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Jens Pulver gave a heartfelt interview about the ups and downs of his career and life on Friday's MMAWeekly Radio Show. Pulver said that he has been spiraling out of control and falling into a deep depression for the past 14 months or so, right around the time he left the UFC. Jens said that he hasn't really been mentally there since the BJ Penn fight, but at the same time he stressed that he is not taking anything away from his recent opponents, and they both earned their victories over him.
Pulver is now on a prescription medication for depression and said that it has already made him feel much better and more happy in general. Pulver said that he loves feeling happier and he hilariously added, "I'm like an old man on Viagra... when I get a boner, I want to go around showing everybody!"
Jens Pulver said that the birth of his child and all of the support he gets from fans every day also helped him get to where he is now, with a feeling that he has turned his life around. Pulver said that he can look back now and see where he made mistakes. Most likely referring to his decision to leave the UFC in early 2002, Pulver said, "I reached a crossroads, and I made a left turn where I should have made a right."
Pulver said that he has co-written a book with Erich Krauss that takes an in-depth look at his life from his childhood up to the present day. Pulver said that they have given the manuscript for the book to people who don't know anything about MMA, and those people still enjoyed the book because of the life story that it tells. Pulver said that the book eventually chronicles his rise to the top of the UFC lightweight division, and also covers his fall from grace.
Though it wasn't mentioned specifically on MMAWeekly Radio, the book is now available for pre-ordering at Amazon.com with the release date being listed as October 1, 2003. The book is being published by ECW Press, and the official book description is a chilling example of what you can expect to see in the book.
"At ten years of age, lined up alongside his two brothers in the living room of their Seattle home, Jens Pulver stared down the length of a shotgun into his father’s haggard face. Because Jens was the oldest, the one constantly running upstairs to protect his mother in the middle of the night, his father placed the barrel into his mouth first.
Fear taught Jens how to attack with his fists. Fear taught him how to get what he wanted, by any means necessary. Fear put him on the path toward becoming a world champion fighter, to prove wrong all those who claimed he wouldn’t amount to any more than his drunk old man. It was this path — the one that would make him the most intimidating pound-for-pound fighter in the ring — that eventually let him put his childhood demons to rest and find an inner peace. But it was a long and painful battle.
Little Evil is a gripping and true tale of father and son, of what betrayal does to the young and drives them to do, and of how one determined man shattered the chains of his childhood and rose to the top, becoming the lightweight champion of the UFC."
Jens Pulver gave a heartfelt interview about the ups and downs of his career and life on Friday's MMAWeekly Radio Show. Pulver said that he has been spiraling out of control and falling into a deep depression for the past 14 months or so, right around the time he left the UFC. Jens said that he hasn't really been mentally there since the BJ Penn fight, but at the same time he stressed that he is not taking anything away from his recent opponents, and they both earned their victories over him.
Pulver is now on a prescription medication for depression and said that it has already made him feel much better and more happy in general. Pulver said that he loves feeling happier and he hilariously added, "I'm like an old man on Viagra... when I get a boner, I want to go around showing everybody!"
Jens Pulver said that the birth of his child and all of the support he gets from fans every day also helped him get to where he is now, with a feeling that he has turned his life around. Pulver said that he can look back now and see where he made mistakes. Most likely referring to his decision to leave the UFC in early 2002, Pulver said, "I reached a crossroads, and I made a left turn where I should have made a right."
Pulver said that he has co-written a book with Erich Krauss that takes an in-depth look at his life from his childhood up to the present day. Pulver said that they have given the manuscript for the book to people who don't know anything about MMA, and those people still enjoyed the book because of the life story that it tells. Pulver said that the book eventually chronicles his rise to the top of the UFC lightweight division, and also covers his fall from grace.
Though it wasn't mentioned specifically on MMAWeekly Radio, the book is now available for pre-ordering at Amazon.com with the release date being listed as October 1, 2003. The book is being published by ECW Press, and the official book description is a chilling example of what you can expect to see in the book.
"At ten years of age, lined up alongside his two brothers in the living room of their Seattle home, Jens Pulver stared down the length of a shotgun into his father’s haggard face. Because Jens was the oldest, the one constantly running upstairs to protect his mother in the middle of the night, his father placed the barrel into his mouth first.
Fear taught Jens how to attack with his fists. Fear taught him how to get what he wanted, by any means necessary. Fear put him on the path toward becoming a world champion fighter, to prove wrong all those who claimed he wouldn’t amount to any more than his drunk old man. It was this path — the one that would make him the most intimidating pound-for-pound fighter in the ring — that eventually let him put his childhood demons to rest and find an inner peace. But it was a long and painful battle.
Little Evil is a gripping and true tale of father and son, of what betrayal does to the young and drives them to do, and of how one determined man shattered the chains of his childhood and rose to the top, becoming the lightweight champion of the UFC."
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