No marvel Tom Breese had such a disappointing tenure within the PFL.

Again in April, Breese face Rob Wilkinson within the opening spherical of the PFL’s 2024 gentle heavyweight season and issues couldn’t have gone a lot worse as Wilkinson demolished him in simply 70 seconds. It was a disappointing consequence for the British fighter however maybe not an sudden one as Breese not too long ago advised Polish Fighters Data that he was really beneath the affect on battle evening.

“I used to be on medicine within the battle,” Breese stated. “I did magic mushrooms. I used to be taking medicine all week. That’s sincere. [Laughs] It’s what it’s. It was a tough time.”

Whereas the PFL does take a look at for performance-enhancing medicine by way of USADA, psilocybin mushrooms aren’t presently prohibited.

However Breese’s substance use doesn’t cease there. In the course of the interview, Breese additionally revealed that he struggled with drug use for a while, which blames for his underwhelming performances the previous few years.

“For me, clearly I’ve had some ups and downs, however I used to be all the time a really disciplined particular person, after which I began letting some dangerous habits come into my life,” Breese stated. “Smoking, some medicine, stuff like that. And that was he explanation for a whole lot of these points, to be sincere. Now I’m again on the straight and slim. It’s probably not going to be a factor. I’m going to blow via all my competitors. I simply had some issues with medicine.”

Undefeated in his first 9 skilled fights, Breese made a reputation for himself within the UFC however was launched from the promotion in 2020 after a battle day withdrawal from a scheduled bout with Antonio Arroyo at UFC Vegas 28. He then competed for Ranges Struggle League earlier than signing with KSW for 3 fights. Most not too long ago Breese competed for Ranges Struggle League once more, profitable a unanimous choice over Renato Rangel again in October.

And along with his PFL profession seemingly over for now and his private life now in a greater spot, Breese hopes to return to KSW within the close to future.

“I’d like to return again to KSW,” Breese stated. “I actually loved my time in KSW, and I really feel like there’s a whole lot of good fights there for me. I’d like to battle Pawel [Pawlak] once more. I’d actually like that battle.”