{"id":64973,"date":"2013-07-25T09:52:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T16:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=64973"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:56:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:56:05","slug":"ian-mccall-ive-kind-of-blown-my-ufc-career-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ian-mccall-ive-kind-of-blown-my-ufc-career-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian McCall: \u201cI\u2019ve Kind of Blown My UFC Career So Far\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mccall1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mccall1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mccall\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50356\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cI\u2019m in a much better place.  You know, I\u2019ve kind of blown my UFC career so far, but now it\u2019s time to earn what\u2019s rightfully mine. I\u2019ve always been physically ready.  Every fight, I\u2019ve always been in shape.  I\u2019ve always been there.  Just for me it\u2019s a mental thing because I can be a head case and that really has been what\u2019s gotten me down in the past, but I took personal steps in my personal life, new relationships, new whatever it may be to just change for the better. I really am just happier and in a much better place than I can really ever remember, which is nice&#8230; I haven\u2019t earned (expletive).  It\u2019s probably where I deserve to be. Some people can look at it as a slap in the face not being on the main card, but who cares who I\u2019ve fought and where I \u2018ve been on previous cards?  There are some big names that deserve to be there and I\u2019m just ready to earn it.  That\u2019s my outlook on everything.  I like earning things.  I like being the good dog that gets petted.  I want to earn this title shot and my first step to do that is by knocking this guy out. Training has always been the same.  I always put in the work; I bust my butt.  I\u2019m just more mentally clear.  Not to say that it\u2019s completely someone else\u2019s fault, of course, I put myself in every situation I am in.  I was in a bad relationship and any man knows that can really drag you down. I was dropping the ball.  I wasn\u2019t focused.  I had flashes of brilliance, but that\u2019s all done now and I\u2019m excited to move forward and prove myself.  I was brought in as No. 1. I was supposed to be something special and I haven\u2019t really shown that yet. He is going to go in there and try to knock my head off, that\u2019s for sure.  I\u2019m in his country.  I am the person standing across from him.  He\u2019s fought, what 30 almost 40 fights, probably.  He knows what he\u2019s doing.  He\u2019s a black belt in jiu-jitsu, so obviously he\u2019s dangerous just like any opponent.  You have to respect everybody. I have to go out there and just do work.  I\u2019ve got to stop having so much fun getting punched in the face and I\u2019ve got to punch people back.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Top UFC flyweight, Ian McCall, tells all to Knockout Radio (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmaweekly.com\/ufc-163-fighter-ian-mccall-ive-kind-of-blown-my-ufc-career-so-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via mmaweekly.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019m in a much better place. You know, I\u2019ve kind of blown my UFC career so far, but now it\u2019s time to earn what\u2019s rightfully mine. I\u2019ve always been physically ready. Every fight, I\u2019ve always been in shape. I\u2019ve always been there. Just for me it\u2019s a mental thing because I can be a head [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[412,11,649,15,16],"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>Ian McCall: \u201cI\u2019ve Kind of Blown My UFC Career So Far\u201d | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ian-mccall-ive-kind-of-blown-my-ufc-career-so-far\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ian McCall: \u201cI\u2019ve Kind of Blown My UFC Career So Far\u201d | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI\u2019m in a much better place. 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