Las Vegas, NV – UFC middleweight Tafon Nchukwi looks to snap a two-fight losing streak when he takes on AJ Dobson at UFC Vegas 78 on Saturday night.
Nchukwi (6-3) came into the UFC after a good showing at Dana White’s Contender Series in 2020, but has since gone 2-3 with his last two bouts losses on his record.
“It seems worse because honestly my bills beat me up way more than anything else, but this one it just seems to much worse because it’s basically in the eyes of the world,” Nchukwi told reporters including Cageside Press on Wednesday.
“Everybody gets to see it so everybody has their own opinion to put on it. It just makes it feel like it’s worse. I go through losses everyday, and this one even though it was kind of amplified because of the eyes, I just need to get my mind right. It’s part of the game.”
Nchukwi took this fight against Dobson at middleweight which changed the way the 28-year-old goes through camp specifically with food.
“Coach has always told me that 85 is where we’re going to be. I was already pretty much getting ready for a fight so I was pretty low enough. I kind of got better on my discipline as far as controlling my weight a little bit better,” he said.
At the UFC APEX he gets AJ Dobson who is also on a two-fight losing streak which means both men will enter the octagon with a lot on the line.
“He’s quite an athlete. He’s also coming off of two losses so both of us right now are in the same mindset. We know there’s only going to be one person walking out of there with their hands raised,” said Nchukwi.
“I know he’s going to be coming in there with some fire. We’re going to be ready for whatever he comes with.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Tafon Nchukwi above. He takes on AJ Dobson at UFC Vegas 78 on Saturday night.
