Danny Martinez hasn’t had the easiest run in the Zuffa organization, but the San Diego flyweight is far from finished. So despite three consecutive UFC losses, as he approaches his UFC 193 bout against Richie Vaculik, he finds confidence in something his coach Eric DelFierro told him earlier this year.
They’re words of wisdom that hit Martinez so deeply that he wrote them down and made nearly two dozen copies to place on mirrors around his home and to bring with him to Melbourne, Australia.
“Get your mind right, your shot is coming,” Del Fierro said. “I need you to not think of results.