In life, working what was as soon as thought-about your dream job doesn’t all the time imply happiness is bound to comply with. Such is the story for former UFC ladies’s bantamweight fighter, Jessica-Rose Clark, who has not been with the promotion since 2023.
After her final combat of her contract with the UFC in Might of 2023, Jessica-Rose Clark left MMA as a complete, and commenced specializing in her Muay Thai profession.
Jessica-Rose Clark Again in MMA on Saturday Night time
Now, 4-0 and ready to return towards Mariana Ramirez at Combat Night time San Jose on December 14, Clark appeared as a visitor with the ‘On The Mic’ podcast and mentioned that since leaving the game of MMA, she’s by no means been happier in her fight sports activities profession.
Clark would say that whereas the UFC was the plain purpose, as it’s for all MMA fighters starting their journey, reaching that purpose didn’t full her life, in combating, or on a private degree.
“Earlier than I obtained signed to the UFC, I had that purpose, all of us do after we’re in MMA,” Jessica-Rose Clark started. “We wish to get to the UFC, be a world champion, and do all these wonderful issues. I actually had this concept that when I obtained signed [to the UFC] that my life could be simple, and it wasn’t.”
Jessica-Rose Clark Overcame Accidents Earlier than Turning to Muay Thai
Discussing the quantity of accidents she needed to endure, in addition to the dedication to a sport that she fell out of affection with, Clark knew that when her UFC contract was accomplished, she was going to have the ability to discover herself. Discovering herself within the sport of Muay Thai, Clark discovered happiness in fight sports activities, which has additionally led to her discovering herself on the happiest place of her private life.
Again into the Muay Thai ring, with a rematch on deck at Combat Night time San Jose beneath former UFC legend Gilbert Melendez‘s promotion, Clark is happy to maintain going.
“Actually, the entire card goes to be a banger,” she mentioned. “There’s quite a lot of huge names, fighters from Bellator, Muay Thai world champions, beginner Muay Thai world champions, beginner MMA champions. I do know the Diaz brothers are going to be there, I do know Rampage Jackson goes to be there, it’s run by Gilbert Melendez, there’s going to be quite a lot of names within the crowd. The primary one [event] didn’t disappoint, and I do know the second goes to be even higher.”
Jessica-Rose Clark Turned Down a Likelihood to Come Again to MMA
The story and journey of Jessica-Rose Clark is a vital one, irrespective of who an individual, or their profession path could also be. Discovering true happiness in her profession, has opened doorways to constructing higher relationships in her private life, prioritizing her psychological well being over all. Even with a current supply to return to MMA, Clark mentioned she was not prepared to place a worthy paycheck above the happiness and well-being of herself to get again into one thing she didn’t discover herself blissful in.
“I really obtained a suggestion lately to combat MMA once more, for more cash than I’m making in Muay Thai,” Jessica-Rose Clark mentioned. “I sat down with my administration [First Round] and coaches, and all of us agreed the cash could be good, however I don’t assume my well-being is well worth the cash, I don’t assume my psychological well being is well worth the cash, I don’t assume my emotional well being is well worth the cash anymore. I didn’t notice how a lot stress I used to be placing on myself and the way a lot of a toll it was taking up my life.”
Clark Discovering a Completely happy Medium
Fight sports activities, it doesn’t matter what avenue, is violent. Talking on psychological well being, and a fighter’s private well-being isn’t all the time the headline grabbing essentially the most consideration. Within the case of Jessica-Rose Clark, who deservingly constructed fairly the next and fanbase, her story and message is one that may resonate with everybody from walks of life.
Happiness isn’t delivered in a knockout or by making an opponent faucet, happiness for “Jessy Jess” is loving what she does each single day, being within the hardest elements of coaching camp, and discovering herself nonetheless at her happiness.
The happiness additionally comes from being within the Combat Night time promotion led by Melendez and former Bellator President Scott Coker, a staff that’s targeted on bringing again nice fight sporting occasions to the San Jose space, and doing so with elite expertise. The Combat Night time promotion takes satisfaction in all that they’re constructing, simply as Jessica-Rose Clark is discovering her happiness every day.
