"A lot of pressure" - Adriano Moraes on balancing fighting career with personal life
One of the things that separates Adriano Moraes from the rest is his ability to stay at the top for such a long time.
The Brazilian martial artist has been colliding with the best of the best under the ONE Championship banner for a decade at this stage but isn't ready to slow down.
Maintaining this level is sure to come with a lot of complications, both in his career and in life in general.
The former world champion is often playing a balancing act where he does what he can to stay focused on what is important to him.
It's not easy to have the kind of commitment that it takes to be an elite level fighter whilst having everything else happen around you in life.
Adriano Moraes spoke in a recent interview with Party Starter Radio about how he achieves this balance. He said:
"To be a fighter means you have fight camps, travel, and you have to take care of your family. I need to take off some hats to pay my bills. Sometimes a lot of pressure from this takes my mind off the stage. And I don't like that. I want to feel like I'm a normal guy doing a normal job.
"So I like to meditate, I like to do yoga, and the jiu-jitsu philosophy helped me a lot. Because jiu-jitsu is a sport, MMA is business. So I try to bring the jiu-jitsu philosophy for my life, for me to do my business. So it helped me a lot."
Watch Adriano Moraes' full interview below:
Adriano Moraes continues his campaign at the top at ONE 169
Despite the challenges that come with being an elite-level mixed martial artist for the best part of ten years, Adriano Moraes wouldn't have it any other way.
At ONE 169, he's back to try and prove that he is still right at the top of the flyweight division.
Inside the iconic Lumpinee Stadium on Nov. 8, he will clash with Danny Kingad for a second time in their careers where the Brazilian will look to remind everyone who the best flyweight in the division is.
Active Amazon Prime Video subscribers in the United States and Canada can catch the entire card live in U.S. primetime for free.