Something Wrong in the Head?

[vikesfankevin]

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this but I think something happens in the head of these fighters when they have a lot of success and then lose. I will start off by saying I have never done an MMA fight but I can imagine how amazing it must feel to beat someone in an MMA fight. I wonder if losing does the opposite. I mean it seems like all these UFC champs are just shells of their former selves or at the very least it takes them a long time to get it back. Now I have considered its the quality of the fighters coming up but I mean look at some of these former champs.
Arlovski-Just doesn't seem the same. 2 brutal KOs.
Sylvia-same story I mean some old boxer just KTFO

To a lesser extent
Liddel
Hughes
Franklin
I know they are still doing well but it seems like they have lost a step. What does everyone else think?

[the_guvna]

combination of age, the mentality after you lose can **** with you, and the evolution of the sport with new generations of fighters that are better than the last. imo

[Donnie_Darko]

Id say alot of it is extremely pychological...Especially when someone experiences a brutal knockout...
Appart for W.Silva they lose that killer instinct and id say for instance with Rashad Evans after getting ktfo its only downhill from now.(Hope not tho)