UFC middleweight Joe Pyfer has despatched a message to his critics as he prepares to face Abus Magomedov at UFC 320.
For the longest time now, Joe Pyfer has been seen as a reasonably intriguing contender at 185 kilos. He has, at occasions, regarded fairly unimaginable since arriving within the Final Preventing Championship, and he’s presently driving a two-fight win streak following his first Octagon loss to Jack Hermansson.
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Now, Pyfer is ready to collide with Abus Magomedov at UFC 320 on Saturday night time. Whereas he’s nonetheless obtained a strong fanbase, a few of his feedback on social media and interviews have rubbed folks the improper manner.
Throughout his media scrum as a part of battle week, Pyfer actually opened up on how he feels about the entire thing.
Pyfer responds to current criticism
“I’ve emotionally indifferent myself from social media, so I feel sort of every thing everyone says is absolutely humorous,” Pyfer mentioned on the UFC 320 media day on Wednesday. “I’ve additionally mentioned issues to set off folks and piss them off, so it’s what it’s.
“I’m a blunt individual, I’m an trustworthy individual. In the event you ask me a query, I’ll reply actually. I’m topic to criticism, so it’s what it’s. You’re dammed for those who do, you’re dammed for those who don’t. I’m at all times going to be me, and I’m not shameful to be myself, and that’s why I’ve stood behind a number of the issues that I’ve mentioned and that’s it.
“I’m Joe Pyfer, no one else. I don’t should please no one else. I’m the one which has to place my head on the pillow, get up, be motivated, come right here and be glad, and attempt to make a dwelling for myself. On the finish of the day, everyone else, identical to I mentioned a few sure nation, you’ll be able to suck my balls. I’m me.”
“I completely needed to work on emotionally separating myself,” Pyfer defined. “Once I obtained within the UFC, everyone related with my story and had been actually glad about me. While you fast-forward to now, as a result of I’ve mentioned some issues that folks don’t like, as a result of you need to bear in mind, at first you’re grateful and all this stuff, and I’m nonetheless grateful, however now I’ve to get within the enterprise facet of it.
“Now I’ve to battle these folks and say this stuff and speak about opponents. It’s arduous to speak about opponents. I don’t like any individual that’s attempting to beat my ass and take cash from me. If i lose, I don’t make cash. So I’m an intense individual, however I needed to emotionally detach myself, and that took a bit little bit of time.”
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