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Topuria is leaving no stone unturned in preparing for his
upcoming fight.
Topuria (17-0) puts his lightweight title on the line against
interim champion Justin
Gaethje (27-5) in the main event at
UFC White House on June 14. Topuria recently revealed a
neurostimulation device he uses in fight camps. The device, which
looks like a complicated headgear, has two variations. The version
Topuria was wearing in his YouTube video is used to increase focus
before training.
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“El Matador” claims the effect of the device is better than 100
cups of coffee. Topuria says there’s another version of the device
that is used after training for mental recovery and sleep. Topuria
jokes that the only flaw the device has is its weird
appearance.
Weird But Effective
“This is neurostimulation with infrared light and serves for
various things, to improve focus, for mental recovery, to improve
sleep,” Topuria said on YouTube. “What I notice most is the focus before
training. It’s like not even 100 coffees match the effects of this.
Like super focused. I’ve used it in all my camps. It’s always
worked very well for me. Yeah, it’s true, it looks really weird,
but it’s amazing. It’s 15 minutes that I have to be here.
“The only bad thing is that if they take a photo of you with this
and publish it somewhere, you’ve got to pay a price for the good
things sometimes. This model has like two separate helmets. This is
for before training, and then I have another one that goes [near
the neck], it’s for at night, for after training. They don’t feel
anything. I only feel and hear the snoring.”