How are mma fighters so resistant to being attacked?

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Whenever I watch ufc or ofc, I notice the fighters are flooded with so much impact to their bodies. How are they so durable tho? I get they do conditioning. I also do body conditioning because I do mma too. But whenever I spar someone it hurts so much after. In the moment, my adrenaline deals with it but afterwards everything hurts so much. Do they also feel this?

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I used to be a lacrosse goalie and I can only imagine the process is similar. Beyond techniques to reduce the incoming momentum of the punch, you sort of just learn to deal with the pain and it toughens you up over time. I’ve gone to the hospital with severe afflictions only to be discounted since “I am in no visible pain”. After the test results come back, they offer me a list of pain killers unprompted.

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