Former WEC And UFC Lightweight Is Now One Of The Best Emerging Coaches In The Sport
Hard work alone is never going to be enough to win you a UFC world title. It’s undeniably a piece of the mysterious, unknowable mix of variables and attributes an athlete needs in order to scale the divisional ladder and have lasting success at the highest levels, but as Danny Castillo knows all too well, straightforward hard work isn’t all it takes to land on top.
“If it were up to hard work, I’d be a six-time world champion,” he says in his husky baritone, seated across from me in the lobby of the Hilton Austin Downtown.