Feeling So Alive: P.O.D. Usage in MMA
“There was a time when the sport was less regulated, less scrutinised. We looked the other way while the evidence stacked up. In the early 2000’s if you went to any MMA gym in the world, it was obvious what people were involved with. Blaring through the speakers as the top fighters in the world trained was Nu-Metal. And one of Nu-Metal’s biggest acts was P.O.D.
Formed in San Diego in 1992, P.O.D. (Payable on Death) found mainstream success around the turn of the millennium. Hits such as ‘Alive’, ‘Southtown’, ‘Youth of the Nation’ and ‘Boom’ launched them from obscurity into the headphones of every gym rat around America. And once entrenched in the gym, it’s only a matter of time until these same fighters are walking out to The Octagon™ under the influence.”