Andstæðingur Gunna, Sam Elsdon, skrifar þetta á eitt spjallborðið í dag.
I just thought I would write a little post about being beaten by Gunnar….
Firstly I should start by saying I'm not ashamed of losing to Gunnar, in fact I'm not of ashamed of losing to anyone. “though one should defeat forty thousand enemies in forty thousand battles, he is not so great as the one who defeats himself..”
I have learnt more from losing to Gunnar than I could have taken away from 100 wins.
I gave up drinking alcohol in March 2009 when I realised I had spent a decade going out drinking and living for the weekend with no real goals or focus and under a year later after focusing my mind on the goals I wanted to achieve I fought one of the most exciting up and coming Mixed Martial Artist's in the world on one of the biggest MMA show's in the UK.
Gunnar to me is the optimum example of what a mixed martial artist should be, humble, respectful and focused, not to mention massively talented. I said on the filming Giant films did that Gunnar is who I wished I had been when I was 21 and I truly meant it. I think he is an example to us all as to what you can achieve when you focus on your goals and remove the all the obstacles physical and mental and put in the hard work and effort in.
Despite a lot of people telling me not to fight him, it is one of the best things I have done and I feel truly honoured to have been able to get in the cage with him.
When I left home this morning at 7am there was a beautiful sunrise coming up from the hills where I live and I realised that it was just the start of another day.
I think there is a Gunnar in all of us and with focus dedication we all can achieve great things… I did not lose Saturday night……. I won!