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“I don’t have a knee injury this time, I don’t have anything stopping me, and I don’t have any hindrances,” he said. “Mentally, I’m prepared, and physically I feel like I’m where I need to be. So I feel I can start showcasing what I can do. My mindset is to start cracking the top 15, top 10 and make my way up to that title because that’s what I want, that’s the goal.”
So no, he’s not one of those fighters that needs conflict in his life to stay motivated. If things are going fine outside the Octagon, that translates into a good night inside it.
“I don’t want chaos going on in my life if I’ve got a fight,” he laughs. “I’m already focused on the fight; I don’t need any other distractions. Some people, that works for them, but it doesn’t work for me. I feel like the most suffering I need to go through before a fight is cutting weight.”
That suffering is coming, far away from his home in southern California. But that’s okay, once that’s done, he gets back to doing what he loves.
“I feel like I’ve gotten so much better since my last performance,” he said. “I’ve been training ten months straight, just getting better, focusing on myself and all my attributes and it is scary that in two or three more years I will be at my peak performance. So I feel like the sky’s the limit from here. 2020, I’m gonna make it happen and start it with a big bang.”
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