December 9, 2024 9:45 pm ET
LAS VEGAS – Bryan Battle has missed weight twice in his previous 5 fights, but he’s not involved a couple of sample within the aftermath of his UFC 310 win.
Battle (12-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) got here in four pounds over the welterweight restrict for this previous Saturday’s combat with Randy Brown (19-6 MMA, 13-6 UFC) at T-Cellular Area, however went on to say a split decision victory. He admitted the combat didn’t play out the way in which he envisioned prior, however Battle was proud to persevere after a difficult highway to the octagon.
“This was a troublesome combat camp,” Battle advised MMA Junkie and different reporters post-fight at UFC 310. “I popped my rib two days after I accepted the combat. I’ve obtained (a) reduce (round my eye) that occurred throughout camp. I obtained (one other) reduce (above my eye) per week out. I needed to nurse that. That’s simply amongst an entire bunch of private issues and all these different issues. This was a hell of a camp.”
Battle stated the accidents and cuts have been simply the tip of the iceberg of what he endured previous to UFC 310. He didn’t elaborate on the opposite obstacles he encountered, however stated all of it meshed completely into his botched weigh-in.
The 30-year-old stated he’s not stressing the state of affairs, although. Regardless of beforehand lacking weight by two kilos previous to his 14-second knockout of Gabe Inexperienced in Might 2023, there isn’t concern from Battle about it occurring once more sooner or later. “It was a large number of issues,” Battle stated. “It was all these issues I named, after which it was the quickest turnaround I’ve had at welterweight. You do one thing effectively sufficient, you begin to take little issues with no consideration, and people little issues sort of added up. There’s a variety of issues, and to me, it’s like straightforward fixes. There’s a variety of issues I see and I’m like, ‘OK, I could make these changes.’ I can begin engaged on that stuff now so the following time I’ve a combat, this isn’t one thing I’ve to fret about.”
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