UFC Houston’s Geoff Neal reveals five-year battle with addiction – ‘I got a second chance’

UFC Houston’s Geoff Neal reveals five-year battle with addiction – ‘I got a second chance’


In a recent interview with Home of Fight, Neal revealed he was privately battling drug addiction and alcoholism — a fight that began around the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, shortly after he suffered a life-threatening health crisis. Five years of it, and within those five years, the longest I was sober was two weeks, and those two weeks were usually before a fight. Instead, it was the viral “75 Hard” challenge — a strict 75-day program that requires a disciplined diet, a gallon of water daily, no alcohol or drugs, reading 10 pages of nonfiction per day, and two workouts daily — that helped him reset.

Author: Alexander Behunin


Published at: 2026-02-11 23:30:00

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