Beneil Dariush is opening his thoughts to the thought of a change in weight class following his quick knockout loss inside Madison Sq. Backyard not too long ago. At UFC 322, Dariush was stopped by strikes in opposition to Benoit Saint Denis sixteen seconds into the bout, and the stalwart light-weight is now entertaining making use of a contemporary coat of paint to issues by transferring up. Past the character of the battle outcome, Dariush additionally missed weight main into the battle, which may additionally inform a need to maneuver as much as 170 kilos.
Talking to Submission Radio within the wake of his current setback, Dariush talked about how he felt poised to have an all-time profession efficiency as he felt dialed in with all aspects of his preparation till battle week hurdles got here up. Regardless of the load miss the place he got here in at 157.2 kilos, Dariush talked about how he felt superb in some regards on battle day, however did discover his incapacity to take a shot in the identical wya he usually would.
Touching upon some post-fight actions, he has partaken through which might inform a departure from 155 kilos, Dariush mentioned [via Sherdog],
“I used to be considering to myself, ‘Perhaps I’m going to maneuver to 170.’ … I did some testing right here and I did what’s referred to as a DEXA scan. Principally I used to be at 185, 186 at 10% physique fats. Which implies I’ve like 19 kilos of fats to lose. Attending to zero is sort of harmful — accidents change into quite common. I’m simply going by the method to see if 155 is cheap for me. I bought the data from them after which I reached out to the UFC, so I’m going to go there this week and do some testing over there. Simply to ensure.”
Beneil Dariush and his current tough patch within the UFC
Beneil Dariush has had a little bit of a tumultuous stretch as of late, with losses to Charles Oliveira and Arman Tsarukyan in current instances, past the aforementioned loss to BSD on November fifteenth.
Dariush was capable of safe a win over former UFC light-weight title challenger Renato Moicano by this current patch of dangerous fortune as Dariush earned a win over the Brazilian blended martial artist at UFC 317 in June.
