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Lyman Good is an “all-in” professional athlete. So consumed is he with reaching his maximum level of ability, the Bellator welterweight often surrenders his Upper East Side New York City apartment for months at a time, sleeping at his gym in lower Manhattan to fully commit himself to training.
Extreme? Perhaps a little, but that’s the type of effort he believes it takes to reach the levels he’s after.
“It allows me to focus, rid myself of any distractions or anything,” Good told MMA Fighting after a recent workout. “A lot of it has to do with sacrifices. I think in the end, a lot of it boils down to who’s the one willing to commit himself the most, sacrifice the most and dedicate themselves the most. So the fact that I sleep about three months before the fight in my actual training facility is a good addition to my arsenal. You’re either neck deep, or you’re not.”
Just two years into the company’s existence, Bellator continues its forward momentum by premiering on MTV2 on Saturday night. Once seemingly another in a long line of flash-in-the-pan promotions, the organization has become a player in the MMA world with a mix of exciting prospects (Patricio “Pitbull” Freire, Rick Hawn) rising stars (Ben Askren, Zach Makovsky), and established champions (Hector Lombard, Eddie Alvarez).
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