Despite Rumors, Phil Baroni Taking Time Off To Heal
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Despite several reports over the last few days ‘The New York Bad Ass’ Phil Baroni will not be fighting Marcus Davis at UFC 111.
Baroni talked to MMAWeekly.com, telling the website that he needed time to heal and wouldn’t be stepping into the octagon till he was ready. He lost a unanimous decision to Amir Sadolah last month at UFC 106.
Changes will be coming for his next fight, in the way he trains and most importantly, in the amount of weight he’ll cut for his next fight. Baroni stated he is one of the biggest weight-cutters at 170 and that at the age of 33, the act of dropping so much weight is taking it’s toll.
“I can’t keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect different results,” Baroni said.
“I was talking to Dennis Hallman; he told me his last fight, it was the best cardio he’s ever had, because he only had to cut three pounds,” Baroni said. “I’m probably one of the biggest weight cutters at 170. I cut more weight than Anthony Johnson in my last fight. Cutting weight has taken away my endurance.”
How long it would take before he was ready to fight, he didn’t know.
“I haven’t had fun training in a long time,” he said. “A lot of people were asking me, ‘how does it feel to be back in the UFC?’ I was like, no different. Just like any other fight. At this point in my life, it’s just become my job. That’s the problem. It’s like punching the time clock to go train. It’s not fun at all. It hasn’t been fun at all. It’s just been miserable. I’ve just got to find fun and be happy. Not to just feel like I have to go train….(expletive) that.”
