Ross Pearson Discusses Suffering Back-to-Back Losses and Looking to Rebound at UFC Fight Night 99

MMAjunkie recently spoke to UFC lightweight fighter Ross Pearson ahead of his upcoming fight with Steve Ray at UFC Fight Night 99. The fight is set for later today in Belfast, Ireland. Below are some highlights.

Pearson on his recent losses: “There was something missing. I didn’t know what that was. I went back home to where it all started. I went back to the roots of who I am and tried to figure out what was missing in these fights. I think I found it in this training camp going back home with my old training partners, my old coaches, going back to basics and finding out who the real me was.”

Pearson on what he looks forward to executing in his bout: “I’m looking forward to going out and expressing myself and performing at my best ability on Saturday night. I feel like everything’s on point. My training went well, my body is healthy and I’m the lightest I am right now so I don’t have a huge weight cut to do tonight and tomorrow morning. I’m going to be feeling good on Saturday.”

Pearson on wanting to compete: “The fans know (and) the UFC knows that I love to compete, I love to fight and if I get offered a fight I’m not going to turn around and say no. If someone wants to fight me I’m going to fight them. There’s some opportunities in my career that I’ve took which I probably shouldn’t have took and I did, but it’s a learning curve. This is a game and it’s a business and you can say bad things about it, you can say good things about it. I took the opportunity, the decisions didn’t go my way, it doesn’t look good on my record, but I’m here for Saturday night to put that right and put it right in spectacular fashion.”