#98 Phil Davis - Bellator Champion, NCAA Champion

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Phil Davis is the former light heavyweight champion for Bellator. He’s currently one of the top light heavyweight fighters in the world, regardless of the fighting organization. Prior to his fighting days, he won an NCAA title for Penn State, where he was a 4x All American. Phil is a great guy and we had a lot of fun on this podcast. For all past episodes please visit WrestlingChangedMyLife.Com. If you want to support the show, please visit our online store at Store.WrestlingChangedMyLife.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show folks. This is wrestling changed my life. Here we go.
0:03.6	Man I was just sacrificing everything for wrestling because I loved it.
0:07.6	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.
0:16.6	Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:18.1	I would say nothing in life has impacted me
0:20.7	or the things wrestling has taught me in terms of self-reflection, resilience.
0:26.0	Toughness. Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:29.0	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:34.0	And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned through the sport of wrestling.
0:44.8	For me, you wrestle save my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
0:51.8	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you rustled natural talent helps but it's 5% of the
1:00.4	ingredient it pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:06.5	It humbled me. Thought me humility. Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:11.9	I think it's the learning to adapt, right?
1:14.6	You learn, you learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.
1:18.8	You know, if I look back my time, I spend wrestling.
1:20.4	If it gave me one thing more than anything else it's been toughness.
1:24.8	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to wrestling changed my life.
1:27.8	This is your host Ryan Warner. My guest today is Phil Davis.
1:32.0	Phil is a former Bell Tour Light Heavyweight champion.
1:35.0	He's also a former NCAA champ for Penn State,
1:38.0	where he was a four-time All-American.
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