Dominick Reyes Opens Up On 4 Fight Slide, Says He Lost His Way

“I lost my way. I began questioning everything.”

That is Dominick Reyes talking overtly and candidly about his four-fight dropping streak … after beginning his skilled MMA profession with 12 wins — many dominant victories — which had been ok to earn the UFC gentle heavyweight a crack on the title.

That chance got here in late 2022 … and lots of felt the LHW star gained the combat and deserved to be topped champ. The judges did not see it that manner … and Dominick’s first loss changed into an prolonged dropping streak.

In different phrases, he is been by way of hell — and now 34-year-old Reyes is able to emerge on the opposite facet — as he prepares to return to the Octagon On June 8 towards Dustin Jacoby.

“I feel fantastic in all aspects,” Reyes instructed TMZ Sports activities, saying, “Physically, I’ve been getting after it. Man, I’ve been getting after it. Focusing on the little things. Getting everything in order. Mentally, I’m rock solid again.”

In fact, the losses got here towards the easiest opponents on this planet — Jones (2020), Jan Blachowicz (2020), Jiri Prochazka (2021), and Ryan Spann (2022) — however nonetheless, had Reyes scrambling for solutions.

“I lost my way. I began questioning everything. Once you bring doubt in this game, you can’t be successful. If you’re doubting anything, you can’t be successful. I was doubting,” Dominick mentioned.

“I changed camps completely for the next fight. I was like, ‘I should have knocked them out. I should have done more.’ So I went to a completely different team. And I tried to rebuild myself instead of refining myself.”

“You can’t just go to a new team and expect to be successful on the highest level. And then the following fight, it was like, ‘I have something to prove to the world.’ You know, ‘I’m f***ing tough. I can go out there and slug it down with anyone.'”

“And literally my thought going into that fight was, ‘I want to bleed.’ Like, what dude? What’s wrong with you, man? And that was my whole thought.”

Dom even traveled to Connecticut to coach with Alex Pereira and Glover Teixeira earlier than realizing he was making a mistake.

“These dudes don’t even know you. How on earth can you get better? All you’re going to do is mess yourself up even more. So it was me constantly searching for something that I already had.”

Reyes finally concluded the reply was in entrance of him the entire time … stick to the individuals who took you to the dance.

“I’m just grateful and happy for everybody in my life and everything that’s going on. I know exactly who I am I know what I’m made out of. I know my abilities, you know, and I don’t question it. I don’t question it at all. I’m like, ‘Hey I’m a f***ing badass, man.”

Now, Dom’s able to remind everybody simply how harmful he’s within the cage.

“I feel unstoppable right now,” the Fifteenth-ranked fighter mentioned. “It’s going to be hard to beat me going forward. It’s going to be real hard to beat me.”