Anthony
Wint believes his stint in the National Football League
prepared him to handle the spotlight in the UFC.

Wint (8-0) is scheduled to make his sophomore
Ultimate Fighting Championship appearance against Lucas
Armand (6-0) at UFC
332 on Oct. 3 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The former New
York Jets linebacker says he isn’t overwhelmed by being around UFC
stars or being viewed as a celebrity.

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Anthony Wint says his NFL experience changed how he handles the
UFC spotlight

Wint has been training with several top-ranked and rising UFC
fighters, including Esteban
Ribovics, Gregory
Rodrigues, Anthony
Hernandez, Reinier
de Ridder and Roman
Dolidze. However, “Bow Down” isn’t starstruck, having already
been around high-profile athletes in the NFL. Wint also learned not
to be overwhelmed by the spotlight after his NFL career didn’t
develop as he had hoped.

“I played in the NFL and I’m used to being around the stars… I’m
used to people seeing me as a celebrity,” Wint said in an
interview. “And I train with Esteban [Ribovics]. My last fight, I
literally sparred three or four of the top-ranked guys in the
185-pound division: ‘Robocop,’ I was around Anthony, RDR… I’ve done
countless rounds with him, even Roman; when I went to the P.I., I
got to roll around with him a little bit. So, you miss this star
effect of, ‘Dang, I’m in the UFC.’ Because I already had that in
the NFL and I saw how it worked and it didn’t work.”

Wint earned his UFC contract on the ongoing season of
Dana White’s Contender Series with a 34-second finish in
August. Wint refused to leave Las Vegas without getting his UFC
debut booked and made his Octagon debut 11 days later at
UFC Sacramento, where he earned a first-round submission
victory.

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