UFC Fight Night 78 has a new fighter in the main event and his name is Neil Magny. Magny will be fighting for the fifth time in 2015 and tenth time in two years, as he fought another five times in 2014.

In 2014, Magny was a perfect 5-0 in his five fights in the UFC, with two of those victories coming by way of KO/TKO. Before he was smashing heads and pushing his impressive pace, 2013 was a year to forget for Magny.

Magny went 1-2 in the UFC, winning his UFC debut, but then falling twice in a row by unanimous decision. The two-fight losing streak in 2013 may have been difficult for Magny, but it also helped him for the rest of his career.

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“For me, the biggest thing on the two-fight losing streak I was on was just realizing that my life does not revolve around what happens in the cage,” Magny explained to Cage Pages. “I go into the fights with the mindset that this is an opportunity and a blessing for me to be there and I just take full advantage of it. Whether it is a win, whether it is a loss; I am not really worried about it. I just go in there, try my best, and embrace the moment.”

Magny has truly been embracing the moment in his UFC career since his two-fight losing streak. He went on to win all five of his fights in 2014 and then his first two fights of 2015 before he eventually fell to Demian Maia at UFC 190. The loss to Maia was a devastating one, as it stopped Magny’s seven-fight win streak and his title contender train, but once again; Magny took something from his loss.

“It may sound cliché, but every fight that you have is an opportunity to get better,” said Magny. “You never lose a fight, you just learn from it. That is what the Demian Maia fight was. I made some technical mistakes that cost me a fight and made some mental mistakes as well. Going into the second round I knew I was down from the first round and I came out really aggressive trying to get that back. I learned to start off fresh with the next round. You do not necessarily have the mindset that, ‘oh I need to knock him out or I have to win,’ but just relax, fight your own fight, and get the outcome that you want.”

The loss to Maia at UFC 190 was on August 1, 2015 and that was Magny’s third fight of 2015. Magny then decided to step in on short notice at UFC Fight Night 74 on August 23, 2015, to take on Erick Silva, only twenty-two days removed from his last loss.

Magny would go on to put on a show as he dominated Silva for three straight rounds. Magny ended the fight landing 132 strikes to Silva’s 37, 68 significant strikes to Silva’s 29, and cruised to a decision victory. It was quite the way to bounce back from a devastating loss and it seemed that Magny was ending 2015 on a high note.

It was then announced that Magny would be done for the year officially because he was scheduled to fight Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson at UFC 195 on January 2, 2016.

However, as you can see by the number of times Magny has fought in the last two years, he loves to fight.

It was announced that Matt Brown had pulled out of his UFC Fight Night 78 main event battle with Kelvin Gastelum and the UFC needed a replacement for him to save the card.

What better fighter to fill in than a man who will be fighting for his tenth time in two years?

That is right, Neil Magny.

“I realize that ranking wise it made no sense, but when you realize that today is all you have and the opportunity to fight is all you have; I do not want to jeopardize anything and wait,” said Magny. “Like, ‘Oh maybe I will fight in January.’ I mean there are things that could happen between now and then that are out of my control. I never know what those things are going to be, so I had a fight in front of me with Gastelum and I was like I will take full advantage of this fight and if one those fights happen down the road, great, but right now this fight in front of me is what I am going to try and tackle.”

The fight he will now be trying to tackle is the fifteenth ranked welterweight in the world. Gastelum, who won The Ultimate Fighter season seventeen over Uriah Hall, will be looking to win his second fight in a row and get to 7-1 in the UFC.

Magny laughed and said, “If he makes weight, it will be a great fight.” He continued and said, “His weight is the only thing I see as a negative, but other than that, Gastelum is a pretty tough fighter. He has beaten some good guys in the UFC and he has a strong wrestling pedigree. I imagine him coming out there and putting on a good fight, but I know I can give him some things that he has never faced with other opponents and use my range and my pace. It will be pretty hard for him to match.”

The fight will mean that Magny has fought ten times in the two-year span from 2014 to 2015, which is a record. With 2016 right around the corner, who knows how many times Magny will go war.

“I honestly have no idea,” Magny said while laughing. “I am going to bring the same mindset into 2016. Constantly improving, staying in shape, and seeing what comes my way. The end goal is to get that title shot and get that UFC gold, but what happens between here and there; I have no idea.”

You know, Magny was scheduled to fight at UFC 195 against Thompson on the first card of 2016…

“You know what, I have not learned anything yet about him having an opponent,” said Magny as he laughed at the idea of fighting on the first card of 2016. “I mean I am trying to focus on Gastelum at the moment, but if I am willing and able coming out of the Gastelum fight to fight January second; I would be more than happy to.”

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