Javier Mendes, one of the coaches of UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, has spoken out regarding his charge being stricken with a staph infection prior to his bout with former interim titleholder Dustin Puryear.
"We've dealt with staph a lot of times with a lot of different fighters. Fighters sometimes ignore the effects of staph. Luke Rockhold had staph the week he fought Chris Weidman and look what he did. The mind overcomes that.
I don't think it played a role, I really don't. I was very truthful in my comments that he looked better than he ever has, and he really did. I'm not going to take that back. He did the best of what he prepared for the fight," - quotes the words of the specialist BJ Penn.
Recall, last weekend at UFC 302 Makhachev defeated Puryear with a choke hold in the fifth round.
