{"id":150486,"date":"2015-06-19T09:21:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T16:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=150486"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:51:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:51:30","slug":"makwan-amirkhani-fighters-can-predict-the-future-were-magicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/makwan-amirkhani-fighters-can-predict-the-future-were-magicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Makwan Amirkhani: &#8216;Fighters Can Predict The Future, We&#8217;re Magicians&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Makwan-Amirkhani1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127193\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Makwan-Amirkhani1.png\" alt=\"Makwan-Amirkhani\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Makwan-Amirkhani1.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Makwan-Amirkhani1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Makwan-Amirkhani1-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Makwan-Amirkhani1-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSome people are annoyed by (my confidence). But when you train hard and get to this point, it\u2019s hard to not be confident. This is just what hard training brings to the table. It\u2019s just being me \u2013 I don\u2019t act. I just want to say something after my fight, and I can point to people and say, \u2018I told you.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s interesting that you can predict the future \u2013 you\u2019re a fighter, and then you\u2019re a magician.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Makwan Amirkhani stunned fans with an 8 second flying knee KO in his UFC debut, against Andy Ogle. Now, he will fight again this Saturday in Berlin at UFC Fight Night 69.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the fight,\u00a0Amirkhani talked to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/06\/makwan-amirkhani-on-predicting-future-youre-a-fighter-then-youre-a-magician\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> about his confidence and why some people are turned off by it. He also told them that it will be another quick fight on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chad Mendes Strips, Gets VanZant Flustered During Important Interview &#8212; WATCH!<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4288504234001\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSome people are annoyed by (my confidence). But when you train hard and get to this point, it\u2019s hard to not be confident. This is just what hard training brings to the table. It\u2019s just being me \u2013 I don\u2019t act. I just want to say something after my fight, and I can point to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":127193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Makwan Amirkhani: &#039;Fighters Can Predict The Future, We&#039;re Magicians&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Makwan Amirkhani stunned fans with an 8 second flying knee KO in his UFC debut, against Andy Ogle. 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