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Heading into his first UFC training camp, the undefeated newcomer is taking an “if it ain’t broke” approach to his preparations.

“Generally I’ve liked to start camps out here and then head down to AKA and do the bulk of my work there before tapering off at home again,” said Bhullar, speaking with Province Sports on Wednesday.

“That’s how we’ve done it in the past and this time around, we’re not going to stray too far from that approach.”

AKA is the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose — one of the top teams in the sport — and is home to former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, current light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, former middleweight champ Luke Rockhold and numerous other top contenders and experienced veterans.

“Nothing is by fluke or by chance; everything is by design. When you approach it that way, there really is no point in having emotion — you create that, so what’s the point of being shocked or excited? I created this opportunity. I’m in this position for a reason.”

Locally, Bhullar will continue to hone his striking with Jay Jauncey of Jauncey Kickboxing while drilling jiu jitsu with Adam Ryan of Checkmat Vancouver and working on his wrestling in the family akhara in Richmond alongside his cousin Jag.

It’s a formula that has produced six victories in six fights and helped him reach the elite level in the sport in less than three years — an impressive accomplishment, but one that happened by design.

“Nothing is a shock or a surprise once you’ve done it for that long in terms of elite-level competition,” Bhullar said of his expedient arrival on the UFC stage and the news of his first fight with the organization.

“We’ve been expecting an opponent, we’ve now got the opponent and we expect to compete September 9 and expect a victory.