Jessica-Rose Clark Talks Switching Training Camps, Quitting Alcohol Ahead Of UFC on FOX 31 (Exclusive) • MMA News

Jessica-Rose Clark Talks Switching Training Camps, Quitting Alcohol Ahead Of UFC on FOX 31 (Unique) • MMA News

Jessica-Rose Clark seems to go back-to-back to her roots when she steps into the cage on Dec. 15 reverse Andrea Lee at UFC on FOX 31. However outdoors the cage she’s made some main adjustments that she hopes is not going to solely make her a greater fighter, however a greater particular person.

Struggling her first loss within the UFC again in June, the 30-year-old took a step again and recognized among the issues that led to that unanimous determination setback towards Jessica Eye.

“I needed to make changes in my camp, I was focusing on the wrong things.” Clark informed MMA News. “I’ve changed a lot this camp, it’s been very different. I’m super excited to see how it comes out on fight night. I’m a lot happier. Last camp I wasn’t very happy and I think that makes a big difference as well. I changed camps. I left Syndicate MMA. It’s a great gym, amazing coaching I just didn’t feel like it wasn’t providing me with what I needed to be really successful. I’ve started working with a couple of different coaches and focusing a lot more on MMA as a whole instead of striking. I think I spent too much time on striking and becoming a kick boxer. That was very clear in my last fight with Jessica where I didn’t do anything. The two fights before that I won with my grappling and wrestling. I realized I got to get back to my roots in grappling.”

Clark (9-5) misplaced for the primary time since Mar. 2017 and snapped her three-fight win streak within the course of. Previous to that, the Invicta FC veteran had defeated Bec Rawlings and Paige VanZant within the octagon. One of many different large adjustments she’s made this camp is quitting alcohol. As an alternative of going out and partying, she’s traded wine for video video games.

“I quit drinking and then I had nothing to do at night so I bought the PlayStation. It was will be five months on fight day [being sober] I’ve struggled with alcohol addiction since I was 19-years-old. In and out of camp. I realized how negatively it was affecting my performance, mentality and personal life. I woke up one day and I was like I can’t do it anymore. I have too big of an opportunity right now and I didn’t want to f**ck it up because I couldn’t put down the bottle. So I went cold turkey, nothing else. It’s been hard more for the fact that once I quit, and stop kind of I guess numbing my problems. I actually started having to start dealing with them more. Realizing that I might have had issues or that there were things that I wasn’t happy with that I didn’t know I wasn’t happy about them because I was drunk all the time. That was actually one of the things that promoted me to leave Syndicate MMA, was that I was sober and I realized it wasn’t the right environment for me.”

UFC on FOX 31 takes place Dec. 15 at at Wisconsin Leisure and Sports activities Middle in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The principle occasion encompasses a light-weight rematch pitting Kevin Lee towards Al Iaquinta.

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