Rewind: Pat Barry

As a youth, Pat Barry was a martial arts and video game fanatic who often found himself lost in a fantasy world, in which he swiftly dispatched marauders and disappeared into the night like a ninja. Then one day in a kickboxing gym he realized that was all crap and broke down crying.

Coming off a unique run as a UFC heavyweight gunslinger, Barry's life in fighting is an illustration of how mixed martial arts can be a cold reality check for even the most creative dreamer.

On the latest Sherdog Radio Network Rewind, Barry joins host Jack Encarnacao for a candid, insightful, two-plus-hour "Sunday Sitdown" chat about his life and his UFC career. Barry offers a window into self-doubt, confidence, and punishment that few fighters can so well articulate, and reflects on why he felt the time was right to return to his first love, kickboxing.

Better know MMA. Catch the latest SRN Rewind, available for download here.

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