Unconventional means are not foreign to Goiti Yamauchi.
The longtime Bellator MMA standout dipped his toes in Professional Fighters League waters for the first time in April, as he outpointed Neiman Gracie to a unanimous decision in their PFL 3 rematch and moved to 2-0 in his head-to-head series with the well-regarded Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt. Yamauchi’s preparation extended far beyond the typical tape study associated with traditional mixed martial arts training.
“We are in the era of artificial intelligence,” he told Sherdog.com. “There’s a lot of information on the Internet, and today, you can learn basically everything [there].