Malcolm Wellmaker lately suffered a notable setback at UFC 322 when he misplaced an early battle to an inferior opponent, and Wellmaker is reflecting on the errors that led to that. Wellmaker stated he knew he could be combating 145-pound Yixin Ewing as a substitute of Cody Haddon, who was initially scheduled for the Saturday, Nov. 15 card, on Thursday at 4 or 5 p.m.
Through the efficiency ariel helwani presentWhen requested if he had seen Eshin Ewing’s movie and completed the mandatory analysis on the brand new opponent he had booked to face at Madison Sq. Backyard, Wellmaker replied:
“Oh, come on. I hate to confess this, however the entire scope of my analysis was to seek out out about him. His report is 8-2, 7 knockouts, clearly he is a striker. The one footage I noticed of[Eixin Ewing]was his highlights the week earlier than when he knocked out Billy Model, and that was it. That was all I knew going into the battle. Clearly silly.”
Malcolm Wellmaker thought the UFC was rebooking fights with fighters who weren’t at his stage: “They wish to maintain knocking out their prospects.”
When Ariel Helwani requested Wellmaker if he thought not watching extra Ewing recreation movie affected his brash decision-making, Malcolm Wellmaker replied:
“Let me inform you, it wasn’t. I do not actually consider cockiness or something like that. I assumed it was silly as a result of I actually believed that the matchup they had been going to provide me was a ‘the present should go on’ kind of matchup.” Like I truthfully thought they had been caring for me, which is silly and silly in hindsight, however I am new to the sport, brother… They need their prospects to maintain knocking individuals out.
“So that they should have thrown me a participant who is an effective striker however not at my stage. That is only a utterly silly assumption going into the battle. Clearly, I had a impolite awakening proper after the bell rang for the primary spherical.”
