Kyle Prepolec: ‘Every Fight Is A Boss Fight’

“The win is super-important, but the experience and the journey — it’s not always the start or the end, but everything in between that’s very important,” he added. “The win is very important, the experience is very important, and with the losses I’ve had, I’ve always come out better, and I feel like as a human, as a person, the gratefulness and appreciation of everything in life overall has grown thanks to those losses, which makes you even more grateful for those wins.”

That journey has been a massive part of what has allowed Prepolec to separate himself from his results and the weight some athletes carry when it comes to wins and losses, the way they see themselves, and the way they believe others view them.

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“Some people take losses really hard, which is good because it means you care, but I think that’s also that you’re worried about what everybody else thinks and you’re not worried about the ones who love you, care about you, or even yourself,” Prepolec said. “After the fight is done, you may get a couple people on the internet that say s*** here and there, but beyond that, you walk around, and it’s ‘there’s that guy that fights in the UFC.’

“It’s not as cruel as people think,” he added with a laugh. “Maybe it is on the internet, depending on who you are, but turn the screen off — don’t read the s***! Who cares? These people aren’t in your life, paying your bills, helping you, so who cares? The less you worry about the outside voice, the better.

“It all pieces together: the wins, the losses, the hardships; the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. It just depends on your mindset and how you wanna take it and understand it. I was fortunate enough that I got to learn a little earlier than later in life, which is way better, and it’s why I am the way I am.”