MMA World Champion Diagnosed with MS Did This Instead | Alberto Crane
episodePreviously titled “World Champion MMA Fighter Diagnosed with MS Did This Instead of Quitting | Alberto Crane” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 4, 2026
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What life lessons does getting punched in the face teach about resilience?
Most men live lives of quiet desperation, you know, never really taking that jump, taking that risk. I followed my dreams. I was 23 and I started my school. I had a big credit card bill. I had a credit card limit of 20,000. I lived on that, you know, but I went all in. You know, like I realized most people never do that in their lives. Going for it, showing up, doing it, the resilience of everything, of going through it. I keep showing up no matter what, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I don't act like I'm a victim.
I figure out the solution. What does a man do when the world tells him he's finished? When he loses his first 13 world-class competitions in a row? When a doctor's diagnosis hands him a death sentence for his physical life and sentences him to a wheelchair? If you're a reasonable man, you adapt. You accept the fate. You fade away. But we're not interested in reasonable men on this show. And today's guest is a testament to that. We have Alberto Crane. He isn't just a sixth-degree Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, UFC veteran, and a world champion. Alberto Crane is one of the first Americans to ever conquer the world of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
How did Alberto Crane respond to his MS diagnosis?
He's a pioneer who packed his bags for Brazil when everyone else was just playing it safe at home. No one even knew about BJJ back then. This is a man who was told no teen times and decided to become a world champion anyways. A man who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and instead of accepting a life of decay, rebuilt his body and built a fitness empire. tack fit from the ashes of his diagnosis. Get ready, my friends, because you are about to learn what it truly means to go all in. I give you Alberto Crane.
Alberto, man, I appreciate you taking the time to share your story, what you have going on. My question, my first question, and I like to ask this just because I think it's fun for anyone who, you know, is any of the martial arts that's on the show, is like, most people have never been punched in the face. Like, what is it like...
What mindset helped Alberto Crane after losing 13 competitions?
Just explain the idea of this martial skill of being able to take a punch. What is that about fighters? Because I've had people tell me the best fighters, and obviously I'm interested in your team, are not the ones who throw the best punches, but they're the ones that take punches the best. One, is that true? And two, how the hell do you take a punch from some of the absolute animals who do what you used to do for a living?
Have you seen the Rocky Balboa movies where he tells his son, he's like, son, how hard you can get hit, how hard you can hit, but how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, right? That's how winning is done. And so, you know, how does it feel to get hit, you know? I think it's not everybody can handle that, right? Nobody can handle that. You got to have thick skin. You got to be tough. And you're going to have an instant reaction to that, right? You're either going to fight or flight, right? You're not going to want it anymore. And so you definitely have to be wired a certain way, I think, if you're going to... you know, continue doing if you're going to fight professionally and things like that, right?
You're going to know right away if you're going to keep going forward, you're going to keep moving forward and keep going or not, right?
Why then do some people, I mean, obviously there's a lot of tremendous female fighters too, I don't mean just guys, but why do you think it is that some people get hit and get back up and others stay down. And I don't mean, that sounds trite. I don't mean it to be. I mean, like at a deeper level, when you're working with someone, you know, there's just, and I saw this in football. So I played football. I haven't done any martial arts. So, you know, I do some boxing. I watch YouTube videos and I like the workouts, but I'm not a boxer in any regard. But in football, and I played high school football, you know, you could tell almost right away when you're sizing someone up, when they got hit and knocked down, like, how they got back up taught you so much about who your teammate was going to be or who your opponent was.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What life lessons does getting punched in the face teach about resilience?
0:00–1:11
2
How did Alberto Crane respond to his MS diagnosis?
1:11–2:14
3
What mindset helped Alberto Crane after losing 13 competitions?
2:14–6:06
4
How does the mantra 'I believe in my technique' influence performance?
6:06–8:02
5
What does Alberto Crane's journey reveal about leadership and mentorship?
8:02–13:17
6
How can we cultivate presence in a distracted world?
13:17–14:22
7
What strategies can help maintain motivation in tough times?
14:22–16:39
8
How do experiences shape our identity and relationships?
16:39–48:20
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