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McMann: I enjoy breaking people down

Speaking recently to MMAJunkie, McMann said she enjoys the competition and likes to break her opponents in the Octagon.

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Chris Palmquist
May 28, 2016 · 1 min read

Sara McMann competed her whole life in wrestling and won a gold medal in the Olympics. Her style is not flashy, but she tends to wear down her opponents and capitalize on it.

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Speaking recently to MMAJunkie, McMann said she enjoys the competition and likes to break her opponents in the Octagon:

I enjoy breaking people down mentally during the fight, McMann (8-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC), who meets Eye (11-4 MMA, 1-3 UFC) on the FOX Sports 1-televised prelims of the event at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Events Center, told MMAjunkie Radio. I don’t want to just beat somebody if I can completely break their will – that’s just an amazing feeling.

I know that probably sounds so crazy on the outside, but when you’re wrestling somebody, you can physically feel when you’ve broken somebody, and that’s the ultimate in being able to dominate an opponent.

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