After making a spectacular UFC debut, Tristan Connelly had a perfect plan to avoid a sophomore slump.
Scheduled to fight top lightweight prospect Alex da Silva at UFC Portland on April 11, Connelly made it a point to head down to Las Vegas to work with the city’s best gyms and top facilities.
Xtreme Couture, 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, the UFC Performance Institute. In the two weeks that Connelly was in Vegas, he’d toured the training meccas and was primed to build on a winning performance against Michel Pereira this past September.