MMAOddsBreaker’s Frank Trigg speaks with UFC Fight Night 73 lightweight Scott Holtzman as he prepares for his upcoming preliminary card bout tonight (August 8, 2015) against Anthony Christoudolou at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
The MMA Lab product explained what he expects to be going through his head when he enters the Octagon later tonight to help keep himself from getting the infamous “UFC jitters” come fight time:
“I think in my head I’ll be thinking, ‘This is it. Sink or swim. Fight or flight right here.’ I’ll come back to my positive reassurance, all my training and my hard work and all the top level guys I’ve wrestled with and sparred with and rolled with and reassure myself. ‘Hey, we’ve been here a million times.’ I’ve been in here with some of the best guys in the world. Although some cages come in different shapes and sizes, no matter who’s watching or where it is, it’s still a fight when that door locks.”