Nate Marquardt said it was becoming more and more obvious, even if others had caught on much earlier. After a three-fight losing streak and the potential of a pink slip awaiting him with one more defeat, Marquardt finally realized that maybe welterweight wasn’t the division for him. So the 48-fight veteran returned to middleweight, and in today’s UFC Fight Night 43 headliner, Marquardt (33-13-2 MMA, 11-6 UFC) scored an impressive first-round submission victory over James Te Huna (16-8 MMA, 5-4 UFC). “My training was suffering because of the diet,” Marquardt told MMAjunkie after the UFC Fight Pass-streamed event, which took place at Auckland’s Vector Arena in Te Huna’s home country of New Zealand. “I wasn’t getting the right training
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UFN 43 winner Nate Marquardt: ‘I wasn’t getting the right training’ at welterweight – MMA Junkie