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Given the opportunity to elaborate, she declined, but said, “I’ve had some hard camps lately and I’m just trying to figure out my balance. I’ve been getting challenged in certain ways and I can’t wait to get out there and get the win.”
With balance being one of the core tenets of martial arts training — and Modafferi being a martial artist first and foremost — it only seemed right to explore the concept and how it pertains to her performance in the cage further.
“I’m not really sure, actually,” said Modafferi when asked how differently she feels inside the cage when dealing with the kind of imbalance that she is currently dealing with as she readies to return to action. “I’ve been thinking about that a lot.
“I think I do a good job of being a good Jedi and being emotionless in the fight,” she continued, offering a reference that few others in the fight game would make. “That’s a big deal to me because Jedis say there are no emotions — there is only peace — and I feel like I’m able to expel my emotions when I go out there. I don’t feel anything when I’m trying to punch her or armbar her or elbow her. No anger, no excitement; just fighting.
“Being out of balance in fight camp kind of sucks,” she added with a chuckle, “so I’m just trying to figure it all out.”
Over the course of a career that has spanned nearly two decades, Modafferi has endured ups and downs, highs and lows, and somehow always managed to continue pressing forward, searching for new ways to improve as a martial artist, a fighter, and as a person.
She has been a perpetual ray of sunshine and happiness in a business that can turn people hard and bitter, so to hear those tired, telling sighs and twinges of frustration in her voice tells you how much getting back on track on Saturday night means to “Roxy Rematch” on every level.
“I really need the win for myself, as a person,” she said, the excitement returning to her voice. “I’ve prepared better for this fight than I did for my last fight and I’m excited to go out there and show my skills, get the win.”