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I'm so looking forward to the fights this weekend and I can't wait for the main event - Anderson 'The Spider' Silva is back!



He was once my favourite fighter and it's going to be interesting to see which Anderson turns up on Saturday night. It's hard to tell who's going to win as he didn't look great in his last fight against Nick Diaz. I know Mike Bisping is always game and pumped for this one so it's going to be very interesting to see how this fight goes. I'm sitting firmly on the fence for this one.



I love fight week because this is when the real buzz kicks in. All the fighters start flocking into the fighter hotel and everyone starts bumping into each other - you may even see your opponent at breakfast one morning and trust me things can get tense, especially when fighters are cutting weight.

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Fight night for the fighters is the night you have been waiting for all these weeks. It's very stressful for some, some are excited, some are scared, anxious but all in all, you've got to go out and perform.I myself get a little nervous but I'm always confident and focused and look forward to the first bell ringing.The morning of fight day, I can feel the nerves, but I shake them off with my normal routine of breakfast. I then head back to my room for some more rest, then I go and do a few rounds shadow boxing and stretching as this helps ease my tension and warm me up for the day.

It's a pretty long day as you're not doing much but waiting around killing time until the evening. I try to judge my eating right too. I once made a mistake of eating salmon at 4pm when I was fighting at 8pm. I remember it was at Wembley stadium and I was warming up before my fight and all I could taste was salmon, I won't be doing that again.

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In the hours leading up to the fight, I like to relax by watching a movie or some fight documentaries to get me zoned in. I'm usually on the main card so they'll pick you up at 6ish and head down to the arena.

I love stepping off the coach into the arena with all the media there and you can hear the fights going on and the crowd roaring too. You know you have come to put on a show and it's a great feeling that all these purple have come to see you do work.

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You then normally head to your dressing room and warm up area where I usually settle down and relax until it's time to start warming up. I start warming up about 45 mins before I'm due on and usually do it in spurts so I don't wear myself out. Speed accuracy and technique - you go through everything you have learned in camp.



You then get called 5 mins before you're on then it's time!!!



I've fought 17 times and I can say that walking out to the crowd at the 02 arena when I fought Gustafsson tops them all. The crowd was the loudest I've ever heard which got me super gassed. This time I'm a spectator so I'll have to be one of the ones cheering.

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There are a lot of great fights on the card this Saturday and I can't wait to see them all. Obviously the main event. I'm also looking forward to seeing Gegard Mousasi put his skills to the test against Thales Leites as I'm a fan of his style of fighting. My teammate David Teymur is another guy that should put on a brilliant performance. This guy is a vicious striker who was just on The Ultimate Fighter.

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Brad Pickett, who's never in a dull fight is on the card, and he is another big favourite of mine. There are a lot of new British fighters on there too which is great and I look forward to seeing them do good work.



It's or course unfortunate that I won't be fighting but I'm really looking forward to Saturday and meeting all the fans and watching the fights. I'll see you all there. I hope you all have a great night.



I want to say thanks to all my fans and supporters. My arm is healing very well and I hope to be back in a few months to put on more explosive performances and give you what you know me for and that's more KOs and TKOs, until then follow me on social media to keep up to date @POSTERBOYJM