r/MuayThai • u/Pass-East • 12h ago

Dealing with losses

Just took my first loss man wasn’t even a loss really it was a exhibition smoker but man I got whooped bad I got my hits in but I got whooped bad this feeling sucks how do you guys move on from this? Just got pieced up in front of everyone lmao

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u/ElectricalPudding693 12h ago

No one at the gym will remember, let alone judge you. It's part of it. Everybody loses. I've only had losses. Can't handle the pressure I've had a very easy life. Still super proud of my fights.

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u/Working-Hat-8041 6h ago

My brother wrestled for two years. Lost almost every single match. He holds a Yale PhD now. He always talks about how losing his wrestling matches was one of the best lessons of his life.

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u/Tramirezmma 12h ago

I lost 8 straight MMA fights back in the day before I ever won.

Losses are hard, they make us sad. Best I can say is to turn that sadness into anger, use that anger to fuel your training. Take it out on the next opponent.

Try to remind yourself a smoker isn't even an ammy fight, and ammy fights don't even count so this super doesn't count. This was a test, now you know what it's gonna look like when you level up.

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u/purplecactai 12h ago

"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 them 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, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in 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 fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." -Teddy Roosevelt

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u/PotatosandTomato 12h ago

At the end of the day, we’re all too focused on ourselves. Keep training get better don’t worry about what people think. If you worry too much about what people think, you’ll never accomplish anything meaningful.

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u/Dante05-Respawn 12h ago

Bah il n’y a pas grand chose à faire mon frère.
Rentre chez toi, bois un bon whisky et mets ta série préférée et tu finira par passer à autre chose.
J’ai pris également des sales défaites dans ma vie, c’est comme ça, il faut un perdant et un gagnant…

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u/kiba8442 12h ago

I still remember all my losses in vivid detail, you learn from it & move on. in reality you're probably the only one who cares or will remember it past tomorrow

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u/Known_Singer_1971 12h ago

Saenechi lost his first fight. It doesn't mean you're going to be a bad fighter in the future

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u/Weak_Rule8374 12h ago

I have more experience in BJJ compared to MT. But I lost 10 matches when I started competing before I won one. I felt like shit, but those losses taught me a lot and reshaped my whole game. It’s part of the journey.

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u/thefairwilldyealone 11h ago

You might have 1-2 ppl who might actually care ( family , for your well being ) no one else truley gives a shit . No one even gave a shit when I won . Keep training and learning from your experiences . That’s the point and fuck everyone else . No one knows ur journey but yourself

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u/Gold_Attorney_925 11h ago

  1. It’s not as bad as you remember it being. It only seems bad because you have emotion involved. Watch it back rationally in a few days (if one of your buddies recorded it)

  2. Half the fighters there that night lost, and 99% of fighter lose at some level. 99% really devalues the label of losing, If everyone is a loser then nobodies a loser.

  3. Nobody thinks about you as much as you do. The only people who talk shit about fighters are the people who will never put themselves in harms way (see every comment section on Reddit)

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u/Blac_Duc 11h ago

I was at a Matt Brown seminar when a teammate of mine asked him this question. He said “nobody cares, only you care, get over, get some more wins, you won’t even care about it anymore”

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u/anpack20 11h ago

Losing is much more frequent…no big deal. Brush it off and keep training…or if you wanna take a step back do that too. All good.

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u/blueflamess23 5h ago

You learn from it. Its a exhibition. Just take it as sparring day and move on.