Hawaiian welterweight Yancy Medeiros has a penchant for putting on exciting fights, and he doesn’t want that to change. However, he does think a few adjustments to his style could prove very beneficial.

“My jiu-jitsu coach is like, ‘Yancy, I want you to be utilizing everything you do,'” Medeiros told MMAjunkie Radio. “They want to see me fight – they want to see the Yancy in the gym, not the crowd-pleaser that wants to just get in there and bang. They want to see more. They want me to show my technicality and how good I am in that gym.”

With five performance bonuses earned in 11 official UFC appearances, Medeiros has certainly earned his reputation. But after a February loss to Donald Cerrone, Medeiros said he realized his focus on entertainment value has occasionally cost him in terms of wins and losses.

“When it comes to fighting, I get a bit emotional,” Medeiros admitted. “My last fight, I felt like I had ‘Cowboy’ on the backstep. I just kept staying in his face, staying in his face, and I didn’t see that one punch, and that was the end of the fight. I felt like I could continue, but Herb (Dean) didn’t, and it is what it is.

“For me, I was like, ‘OK, I’ve got to make my adjustments.’ I want to look good. I want to press. I want to be entertaining. That’s the biggest thing, to be entertaining. This is the business of entertainment, and I hate when the crowd boos. It irks me.”

Medeiros (15-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC) returns to action on July 7, when he meets Mike Perry (11-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) at UFC 226 at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena.

The night’s bout order has yet to be revealed, but the lineup is absolutely stacked, and Medeiros says since he’s not getting a cut of pay-per-view revenue, anyway, he’s more than happy to fight on the evening’s prelims.

“I’m like, ‘[Expletive), I want to fight early,'” Medeiros said. “I like fighting early so I can enjoy the rest of the fights. For me, I don’t care where the fight is (on the card). I like early fights. I like to fight early, get it over with and enjoy the rest of the night, but I’m going to turn up whenever they put me on.”

Based on the two fighters’ styles, it seems inevitable that the clash won’t be entertaining. But Medeiros said his team is trying to help him realize there’s more than one way to bring a crowd to life.

“I talked to my coaches as soon as I got the notice, and all of them are down,” Medeiros said. “They all believe in me. I train with Max (Holloway). When I go to California, I train with Nick (Diaz), Nate (Diaz), Gilbert (Melendez). I train with all these bad-ass fighters and athletes and martial artists. My coach is like, ‘Wow, Yancy, you’re so well-rounded. You get dropped every fight, and they still can’t finish you on the ground.’ I’m like, ‘Why the (expletive) am I not utilizing my ground when I’m coherent, not when I’m trying to (expletive) survive?’

“I feel like I have great jiu-jitsu, enough to not win, but not lose either. I’ve got decent jiu-jitsu. I roll with Nick and Nate, Kron Gracie. I roll with all these high-end jiu-jitsu guys.”

Whether or not Medeiros can stick to his plan when the fists start flying remains to be seen, but the Hawaiian said he’s still going to feed off the energy from the crowd, and he thinks fans will still enjoy what they see.

“I’m going to do it, and the crowd’s going to know that I appreciate the support, and I’m trying to give back to them,” Medeiros said.

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