Payton
Talbott claims skateboarding takes even more of a toll on the
body than fighting.
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MMA and skateboarding appear to have a sort of connection, with
fighters like Luke
Rockhold, Kron
Gracie, Andre Fili
and several others having dabbled in the sport. Skateboarding is
also one of Talbott’s talents.
UFC lightweight Jalin
Turner, who is another skateboarding enthusiast, previously
said that the sport takes a bigger toll on the body than fighting.
Talbott agreed with that claim, explaining that a fall on concrete
hits harder than any shot in a fight. Talbott also claimed to know
of several MMA fighters’ careers jeopardized by skateboarding.
“Skateboarding [hurts the body more], for sure,” Talbott said
during a post-fight media scrum following UFC
303. “Nobody hits harder than concrete. Skateboarding has
derailed so many fighters’ careers.”
Talbott knocked out opponent Yanis
Ghemmouri in 19 seconds at UFC 303 on Saturday to score his
third consecutive finish in as many promotional outings. Supremely
confident going into the fight, the bantamweight prospect had even
laid down a winning strategy for his opponent. However, Talbott was
admittedly a little disappointed at how short the fight was, as he
wanted to put on more of a display.
“Yeah, a little bit. I just gave him a second to get back up,
because I was like, obviously didn’t want it to end that fast,”
Talbott said. “But I saw his head snap back, so, I was like, OK,
you gotta finish the job at that point.”
Talbott called out Adrian
Yanez after his UFC 303 win. Elaborating on his callout,
Talbott said that he expects “fireworks” out of the potential
matchup.
“I just think that’s a dog fight,” he said. “It’s a tough fight and
we would put on a really good show and it would just be fireworks.
So I’m all for it. I respect the dude.”