LAS VEGAS – Danny Barlow admits there may be a whole lot of weight on his shoulders to maintain his undefeated report at UFC on ESPN 61, however it’s necessary to not be consumed.
Barlow (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will look to increase his unblemished report Saturday when he takes on Nikolay Veretennikov (12-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in a welterweight bout on the UFC Apex (ESPN, ESPN+).
The game of MMA is extraordinarily risky with seemingly infinite methods to lose. Barlow is conscious of that, and it’s why he must preserve himself within the appropriate psychological area for so long as this good run lasts.
“I strive my greatest to disregard the zero,” Barlow informed MMA Junkie and different reporters at Wednesday’s media day. “That’s why it creates extra stress. However I do know the strongest ones is those that break and rebuild. So it’s like, I focus in camp on not defending the zero, however studying as many classes as I presumably can. Humbly me being undefeated is me saying, ‘It is a actual sport, that is actual fighters and these are actual individuals.’ They’ve actual goals. They actually wish to beat you.”
“You’ve obtained respect everybody you get within the cage with. And I’m the kind of man – you’ve obtained the fighters that simply go on the market and bang and the fellows that don’t suppose an excessive amount of about it. However you’ve obtained the fellows who’re overly mental in regards to the sport they usually fear an excessive amount of, so their nerves get them. And I’m that sort of man. So I do go off a whole lot of calculations, brother. We do a whole lot of recreation planning. So after they swap up the opponent, I’m simply used to it. I’m used to the stress and I’m not afraid of what this sport comes with it. I’m that man that has intellectually understood what this sport is.”
Barlow, 29, stated he’s obtained a strong take a look at forward of him with Veretennikov, who’s making his debut and keen to start out his personal story of success below the UFC banner. Barlow thinks that’s a harmful sort of opponent to be taking up, and he’s excited to get within the octagon and discover out what Veretennikov is all about.
“Once you’re across the man he appears good,’ Barlow stated. “It’s going to be an excellent battle. I have to really feel him. If I see one thing and it appears gradual, however I wish to really feel it. I’m the kind of man who’s the fan of the game and preventing, however I’m additionally a fan of getting in there and studying.”
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