KEY TAKEAWAYS

If you can deal with rejection and attacks in a methodical way, then you are well set for a path into sports or business, namely sales.

Many fighters have begun to transfer between disciplines so as to make a career out of what they love doing, not necessarily because they want to dominate another art form.

There is much in the way of preparation when it comes to fighting, but not so much in what comes afterwards. More work needs to be done in helping fighters who finish in the sport.

Restrictions need to be dismantled between males and females when it comes to training. There are too many preconceptions holding back equality in the sporting world.