The Ultimate Fighter 18 vinnaren Chris Holdsworth (6-0) har fokuserat på sin hälsa efter att ha åtdragit sig två hjärnskakningar som han fortfarande känner av.
Holdsworth har pratat med matchmakern Sean Shelby och fått som svar att Holdsworth ska prioritera sin hälsa.
“He let me know the No. 1 priority is getting my health back, and I won’t lose my spot,” berättade Holdsworth för MMAjunkie Radio.
Holdsworth berättar att han fortfarande känner av symptomerna av hjärnskkningarna.
“I’m still feeling some symptoms,” sa han. I wouldn’t say too many headaches, but I don’t feel 100 percent yet. If you’d have asked me one year ago, I would have said, ‘I’ll be back in one month or so,’ but you don’t really know with concussions and head trauma.”
Holdsworth har ingen brådska med att komma tillbaka till träningen och tränar inte lika många pass varje dag som han brukade göra.
“As soon as I accepted the fact that I was injured and my brain needed time to recover, it was a lot easier to cope than me not knowing and saying, ‘should I do this practice? Is it too much?’” sa Holdsworth. “So now I’m just trying to enjoy life, take it a day at a time, and no rush. I’m training almost every day like I used to, but I’m just not doing those two or three a day grinds, like I’m in a fight camp. There’s no reason to.”
“I have a target on getting my health back,” sa Holdsworth. “That’s my target No. 1 right now. I want to be healthy and be able fight again and get cleared.”
