TORONTO – Charles Jourdain says he’s not about to let the thrill of preventing in his house nation negatively impression his efficiency at UFC 297.
Jourdain (15-6-1 MMA, 6-5-1 UFC) will compete in Canada for the primary time in his UFC profession when he takes on Sean Woodson (10-1-1 MMA, 4-1-1 UFC) in Saturday’s occasion at Scotiabank Area in Toronto.
With an over 85 % end charge, the Quebec-born fighter expects followers to be fiending for an action-packed struggle.
“Sure, however I have to ensure that the followers’ thirst for blood doesn’t get blended between mine,” Jourdain advised MMA Junkie and different reporters at Wednesday’s UFC 296 media day. “I want to remain very strategic with Sean, as a result of I feel certainly one of his most harmful assaults is the knee down the center, and I’m a strain fighter. So I should be very cautious I don’t lose my composure since you guys are screaming a lot.”
Jourdain admits that typically he can’t assist it. Whereas technique is necessary, his thirst for blood overtakes it at occasions, however he’s engaged on discovering the right stability.
“I used to be fortuitously born with it,” Jourdain stated. “I used to be by no means a really expert fighter, however I had balls once I was youthful. In TKO, I turned double champ and I by no means had technique throughout a struggle. It’s like, ‘Oh, you’re preventing this man, what’s your technique?’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know, I’m going to punch him.’ So, I by no means had that a lot technique.
“However now, build up with time, growing older, I see that it’s essential to use not solely technique however – you possibly can see it, there are a whole lot of guys which might be excellent strategists in the case of preventing, however they don’t have that further blood thirst and sadly once they attain that degree the place you should combine the 2, it doesn’t go nicely for them. So, I’m blessed to have that thirst for blood.”
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