Jan Blachowicz Trained Smarter For UFC Fight Night 86

Jan Blachowicz spoke with MMAjunkie about his fight with Igor Pokrajac at UFC Fight Night 86. Some excerpts are below:

On his 0-2 record in 2015: “It was a hard year, but I’ve forgot about this. Now it’s a new story, a new Jan, and you’re going to see this on Sunday. So don’t talk about last year. It’s a new story right now…It was really difficult. I’d never lost two times in the line, so it was hard. I had to change something in my life. I changed gyms. I changed the city where I live. So it was really hard, but I’m back. I’m stronger than ever, and I feel good.”

On the changes he’s made to his preparations: “I trained much smarter than before. This is the most important thing I changed. I think that was the reason why I looked so bad in my last fight. I hope that was the reason. Now I feel much better and healthy, so it’s going to be better.”