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Charlotte \u2014 Bantamweight Lewis McGrillen raised eyebrows when he chose to make a quick turnaround to compete at PFL Charlotte on Friday, just weeks after losing to Rafael do Nascimento back in Austin.<\/p>\n
Things could not have gone better for McGrillen (13-2), however, as he came away with a thrilling unanimous decision victory over Brandon Lewis in Charlotte that has seemingly wiped away all memory of the loss.<\/p>\n
Speaking to media outlets including Cageside Press backstage at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, NC, England\u2019s McGrillen revealed that he decided to make a quick turnaround immediately after that July loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cSoon as I got out of the cage, bro. Last fight, not this one, last fight, five minutes, [my team] was like \u2018we need to go again.\u2019 And I\u2019m like \u2018yup, straight away,’\u201d McGrillen recalled.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day, I wasn\u2019t happy with the result three weeks ago, and I was going to make the changes. Go again, man. I\u2019m the guy that will take risks, I\u2019m the guy that will step out of my comfort zone. When people walk down the path, I\u2019ll take my own path, because I\u2019m by own person, I\u2019m my own man, but I get guided by the right people.\u201d<\/p>\n
On improving in just a matter of weeks, McGrillen believes that \u201cyou can learn a lot in 20 days if you know what you\u2019re looking for,\u201d he added. \u201cIf you know what you need to work on, if you stay honest and true with it. You can be self-aware, some people can be self-aware with what you need to work on, but then when you get in there with the pressure and the lights and the audience and stuff like that, people go back to old habits and cracking and things. I know I need to work on that, I was always thinking ahead. Patience, patience.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s all about fine-tuning the in-cage artistry, it seems.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m the threat, I don\u2019t need to rush it,\u201d he continued, making an analogy to the world of fine art. \u201cI\u2019m painting it, I\u2019m making art. Don\u2019t rush it. Before you know it, you\u2019re just making a nursery or a preschool sketch, instead of a Van Gogh. I\u2019m doing a Van Gogh painting, you know what I mean?\u201d<\/p>\n