“For the most part, it’s kind of like if you win, you keep progressing,” he said. “You might take a loss and then bounce back with a few wins. But I had to explain that to people like cousins and things like that. But even the people I know at the grocery store who see me there with my boys and have known me for years and know me as a father and a family man who struggles too, if they see something like that , I have to explain it. for them.”
Johns had a few months to explain everything. He can now focus on his fighting career inside the Octagon, and he couldn’t be more excited. As for 2023, it has not been as negative as one might assume.
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“For me, 2023 was still a solid year,” he said. “The worst part was dislocating my shoulder and tearing my pectorals two days before the fight with Raoni (Barcelos) and having to pull out. It was tough, but there was still a lot of growth in 2023, I settled in, I had that fight with Dan and I felt like it was a good fight for me. I saw that there were a lot of things I could improve on and I’m excited. I’m always excited to see things I can improve and do better.
That’s some optimism in the Midwest.