News Quemuel Ottoni explains ‘anxiety crisis’ led to last-minute cancellation of DWCS fight

[TCE]

Quemuel Ottoni has opened up on why he didn’t fight Kody Steele at Tuesday’s Dana White’s Contender Series in Las Vegas.

Ottoni was expected to co-headline the card opposite Steele at UFC APEX, but news broke minutes before the fight that the Brazilian lightweight had withdrawn from the fight due to personal reasons.

UFC CEO Dana White said on the broadcast that “sometimes you don’t have to actually get in the cage to realize, ‘This isn’t for me. I can’t handle the pressure. I don’t want to do this.’ This is what this is all about.” White announced that Steele will receive another opportunity on a future DWCS card.

Ottoni deleted most of the DWCS-related posts he had made during fight week from his Instagram page, and posted a video on Wednesday to address the situation.

“I ended up not fighting yesterday after really having an anxiety crisis, adrenaline, freezing a bit after seeing all that,” Ottoni said in Portuguese. “Watching it from the other side of the screen is one thing, but being there and seeing the cameras, cars, and even people you … There’s no excuse for what happened. I made weight. It was a struggle to gain back the weight, I felt sick on the way back [up in weight], but even that isn’t an excuse. I gained 8 kg. [17.6 pounds] with severe stomach pain, but that’s not why I didn’t fight. It was a mix of everything, the anxiety, seeing the camera, seeing the cutman doing my hands, people I’ve seen the most, and that’s it.”

Quemuel Ottoni explains ‘anxiety crisis’ led to last-minute cancellation of DWCS fight

Quemuel Ottoni has opened up on why he didn’t fight Kody Steele at Tuesday’s Dana White’s Contender Series.

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[TITS]

Well he missed out on a 5k paycheck.

 

[KarateYeah]

I always thought about that. I have several friends in the UFC and ALL of them say they are hit with the same anxiety before fight. They say it's very hard to get through and you just have to.

 

[Goodfella86]

I would never be able to make that walk. I'd be that guy in Gladiator with piss running down my legs- even if I was a -500 favorite.

I am very sure this kinda thing happens all of the time, but everybody else has the sense to lie about a physical illness.

 

[Fact Checker]

Bro called some normal prefight nerves an “anxiety crisis”

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Well you disappointed the Bald One, so kiss your UFC career goodbye

 

[Thesnake101]

It sucks but it's probably for the best if he just stepped away and found something else to do. He's turning 32 next month, has not fought in 2 years and pulled out of fights in the two biggest american orgs in that 2 year span.

 

[chinarice]

Paid off to protect Pereira from the little feller beating his ass again.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

I always thought about that. I have several online friends in the UFC and ALL of them say they are hit with the same anxiety before fight. They say it's very hard to get through and you just have to.

Fixed your typo, you're welcome.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Theres a lot of mental struggle to get in there

People ask me that know Ive fought before how do you control your nerves?

I tell them its a very weird thing, having a scheduled bout. It’s nothing like a real fight where usually something happens, and immediately triggers you, and your overwhelming anger fuels your fighting rage

Nothing is triggering your rage on fight day, hell you may even wake up that day not even really feeling like a fight

So say you have a fight in a month or two and you start yo prepare for it. There will be days leading up to the fight where you feel “on-point” and then there will be days you wake up sore and just “off” and are glad the fight isn’t taking place on that particular day.

Finding that balance and being successful is a trait combat athletes must harness

 

[THEfightsAREfixed]

i think this is why wrestlers have had an advantage in combat sports, when you learn to deal with this as a youngster you know how to go through the steps and show up as expected

 

[Phillyz]

4 straight pull outs?? I think Pereia might of put a curse on him

dude was walking though Alex's punches like they were nothing but is scared of a wrestler?

 

[Minnja]

Theres a lot of mental struggle to get in there

People ask me that know Ive fought before how do you control your nerves?

I tell them its a very weird thing, having a scheduled bout. It’s nothing like a real fight where usually something happens, and immediately triggers you, and your overwhelming anger fuels your fighting rage

Nothing is triggering your rage on fight day, hell you may even wake up that day not even really feeling like a fight

So say you have a fight in a month or two and you start yo prepare for it. There will be days leading up to the fight where you feel “on-point” and then there will be days you wake up sore and just “off” and are glad the fight isn’t taking place on that particular day.

Finding that balance and being successful is a trait combat athletes must harness

The nerves/anxiety hitting while in the warm up room/locker room are tough. Making the walk to the cage/ring so far all those feelings go away for me but the wait to make the walk can be brutal. I’m sure at the highest levels it gets even more tough

 

[KarateYeah]

Fixed your typo, you're welcome.

That's amazing, you're the best

 

[humdizzle]

dana can relate

he ran away from the mob in south boston

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Should've done a Forrest Griffin and loaded up on Xanax the night before

 

[Mike]

Should've done a Forrest Griffin and loaded up on Xanax the night before

The rest of this country is high as balls 24/7 but they want dudes to fight in their underwear sober and not even over a chick

 

[Tweak896]

I wonder how many guys would be way better without the nerves and fought behind the scenes. One of the reasons Conor did so well is when he got to the cage he embraced the moment and just had no anxiety.

 

[Serge421]

It was his 1st fight at lightweight too so if he had any worries about the fight it's probably best he pulled out.

 

[KarateYeah]

4 straight pull outs?? I think Pereia might of put a curse on him

dude was walking though Alex's punches like they were nothing but is scared of a wrestler?

Bro doesn't need condoms