{"id":292751,"date":"2018-11-26T08:36:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T16:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=292751"},"modified":"2018-11-27T16:11:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T00:11:53","slug":"exclusive-after-training-in-the-jungle-yancy-medeiros-is-ready-to-unleash-his-inner-gorilla-in-the-lightweight-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-after-training-in-the-jungle-yancy-medeiros-is-ready-to-unleash-his-inner-gorilla-in-the-lightweight-division\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE | After training in the jungle, Yancy Medeiros is ready to unleash his inner gorilla in the lightweight division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The year 2018 has not been particularly kind to Hawaii&#8217;s Yancy Medeiros.<\/p>\n<p>After coming up short to Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone in February, the fan favorite sought to get back on track opposite &#8220;Platinum&#8221; Mike Perry at UFC 226 in July. Regrettably, this plan was derailed when he sustained a rib injury, and he has not fought since.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the latest stacked episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/radio-demetrious-johnson-yancy-tonon-lee\/\">BJPENN Radio<\/a>, Yancy Medeiros opened up on how disappointed he was to miss out on his planned battle with Perry, and on his long-awaited return to action.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ne2JxeteoZo?start=2367\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I was real butt hurt about that fight man,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I was looking forward to it, I felt like this is the best Yancy people are going to see.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I think I was way more excited for that fight than any of the fans were,&#8221; he added later in the interview. &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not because of who I fighting but because I was going to &#8230; like I said I was expecting to see the best Yancy in that Octagon. Not for everyone else but for me. That&#8217;s the downfall when you got expectations and things don&#8217;t happen.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yancy Medeiros also opened up on the injury itself. Apparently, it caught him by surprise after a routine jiu jitsu session.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;[It was] a fractured rib,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It still pokes out. I mean, it&#8217;s 100 percent [now], but you can tell that my rib was fucked up, you know?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I was in jiu jitsu and I was going on adrenaline and then just, yeah, after practice I was like &#8216;what the hell,'&#8221; he explained. &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t breathe. Every time I would try and inhale I&#8217;d get a sharp pain in the front and the back, and I&#8217;m like &#8216;maybe I&#8217;ll sleep it off, it&#8217;ll be alright.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I had a hard time taking off my fucking shirt.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While this injury represented a definite speed bump for Yancy Medeiros, he&#8217;s now back to training \u2014 but not just in the gym. He says he&#8217;s also been training in the jungle.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Bro, I&#8217;m going to be straight up, I started training in the fucking jungle,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Seriously.\u00a0<\/span>I recovered and I was like, &#8216;no, I&#8217;m on one.&#8217; I was on Drake shit, bro, I wasn&#8217;t stopping. You know what I mean? I&#8217;m too passionate about being a martial artist.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Shit doesn&#8217;t happen to you, shit just happens,&#8221; he continued.\u00a0That&#8217;s how I took it. Just like I said bro, I woke up, went into the jungle and I&#8217;m on fucking gorilla shit.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Bro, I&#8217;m swinging from tree to tree. They say that the lion&#8217;s the king of the jungle, ain&#8217;t no fucking lions in the jungle bro. I&#8217;ve been training there.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m dead serious bro, I am on gorilla shit. Like I said, bro, after my injury, I fucking woke up, I was on Bruce Lee shit, I was like, &#8216;Nah, I ain&#8217;t going to get bitter about this,&#8217; because I was bitter, I was fucking bitter that I had to pull out of that fight. I was like, &#8216;Nah, I ain&#8217;t going to be bitter.&#8217; I live up to my motto, &#8216;get better not bitter.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Medeiros&#8217; recent training has been so intensive that he&#8217;s lost quite a bit of weight. 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Anyone 155, top 10, that&#8217;s it. I don&#8217;t call people out.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Last-minute replacement, first choice, second choice, last choice, if you 155 and you&#8217;re ready, on the table, put it on the table. 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