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"Another thing is they always say is supposed to get easier with each fight," Dariush said. "It's not getting easier for me. I'm literally terrified before the fight.
"On my way, the song I listen to is a worship song because it allows me to just forget everything and walk in that Octagon and walk with God.
Beneil Dariush pays tribute to Ravi Zacharias
In the post-fight interview, Dariush dedicated his win to author Ravi Zacharias, who recently passed away due to cancer in May 2020. Zacharias was a Christian apologist, who had written more than 30 books on Christianity.
“I want to dedicate this fight to Ravi Zacharias, he was a theologian, poet and apologist who helped me incredibly with my walk with Christ and he passed away this year and I just want to dedicate this fight to him,” Dariush said.
Dariush believes that his newfound relationship with Christ has helped him in his UFC career and Zacharias was an influential part in his journey.
Ravi Zacharias was born in Chennai, India and moved to Delhi when he was young. He was brought up in an Anglican family and was not an ardent follower of Christianity till he was 17 when he had attempted to take his life. He was given a Bible by a local Christian worker in the hospital, which changed his whole approach to Christianity. He moved to Canada and started his ministry there.
He became one of the most influential public speakers in North America and published books like Evangelical Christian Publishers Association‘s Gold Medallion Book Award winner Can Man Live Without God? and Light in the Shadow of Jihad and The Grand Weaver.
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"Another thing is they always say is supposed to get easier with each fight," Dariush said. "It's not getting easier for me. I'm literally terrified before the fight.
"On my way, the song I listen to is a worship song because it allows me to just forget everything and walk in that Octagon and walk with God.
Beneil Dariush pays tribute to Ravi Zacharias
In the post-fight interview, Dariush dedicated his win to author Ravi Zacharias, who recently passed away due to cancer in May 2020. Zacharias was a Christian apologist, who had written more than 30 books on Christianity.
“I want to dedicate this fight to Ravi Zacharias, he was a theologian, poet and apologist who helped me incredibly with my walk with Christ and he passed away this year and I just want to dedicate this fight to him,” Dariush said.
Dariush believes that his newfound relationship with Christ has helped him in his UFC career and Zacharias was an influential part in his journey.
Ravi Zacharias was born in Chennai, India and moved to Delhi when he was young. He was brought up in an Anglican family and was not an ardent follower of Christianity till he was 17 when he had attempted to take his life. He was given a Bible by a local Christian worker in the hospital, which changed his whole approach to Christianity. He moved to Canada and started his ministry there.
He became one of the most influential public speakers in North America and published books like Evangelical Christian Publishers Association‘s Gold Medallion Book Award winner Can Man Live Without God? and Light in the Shadow of Jihad and The Grand Weaver.
I claim no monetary or ownership interest or rights to this music or video.
FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Not withstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright.
