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Pyfer is scheduled to headline UFC Seattle against Israel Adesanya on Saturday. While performing media obligations, Pyfer is evidently different than his former self. While Pyfer would burst out with emotions back in the day, “Bodybagz” can be seen calm and collected ahead of UFC Seattle. Pyfer reveals that the change is due to his newfound faith in God.
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“I feel like I’ve had a complete resurgence, a complete 360, as far as my faith and God and Jesus Christ,” Pyfer told Ful Send MMA. “I feel I’ve had an outer body experience with something, where I was able to see who I was and I was pretty disappointed. And I feel God gave me direction and a chance to change my life. And it’s the craziest presence I’ve ever felt in my life.”
Pyfer credits his soon-to-be wife, Ashlyn, for introducing him to God. Planning to have a family soon, Pyfer can now finally see life beyond fighting.
‘My True Legacy
“Her name’s Ashlyn, she’s been my girlfriend for six plus years now,” Pyfer said. “And just envisioning marriage and family and serving her as my significant other, and just rebuilding that with trust, and God at the center of everything, is going to be something that I feel like is my true legacy. And having an actual family, whereas before I thought that [fighting] was all or nothing. And I didn’t know who I was outside of fighting. And I think if you would have taken this away from me, I would have self-destructed.”
6-1 in the UFC, Pyfer has only lost to Jack Hermansson in his last UFC headliner in 2024. Pyfer has since rebounded with a three-fight winning streak, most recently a submission win over Abusupiyan Magomedov last October.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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