“It’s such a curious thing to me that I’ll allow people I don’t know from anonymous accounts with anime characters as their profile picture say the nastiest things and I’ll let that hurt my feelings, but what’s silly about that I that I’m so much worse to myself, admitted Schnell, an all-action fighter cut from the same cloth as his fellow Louisiana native and good friend Dustin Poirier. “Nobody says anything meaner to me than I’ve said to myself, so I’m trying to just be a little more grateful, a little more thankful for the opportunities I’ve had and continue to have.
“We gotta be kinder to ourselves,” continued the proud husband and father, speaking a universal truth that everyone needs to take to heart. “Yeah, things haven’t been seamless, and I haven’t gone on huge undefeated streaks, marched through and fought for titles, but I’ve been close though, and I’ve made some noise, fought some good fights, had some triumphant moments and trying moments as well. And all of that has accumulated to who I am today, and I’m grateful for the things I have.
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“I’ve built so much, have so much — fighting’s been good to me,” he added. “And I love it, still! I love it so much!”
The pause allowed him to rekindle the passion he has for the sport, and in April, Schnell returned to the win column, rallying in the second half of his fight with Flick to collect his first win since his epic comeback submission finish of Sumudaerji on Long Island in the summer of 2022.
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