Pat Sabatini | In The Moment

Featherweight Grappler Talks Shift In Mindset Ahead Of Critical Clash With Joanderson Brito

For the first seven fights of his UFC career, Pat Sabatini didn’t particularly enjoy fight week. Or the walk to the Octagon. Or being introduced seconds before he was set to compete.

The entire experience, including the fight itself, was an obstacle course he had to navigate in his mind before actually stepping into the fray, and while he was largely successful, stoppages losses to Damon Jackson and Diego Lopes on either side of a win over Lucas Almeida prompted the Marquez MMA representative to start thinking about ways to address the mental struggles that were impacting his performance.

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