Cody Stamann (21-5-1 MMA, 7-4-1 UFC) stood on the edge of the heart of Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, preparing for his walk to the Octagon, where he would soon fight hometown favorite Luan Lacerda (12-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC).
A three-minute commercial break kept Stamann standing there while he awaited the tune of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man” to fill the arena. The Sparta, Michigan native was met with water bottles being thrown at him by the Brazilian crowd, he said.
Stamann wants people to imagine that happening to them right before they are about to walk out and fight.