Dennis Bermudez looks to calm ‘The Menace’ within, fight more relaxed

One of the most aggressive fighters in the UFC roster, Dennis Bermudez, is looking to change things up a bit.

The eighth-ranked UFC featherweight believes that the style that earned him five Performance of the Night awards also was the reason behind his two-fight losing streak. Bermudez, who fights Rony Jason at this Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 92, is looking to fight more relaxed going forward.

“Preparation is still the same, outwork your opponent, and go hard,” Bermudez told MMA Fighting. “However, the game plan has changed slightly. I think those two fights that I lost it was because I was so aggressive to a fault. I was kind of walking into things where as now, like if the guy is not going to move forward, I mean, don’t chase him. Relax, dude. You got 15 minutes to work. I get in there and I’m trying to make sprint work of the guy, get him tired right away, and try to finish him as fast as I can. Get in there relaxed, man, you got time.”

Bermudez was once on a seven fight-wining streak in the UFC …

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