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“It’s just a different cage now. That’s all it is. That’s how I’ve been looking at it and it’s been working out pretty good,” Daukaus said. “It was kind of short notice, so I didn’t have time to go through a whole training camp thinking, ‘Oh my God, I’m in the UFC now’. With this camp it hasn’t been much different; I’m just trying to get that out of my head as best as I can.”
By approaching his second UFC fight as if he’s already seen it all, Daukaus feels like he’s more than equipped to hand his undefeated opponent his first career loss in the Flash Forum.
“I expect him to come out and test the waters on the feet for a little bit, maybe a couple of minutes, the first big exchange where I land solid on him he’s going to go back to what he does and it’s going to be taking me down and trying to choke me out,” Daukaus said of Nascimento (8-0). “That’s it.”
Daukaus is confident that with his capabilities and the coaching he’s received from head coach Will Martinez, he is more than ready to handle Nascimento’s skill set. If his vision of how the fight plays out goes according to plan, he believes he’s going to be a major problem in the division and that push begins now.