WITCHITA, Kan. – UFC welterweight Tim Means isn’t one to turn down fights. So he tells his daughters to follow through when they sign up for something.
“They’re no saying no – you finish it, and if you don’t like it, you move on,” Means (28-10-1 MMA, 10-7 UFC) told MMA Junkie during an interview in support of his fight with Niko Price (12-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) at UFC on ESPN+ 4, which takes place Saturday at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kan.
So when a local fundraiser he recently signed up for turned into a ballroom dancing competition, his daughters reminded him of his words.
“I thought it was a guest speaking thing, so I said yes,” he said. “Then I started getting emails saying, hey, we’ve changed the format a little bit. My daughters are looking at me like, ‘Dad, are you going to quit?'”
Means soon found himself moving in entirely unfamiliar ways as he prepared himself for the competition.
“It was much harder than expected,” he said. “It’s way easier getting punched in the face.”
No word on how Means did in the competition, but it started him on an uncomfortable note for this year, which he said is a good thing. The more he suffers now, he said, the easier the rest of 2019 will be.
And with a super aggressive opponent in Price, Means gets to jump back into his comfort zone, which is getting punched and punching others in the face.
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