OTTAWA, Ontario – Vince Morales wishes he could tell you that the jitters had subsided by his second walkout to the octagon. But that wasn’t the case, for a simple reason: “It’s a big deal for me to win.” And, much like in his UFC debut last November, that was still on the line when Morales (9-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) went up against Aiemann Zahabi (7-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) at UFC on ESPN+ 9 this past Saturday. And that is probably why Morales expects some level of nerves to be around for the remainder of his career. “I think there are some psychos out there who don’t have nerves, but that’s on them,” Morales told reporters, including MMA Junkie, after the bantamweight bout at Canadian Tire Centre. But there was one key difference from his octagon debut; this time, the unanimous decision went his way .
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