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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bsn0SnwlZfM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by \u2600WhatUp_B\u2600 (@brittchurchill)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> This terrible news understandably came as a shock to Misha Cirkunov and his family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s crazy. It just shows these days it doesn\u2019t matter who you are, how well you eat, anyone can get it.\u201d\u00a0Cirkunov <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/misha-cirkunov-wife-ufc-235\/\" target=\"_blank\">told MMA News<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cI was doing a lot of research and reading. Apparently more than 50% of Canadians will eventually will have it, which is a crazy number. I don\u2019t think people are as aware of it. I think there should be more awareness. People should pay attention a little bit more about towards their diet. She\u2019s doing really well, mentally she\u2019s in good spirits. In the beginning it was really difficult because once you hear that kind of news, you realize you\u2019re not just in a fight in competition against another human, but you\u2019re in a fight for your life. But ever since she went public, I feel like there\u2019s been such a strong support from our friends and family. I feel like those people give us so much more energy and power to go and deal through this hard time. [This news] just makes you more mature. Where before it\u2019s just another day. You realize life is short, if you think about it. You just try to take the best out of everything and stay positive. Don\u2019t pay attention to anything negative. It just really matures you a lot, you start appreciating little things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Misha Cirkunov (14-4) was initially set to face Ovince Saint-Preux this Saturday before an injury forced \u201cOSP\u201d off the card. Instead, the Canadian fighter will take on rising Brazilian prospect Walker in his place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wish I kind of knew a little sooner [about the opponent change],&#8221; he said. &#8220;I only found out about it eight days ago. I kind of like a bit of short notice, it would have been nice to have a bit more time to adjust to Johnny Walker. Just because he\u2019s very unpredictable and his style is kind of all over the place. Having said that, he\u2019s very dangerous. But I\u2019ve been training very hard. I was preparing myself physically and mentally. I\u2019m in a good place. It\u2019s most likely going to be fireworks. We\u2019re going to go at each other. He\u2019s fast, he likes to move, and he likes to go forward. It\u2019s going to be fireworks, I highly doubt it\u2019s going to be a decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UFC 235 takes place Saturday, March 2 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Jon Jones defends his light heavyweight title against Anthony Smith in the main event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 2\/24\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Misha Cirkunov will have more than just Johnny Walker on his mind at UFC 235 this Saturday. 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