BEC RAWLINGS
“A lot of people put too much on jet-lag
and they put too much on ring rust and
this and that – at the end of the day a fight
is a fight, it doesn’t really matter. You get
there, you make weight, you put all you
can into your camp and you make sure
you’re in shape – that’s all that you can do
really. There’s so much that goes on before
you get in the cage, and when I go in there,
anything could have happened, I could
have the flu and I’ve fought with the flu
before and I’ve fought with knee injuries but
at the end of the day I’m in that cage and
I’m ready to fight. It doesn’t really matter;
people put too much on these things.”
With Rawlings getting her start in
the UFC by way of a revolutionary
all-female season of The Ultimate
Fighter, it would be assumed that she
has a lot more to live up to both in
and out of the cage. For Rawlings,
though, everything that has come
with being featured on the series is a
mere afterthought, and nothing really
changes her outlook on what happens
when that cage door closes.
“I don’t feel pressure from anyone.
The only pressure I feel is the pressure
I put on myself to be the best fighter
and person possible,” Rawlings said. “I
fight because it’s all I know, it’s ingrained
in me. I don’t fight for the fame or for
the name of being a fighter or for the
recognition from strangers or anybody in
my life. So, at the end of the day the only
pressure I feel comes from within and
that’s what drives me.”
Stepping into the cage with Ham
may not have been initially expected
for Rawlings since she had pushed for a
different fight leading up to her return
from injury. Rawlings was hoping to
step into the cage with a rival whom
she had previously been booked to meet
when she was fighting under the Invicta
FC banner. However, once again it was
not meant to be, but for Rawlings, a
fight is a fight, and no matter who she is
squaring off with, the goal is always thesame. To win, and for her to fight her
heart out.
“I was expecting to fight Joanne
Calderwood for sure, just because
I’d been pushing for it for so long,”
Rawlings said. “When they came to me
with Ham, she wasn’t really at the front
of my mind, I wasn’t expecting her
at all even though I’d been matched
with her previously. For me it’s a case
of same shit, different day – it doesn’t
really matter who’s across from me.”Flip over to the FIGHT!
Training Guide, where Bec
Rawlings shows you her knee
compression submission“I DON’T FEEL PRESSURE
FROM ANYONE. THE
ONLY PRESSURE I FEEL
IS THE PRESSURE I PUT
ON MYSELF TO BE THE
BEST FIGHTER AND
PERSON POSSIBLE.”
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