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Last weekend, on the main card of the UFC’s latest trip to Japan, kickboxing legend Gokhan Saki made his anticipated UFC debut<\/a>. His opponent was Brazilian light heavyweight Henrique da Silva.<\/p>\n

Though Saki ultimately managed to put da Silva down with a crashing left hook<\/a> in the first round<\/a>, his win was not without flaws. The most glaring issue with his performance was that his cardio seemed to fade just minutes into the fight, at which point da Silva actually managed to start landing significant shots on him.<\/p>\n

On Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour<\/a>, Saki explained the reasons for this cardio problem. Apparently, it had a lot to do with his transition to MMA.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy last fight with Glory was in 2014 with\u00a0Tyrone Spong\u00a0and then after that, one year later I had another fight, so in the last three and a half years I only fought one time,\u201d Saki said.\u00a0\u201cAfter my last fight \u2013 it was a kickboxing fight \u2013 I was always ready for three minute [rounds]. Now, it was five minute [rounds]. Like I said, I only started training this year in MMA conditioning and you cannot build it up in a couple of months.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter every fight you need to keep training to build up your muscle conditioning and your strength conditioning. If I had a kickboxing fight, maybe I would be tired because I didn\u2019t train for this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Saki continued, critiquing his own performance against da Silva:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow I see the contest, for the first three minutes I was good, and then after three and four minutes I started to get a little bit tired but also the ring rust was coming,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe first time I hit him with a knockdown, he went down and when he stood up I only give power punches. Normally, in kickboxing when I was training all the time, I am thinking all the time in the fight, throwing combinations. This time I was only giving power shots.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNow I\u2019ve started training again already because this was my first time in an ultimate fight. It was only 50 percent. This is just the beginning. I\u2019m really happy to be back on this big stage. I\u2019m ready to show many, many more things.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

How do you think Gokhan Saki will perform in the wilderness of the UFC light heavyweight division?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 9\/26\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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