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Eric Nicksick Discusses Eventful Year Inside and Outside of the Octagon

Standout Coach Reflects On 2023 Campaign That Included Questions About HIs Future, A Shift In Mindset, And A Middleweight Title Win

The fact that Eric Nicksick has been taking home hardware as Coach of the Year from every outlet imaginable as we transition from 2023 to 2024 makes it even more incredible that at the start of the year, the head man at Xtreme Couture wasn’t sure how much longer he wanted to continue coaching.

“The first quarter of 2023 was very weird for me, emotionally,” the affable Las Vegas native told me as we sat in the lobby of the Hilton Downtown Austin in early December, sipping coffees and discussing a year where another UFC title was added to the collection at the famed outpost where he started out as its very first member.