I Trained To Become An MMA Fighter In 4 Months ─ BuzzFeedVideo

Follow BuzzFeed producer Aria Inthavong (https://instagram.com/ariainthavong/) as he tries to break out of his "nice guy" label by competing in an actual MMA fight after just four months of training.

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UFC 239 Masvidal v Askren
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UFC 239 Nunes v Holm
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UFC 238 Cejudo v Moraes
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UFC Fight Night Jacare v Hermansson
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UFC 237: Namajunas v Andrade
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UFC 234 Adesanya v Silva
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UFC 232 Jones v Gustafsson 2
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UFC Fight Night Blaydes v Ngannou 2
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UFC 230 Cormier v Lewis
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UFC 229: Khabib v McGregor
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UFC 229: Khabib v McGregor
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UFC 223: Nurmagomedov v Iaquinta
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UFC 220: Miocic v Ngannou
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UFC 207: Nunes v Rousey
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UFC 206: Holloway v Pettis
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UFC 196: McGregor v Diaz
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One Nation - Pride Of Lions
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UFC 182: Jones v Cormier
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