Mousasi: "I never trained for a fight"

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I was overstrained, not motivated, not training well. I think that had something to do with it. This year-layoff got me hungry again and I'm training really good now. I think, it was good (the layoff), I'm making it a positive thing. I was just fighting. I won the belt in DREAM, I won the belt in Strikeforce, every fight was just a fight, it wasn't something special, it just was getting in the ring and fighting. I didn't have a lot of motivation the last couple of years, but, I'm really excited to fight and with the idea after this fight maybe I can go to the UFC, so that is very motivating and I am training really well for this fight. Now, I have coaches and sparring partners. I am doing now everything right. Maybe this sounds weird, but, I don't believe I ever trained for a fight. Now, every day I am getting tired. I don't want to go to training. Back then, I used to run a little bit in the morning and do a little bit of sparring and when I would get tired, I would relax. Now, I have people that are pushing me every day and now I do feel like I am preparing for a fight. I f I go into this fight like how I am training now, I don't see how I can lose. I'm finally feeling that I finally training for a fight. I didn't know MMA fighting, was so difficult, training for a fight."

I remember him saying about a year ago that he has no coaches for anything. No striking coach. No grappling coach. No strength and conditioning. That he doesnt even know how to cut weight properly.

Sorry, I don't believe him with all that. He may not have the coaches that most fighters do but he has them. He's trained in the past with Fedor, GSP, Overeem, stand up with Freddie Roach just to name a few. Wasn't he training with Golden Glory camp for a while besides being Overeem's sparring partner? Here's a thread from here back in 09 when he trained with Roach. https://ninjasplace.forumotion.net/t525-mousasi-trains-with-freddie-roach

This was taken back in Feb 2010:

Yeah I believe it to an extent in that he may not have had serious training camps dedicated towards opponents like other guys and there may not have been a huge focus on strength and conditioning

Get him in the UFC already.