For many on UFC 129’s fight card, the thought of competing in front of
55,000 people in an arena tall enough to fit a 31-story building is kind
of a faraway idea. It’s going to happen, but it’s hard to exactly
picture it, and harder still to get a sense of what it will feel like.
For lightweight Mark Bocek, it’s not much of a
stretch. He’s been passing the arena every day for years as he grew up.
He’s been inside it more than a few times, too.
So for the past three months, he’s been
visualizing it several times a day as he prepares to fight former WEC
champion Ben Henderson.