Looking back on his unanimous decision win over David Jordan at Fight Night 11 in September, lightweight Shane Campbell is not only happy to have picked up the victory, but to have also showcased new skills he hadn’t before in the fight.
Now, he hopes to close out 2019 with a victory in the Unified MMA 39 co-main event.
Though Campbell performed well in the fight against Jordan, he acknowledges that a lot of what he did in the bout came as the result of having to work around injury issues he had leading into the bout.
“I grew in a way I hadn’t in any other fights,” Campbell told MMAWeekly.com. “I went into that fight a little bit injured, just like most of my other fights, but it forced me to fight a certain way, and because of that I grew a massively way, really. I threw about 50 side kicks, and I’ve never thrown a side kick before.”
Injuries are something that Campbell feels like he just has to deal with at this point because he can’t afford to put his fight career on hold for any extended period of time to focus solely on recuperation.
“When you’re dealing with ligament tears and stuff like that a couple of months isn’t enough,” said Campbell. “I really feel like I’ve been plagued by injuries that are lasting longer than a couple of months. It’s unfortunate, but at my prime at 32 I’m not about to sit on the sidelines for a year or two years.”
On Friday, Dec. 6, in Enoch, Canada, Campbell (16-8) will look to close out his 2019 on a winning streak when he faces late replacement Dawond Pickney (16-14) in the 165-pound co-main event of Unified MMA 39.
This article first appeared at News – MMAWeekly.com
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