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Donavin Morris Reflects on Recent MMA Loss and Future Plans
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12/13/2024
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Thanks so much for taking out the time and joining us appreciate it you know let's talk
00:08
about the fight didn't go your way you lost the decision unfortunately this past Saturday
00:12
tell us how the fight broke down for you how you saw it in there in the cage as you unfortunately
00:16
lost to to Jesse this past weekend first thank you guys for having me on man it's a it's
00:22
a blessing um that was a good that was a good uh intro i like it but um you know it happens
00:29
you know um he kind of got me on my game a little bit you know i wanted to go out to
00:35
knock his head off and unfortunately you know um kind of went out of my game plan you know
00:40
i kind of i kind of felt obligated to knock him out you know because nobody really likes
00:45
that guy you know i don't really like him too much but you know fair play to him um
00:50
fair play to him you know he he he came out there he executed his game plan and he stopped
00:55
what i had to do you know but uh the first round was was pretty interesting i feel like
01:00
the first round you know um i was i stuffed most of his takedowns um i didn't really see
01:07
unanimous you know i i could see split but it is what it is you know i'm back i'm i'm
01:12
i'm be back probably um February or March and we're gonna do it again you know just
01:19
keep the ball rolling so yeah it's one of the only times in your career you've gone
01:23
deep you know most of your fights under the first round and your amateur career early
01:27
on even you know you're early in your pro career where you are now uh so it's tough
01:31
you need then i was gonna go your way it's one of the toughest things in MMA i think
01:34
you know everyone talks about you know we talk about boxing undefeated records i think
01:37
mean a lot more than MMA because there are so many ways to lose that it's you know sometimes
01:41
it's not your night as you said but you're gracious in defeat there uh and what are some
01:46
of the things that you take from that fight you know was it was there any cardio issues
01:49
you need to deal with uh for longer fights going forward was there you know you talked
01:52
about stuffing the takedowns early was it something that was just hard to do later as
01:56
you started to get tired or were there you know other things that maybe holes in your
01:59
game that now going back and watching the tape now you think you you have to uh make
02:03
sure you work on before your next fight next year um you know it is a touching on what
02:10
you said like it is a blessing that uh that i was able to even go like to go three rounds
02:15
because you're right most of my fights have ended like pretty early you know so it was
02:19
cool to see like all right like oh like i can do five i can do five minutes three rounds
02:24
like i didn't even feel tired i felt more tired doing uh my muay thai fights when it's
02:30
only three minute rounds muay thai five you know five rounds of that so i actually felt
02:35
fine like i didn't really even feel cardio just normal fight fatigue you know um as far
02:40
as like the wrestling and the takedowns it was it that was on my part you know i i've
02:44
been in all my footwork i was just kind of trying to rush them head on and that that's
02:49
what i did wrong you know but um the k i feel like the uh the cage kind of saved him
02:54
a lot you know i would sprawl and then i would i would stuff his face but then my back is
02:59
to the cage at that point you know so it's like he would double shoot you know and um
03:04
so i think you know maybe i could i come to it too i think what i need to work on is just
03:09
to be able to create more openings you know in my jiu-jitsu you know i i think that um
03:16
i could have took a little bit more chance for my jiu-jitsu the first round i was definitely
03:20
taking a lot of chances i was i had like what three submission attempts the first round
03:25
and i've seen stuff open up uh in the later rounds like in a i think the third round i've
03:31
seen a ninja choke open up i went for that but i definitely could have been a little
03:35
bit more risky so i know the next time i'm not you know forget playing it safe you know
03:40
what i mean just make it happen so it's a learning experience
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