UFC lightweight Rafael Physiev talked about how he manages to cope with defeats.
“Do defeats affect you? It’s just unpleasant when I start to think: ‘Damn, I already have three losses. I have already felt the taste of victory for so long.’ I want to win, I want to beat someone faster.
Sometimes it’s frustrating; you think: ‘What a loser you are. How did you manage to lose three times?’ But then you start to remember. With Justin [Gaethje], those two losses are bonuses ‘Fight of the Night.’ In one fight, I really got injured, my knee just blew out, and after that, I didn’t fight for almost two years, I was recovering.”
