
Lawler sure as fuck exercised a lot of those idolatrous "god of war" thoughts from his head.
Do something else.
Lawler sure as fuck exercised a lot of those idolatrous "god of war" thoughts from his head.
Lawler is definitely living rent free in his head.
lmao
I don't think he is saying that what he is doing is a sin. I think he is saying that his heart has changed as his relationship with god has evolved. There's a difference there.
Succubus are fine as hell. He's a lucky dude. Now that he's a pussy maybe I can take a shot at her without worrying about him kicking my ass.
View: https://youtu.be/uVWU8TR8MNc?t=39
Huh. I guess that Jon Fitch and Georges St. Pierre were actually an item at one time. And it sounded like they were getting pretty crazy in bed. Maybe I'm hearing him wrong.
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Rory released a statement and isn't retiring...
I want to take the time to thank everybody who had the chance to see my fight last weekend and share that candid moment I had in the Bellator cage with John McCarthy.
I felt an internal struggle during the fight I never experienced before. I have always enjoyed my time in the cage by expressing my techniques in full out combat against another top-level fighter, but this time I wasn’t enjoying it. It felt more like a job than the satisfaction I am used to feeling by being dominant and applying what I have practiced to defeat someone.
Even during my dominant moments, I felt I was completing a task and these feelings were a bit confusing to me because it’s new. I used to fight with anger I held within myself from pain I had experienced in my past. To be honest, I believe this comes from my heart changing as I’m walking a new life as a Christian. The Lord has given me peace and freedom from the pain that haunted me in my heart from my younger years. I would only satisfy myself for a short period of time from winning fights until the feeling would resonate in me again. So, now I don’t feel the same emotions I have in the past while competing.
I still and will always have a passion for martial arts and do not believe, as a Christian, that it’s wrong for myself to compete in a professional sport that is violent. In fact, I’m happy to testify about being a Christian on this platform I’ve been given.
To be clear, I am not retiring from my professional MMA career, I’ve always been true and honest in the sport and I spoke from the heart.
As for my career at the moment. I am going to move forward in this tournament and compete boldly against Neiman Gracie in New York at MSG on June 14.
Thank you for your support and all the kind messages I’ve received after this sentimental moment I had for all to see after 14 years of being in this sport.
I want to take the time to thank everybody who had the chance to see my fight last weekend and share that candid moment I had in the Bellator cage with John McCarthy.
I felt an internal struggle during the fight I never experienced before. I have always enjoyed my time in the cage by expressing my techniques in full out combat against another top-level fighter, but this time I wasn’t enjoying it. It felt more like a job than the satisfaction I am used to feeling by being dominant and applying what I have practiced to defeat someone.
Even during my dominant moments, I felt I was completing a task and these feelings were a bit confusing to me because it’s new. I used to fight with anger I held within myself from pain I had experienced in my past. To be honest, I believe this comes from my heart changing as I’m walking a new life as a Christian. The Lord has given me peace and freedom from the pain that haunted me in my heart from my younger years. I would only satisfy myself for a short period of time from winning fights until the feeling would resonate in me again. So, now I don’t feel the same emotions I have in the past while competing.
I still and will always have a passion for martial arts and do not believe, as a Christian, that it’s wrong for myself to compete in a professional sport that is violent. In fact, I’m happy to testify about being a Christian on this platform I’ve been given.
To be clear, I am not retiring from my professional MMA career, I’ve always been true and honest in the sport and I spoke from the heart.
As for my career at the moment. I am going to move forward in this tournament and compete boldly against Neiman Gracie in New York at MSG on June 14.
Thank you for your support and all the kind messages I’ve received after this sentimental moment I had for all to see after 14 years of being in this sport.
Sounds to me he’s at a spiritual crossroads. There’s nothing wrong with (d)evolving spiritually as long as he’s conscious of it and makes the right decisions for himself and his family moving forward.
Changing motivations is difficult when you’ve suffered pain your whole life and now that pain is no longer there driving your actions. Driving the training. Driving the will to even get in there and fight.
I don’t know, I’m not a religious person but I think Rory just needs to realign his new self with what he’s doing. Maybe we’ll start seeing him praise Jesus after every fight like all of the other devout worshippers in the sport. Perhaps he will train for Jesus and all of that now. Jesus has replaced his pain so he now needs to draw on that for his motivation and drive.
Honestly it’s one of the more interesting things to happen in MMA lately lol.
Changing motivations is difficult when you’ve suffered pain your whole life and now that pain is no longer there driving your actions. Driving the training. Driving the will to even get in there and fight.
I don’t know, I’m not a religious person but I think Rory just needs to realign his new self with what he’s doing. Maybe we’ll start seeing him praise Jesus after every fight like all of the other devout worshippers in the sport. Perhaps he will train for Jesus and all of that now. Jesus has replaced his pain so he now needs to draw on that for his motivation and drive.
Honestly it’s one of the more interesting things to happen in MMA lately lol.
Makes me think of George Foreman.
He found Christianity AFTER his prime years, and he quit boxing completely and became a preacher/BBQ salesman.
Then later his new Christian ass got hungry again and he made an epic comeback and whooped ass.
He found Christianity AFTER his prime years, and he quit boxing completely and became a preacher/BBQ salesman.
Then later his new Christian ass got hungry again and he made an epic comeback and whooped ass.