Mirsad Bektic Discusses His Training at Tristar MMA Ahead of UFC on FOX 27

MMAjunkie recently spoke to Mirsad Bektic ahead of his fight with Godofredo Pepey at UFC on FOX 27, which is set for later today. Below are some highlights.

Mirsad Bektic on his move to Tristar MMA: “My overall takeaway was experience and not just experience in the cage, but experience outside of the cage. I probably wouldn’t have ended up at Tristar if that didn’t happen. I wouldn’t be thinking the way I am if that certain thing didn’t happen. So I’m very grateful for it. I took a lot away from it. So, yeah, to me, (I look at it more) like a sparring session. And now I’m going back in there and perform.”

Bektic on training there: “Just enjoying the process. Being objective and learning and continuing to get those reps out of what I’m going to use. Just enjoying it. Really, really enjoying it. Being relaxed. Having my friends and my family be involved in it and not being so non-objective and just having one day of doing things. Just being relaxed and having fun.”

Mirsad Bektic on fighting Godofredo Pepey: “With him, you have to be aware. You have to be awake. And, you know, once you’re stepping in there, what you expect to get. It’s a little different for me because this fight, it wakes me up. It excites me, because I know what he’s going to bring to the table. And I know what I’ve got to bring to the table to beat him. In past fights, I was very confident. I didn’t even watch the guys. (They) didn’t give me that feeling of, ‘Hey, man, you’re going to be in a fight and you have to earn it.’ I’m willing to go in there and earn it.”