INSPIRATIONAL. SHE IS 4@PUTTING THOSE PRINTS O ACCESSORIES AND HOPI4@NG TO
EMPOWER OTHERS.
>>> FIRST TONIGHT, A DISCOVERY @
CHANNEL SHOW PITS HUMANS
AGAINST THE FORCE OF A GRIZZLY
BEAR.
WHEN THEY FIRST ASKED MMA
FIGHTER 4@JESSE -- HE THOUGHT I
WAS A JOKE, UNTIL HE FOUND
HIMSELF IN A 400 POUND TUG-OF-
WAR WITH A 4@BEAR NAMED BART.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE SHOW AND
HIS START 4@IN FIGHTING.
>> I 4@USED TO4@ GET HOME FROM
SCHOOL AND WATCH MORTAL KOMBAT
AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES, AND
PRACTICE ALL THE MOVES, I WOULD
BEG MY MOM TO SIGN ME UP FOR
KARATE AND JUJITSU IN WHATEVER
I COULD DO AT 4@THE TIME.
I SAID I WILL FIND A WAY TO
MAKE THIS WHAT I DO WITH MY
LIFE.
IT WASN'T EVEN LEGAL 4@IN MAINE
UNTIL MATT PETERSON HAD A BIG
PART IN GETTING 4@THAT PAST.
>> Reporter: WHAT IS THE LIFE
OF 4@A PROFESSIONAL MMA 4@FIGHT
I MEAN YOU MUST BE TRAINING A
LOT? 4@
>> I'VE FLOWN TO VEGAS TO GO TO
THE PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE WITH
A BUDDY OF MINE WHO IS IN 4@THE
UFC.
I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COOL
EXPERIENCES JUST FROM 4@4@BEING
INVOLVED -- LITTLE IN THIS TV
SHOW, SAME THING, MARTIAL ARTS
IS WHAT GOT ME INVOLVED IN 4@TH
TO.
>> Reporter: ON THAT NOTE YOU
WERE MINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS,
DOING YOUR OWN THING, YOU GOT A
MESSAGE ON 4@4@INSTAGRAM?
>>4@ 4@THIS GUY MESSAGE ME AND
HE WAS CASTING FOR A REALITY
SHOW CALLED "MAN VERSUS BEAR".
I DIDN'T EVEN RESPOND TO 4@IT
BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS DOES NOT
SOUND LIKE A REAL THING, AND
THE NEXT MORNING MY PHONE RANG
AND IT 4@WAS THAT GUY.
HE SAID 4@I'M REALLY CASTING FO
THIS SHOW CALLED "MAN 4@VERSUS
BEAR", HE SAID WHAT DO YOU
THINK?
I SAID DO I FIGHT THE 4@BEAR?
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS 4@4@A
LENGTHY PROCESS, YOU ARE
TRAINING FOR THIS, GETTING
READY, YOU FINALLY 4@SHOW UP AN
YOU SEE THESE BEARS, WHAT IS
GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND?
>> THEY ARE GETTING READY TO
FILM THE FIRST CHALLENGE OF THE
DAY, THE TUG-OF-WAR ONE, AND 4@
THEY BROUGHT BART THE BEAR OUT
IN HIS TRAILER.
HE SLAPS THE BACK OF HIS
TRAILER AND 4@HE ROARED.
THEY SAID HE IS FEELING PLAYFUL
TODAY, I SAID 4@THAT'S PLAYFUL?
THEN OUT WALKS THIS 4@GIANT BEA
LIKE HEY EVERYBODY I'M FROM
"GAME OF THRONES".
>> Reporter: AND UA ABOUT 4@170
POUNDS?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: THE BEAR 4@WEIGHS
@ >> ABOUT 4@1400 POUNDS.
>> Reporter: SO WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN YOU PLAYED TUG-OF-WAR?
>> I GRAB 4@THE ROPE, BART DID
THIS WITH HIS NECK AND I WENT
FLYING INTO THE WATER LIKE A
COMIC BOOK CHARACTER.
>> NICE AND EASY 4@4@BART!
OH!
>> Reporter: SEE YOU GUYS
ACTUALLY WERE FACING OFF
AGAINST GRIZZLY BEARS.
WHAT WERE SOME OF 4@THESE
CHALLENGES LIKE?
>> WE ACTUALLY COMPETED AGAINST
BEARS THE WHOLE TIME.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS
ONLINE SAYI4@NG THIS WAS 4@4@ED
BEARS THE WHOLE TIME. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS ONLINE SAYI4@NG THIS WAS 4@4@ED@
, NO, A BEAR RAN BEHIND ME, 4@I
PROMISE YOU THAT.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WAS A
SHORT OBST4@ACLE COURSE AND WE
HAD TO CLIMB A TREE UNRING A
BELL.
IF YOU EVER NEED MOTIVATION TO
RUN OR GET THROUGH AN OBSTACLE,
THERE 4@IT IS.
>> LET'S SEE HOW JESSE DOES,
QUICKLY OVER THE FIRST
4@ OBSTACLE, MOVING PRETTY WELL,
HE NEEDS TO KEEP MOVING.
>>4@ THE BEARS WEREN'T CHAINED
AT ANY POINT, 4@THEY WERE NOT P
IN A 4@SHOCK COLLAR OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
THEY WERE TREATED VERY WELL.
AT ONE POINT YOU'RE THINKING
THAT BEAR COULD WALK OVER HERE
AND HAVE A SNACK IF HE WANTS.
>> Reporter: YOU COULD GET 4@
BART'S AUTOGRAPH.
>> THEY WERE PLAYFUL.
I KIND OF GET EXCITED DOING
THINGS LIKE THAT.
I JOKED WITH 4@MY WIFE, MUCH TO
HER DISMAY, I MOST HAPPY DOING
SOMETHING THAT COULD GET ME
KILLED. 4@
>> Reporter: WHICH SHE LOVES.
>> YEAH, SHE LOVES THAT.
BEFORE I FLEW OUT, 4@I LOOKED A
HER AND SAID4@, WHAT A COOL WAY
TO DIE, EATEN BY A BEAR.
SHE SAID THAT'S 4@NOT 4@FUNNY!
STOP IT!
>> Reporter: MAKE SURE THE
INSURANCE IS UP-TO-DATE.
>> YEAH. 4@
>> Reporter: OBVIOUSLY, YOU DO
SOME COACHING TOO.
WHEN KIDS LOOK UP TO YOU AND
SAY I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE YOU
AND YOU MMA FIGHTING, OBVIOUSLY
THIS IS A CHALLENGING CAREER TO
GET INTO, WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE?
>> FIND WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY, 4@
FIND SOME4@ 4@WAY TO MAKE MONEY
DOING IT, AND LIVE THE WAY YOU
WANT TO LIVE.
>> ACCORDING TO THE DISCOVERY
CHANNEL THE THREE 4@BEARS ALL
LIVE AT A SANCTUARY IN UTAH
WHICH IS WHERE THE SHOW IS
FILMED.
TO WERE OFF FUND -- TWO 4@WERE
OFF AND ORPHANED