Great to have pro MMA Bellator fighter Ross Houston on the podcast this week! We discussed his beginnings in martial arts just as a hobby, to him later quitting his well paid job in the oil and gas industry in Paris to open up his own gym back home in Inverness and focus more on the training to try and go pro.

A few years and many wins later Ross returned to Paris, newly signed to fight for Bellator, one of the biggest fight promoters in MMA. We got into Ross's mindset, how he views keeping himself level and trying not to get to overwhelmed by his position, whether it's the night before a fight, or 12 weeks out when he begins training.

We also got into the culture of having to cut huge amounts of weight for fights and the physical and mental damage that can have on the body, as well as post fight career health concerns, something Ross ...