You wouldn’t know it from looking at UFC lightweight John Makdessi , but he’s a very anxious guy. It starts when he gets a call from his promoter, offering a fight, and as he puts it, “That’s when I get more intense and more concentrated and focused on the preparation.” Makdessi (12-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC), who on Saturday meets Alan Patrick (11-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at UFC 169, shows up on fight week looking relaxed and confident. In reality, though, he’s been through an intense grind to get there, mainly because he never stopped preparing from his last fight. “The thing for me is [MMA is] not a sometimes thing,” he told MMAjunkie Radio.
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UFC 169′s John Makdessi’s quiet storm guides career resurgence – MMA Junkie