Early in his professional career, UFC middleweight Andrew Sanchez remembers feeling exhausted before he ever stepped in the cage. “I was one of those nervous fighters, a ton of nervous energy, a ton of stress, and it’s tiring,” Sanchez (9-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC), who on Saturday meets Anthony Smith (26-12 MMA, 2-2 UFC) at UFC on FOX 24, told MMAjunkie Radio. “Mental stress is one of the most exhausting things you can deal with, so I know first hand.” All Sanchez could do to get past it, he reasoned, was to get more experience under his belt. Now 11 fights into his professional career, the nerves have dissipated some, though there’s more than one way you can come into a bout less than focused on the task at hand.
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UFC on FOX 24′s Andrew Sanchez learning to chill out and say screw it – MMA Junkie