Brian Campbell on hitting ‘rock bottom’ & his ‘life-changing moment’

Brian Campbell has an infectious energy that quickly captured the MMA hardcore, but that exuberance for life and fights was forged in a dark place.

Campbell appeared as the sophomore guest on Bloody Elbow and MMA Mania’s six-part interview series The Insiders (video above). The Morning Kombat and State of Combat host opened up about how his formative years nearly ended him — and how a brush with fate gave him renewed purpose.

“I knew the excess of life that was dragging me down, but I knew in those moments I was powerless to stop it. I watched my life sort of crumble. There are different versions of suicide. Some people take their lives, other people give up. I certainly gave up for many…