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Stuart Austin<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Imagine something that really matters, like having a job interview, but in front of 10,000 people. It\u2019s horrible.<\/p>\n
On one hand, British heavyweight Austin, 35, who fights in European promotion Oktagon, relishes the prospect of competing in front of thousands of fans.<\/p>\n
But on the other is the elephant in the room, an elephant Austin says many mixed martial artists are accompanied by, but refuse to acknowledge \u2013 he hates fighting.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love training, I love martial arts, I\u2019ve done it since I was five years old. But it\u2019s a horrible experience getting into a cage and fighting somebody,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of the people who say they enjoy it don\u2019t. From walking out, to standing in front of each other while they do the announcements. Getting in a cage and having someone try and knock my head off\u2026 it\u2019s awful man, it really is awful.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not scared of being hurt, it\u2019s just a horrible experience. It\u2019s the stress of the situation. You\u2019re not fighting for your life but that\u2019s how your body reacts to it and, as I get older and wiser, I just don\u2019t enjoy it at any more.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s rare for fighters to admit their dislike for competing but Austin points to former UFC star Nick Diaz as an example.<\/p>\n
\u201cNick Diaz is the biggest fighter\u2019s fighter there is, he\u2019s the coolest guy to have ever done it. But he has plenty of interviews where he says he hates doing it, he doesn\u2019t want to do it,\u201d said Austin.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes you don\u2019t want to do something but if you\u2019re good at it and can make money\u2026 there\u2019s plenty of people out there who don\u2019t want to go to work on a rainy day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Austin has won 18 of his 26 professional fights, including an eye-catching victory over UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall in 2015.<\/p>\n
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