MMA Fighter David Rickels Admits “Crying a Lot and Masturbating Violently” Helped Him Get Over Loss

Well, this is one way to get over a tough loss.

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After Ronda Rouseylost to Holly Holm last year, she admitted that she spent a lot of time crying on her couch and eating ice cream to deal with the pain. One of her fellow MMA fighters took a decidedly different approach after he took an L just one week before Rousey’s loss.

David Rickels, who fights in Bellator’s lightweight division, got knocked out by Michael Chandler last November, two years after he got knocked out by Chandler in another fight. He was asked to explain how he dealt with the knockout yesterday, and he responded by saying:

Bellator's David Rickels just told me he got over recent Michael Chandler loss by "crying a lot and masturbating violently."

— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) February 18, 2016

Well then. Chandler himself actually chimed in and called Rickels’ shocking admission “sad”:

@MikeBohnMMA silly thing to admit...why is this being retweeted so much. Sad.

— Michael Chandler (@MikeChandlerMMA) February 19, 2016

But hey, whatever works, right? Oh, and for the record, Rickels did use one other thing to numb the pain:

And whiskey!! https://t.co/BvLVPducC4

— David Rickels (@TheCaveman316) February 19, 2016

Yeah, that’ll do it.

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[via New York Daily News]

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