British prospect Jake Hadley has admitted that losing his UFC debut earlier this year was mentally difficult to deal with.
Hadley, 26, was looking to kickstart his UFC career against Allan Nascimento in May but was beaten decisively by the Brazilian, who is a training partner of former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira. 'White Kong' looks to pick up his first UFC win this Saturday in the same arena where he lost his debut as he challenges Carlos Candelario in Las Vegas.
Reflecting on the debut that didn't go his way, Hadley told Mirror Fighting : "I was on such a good win streak and doing so well that I didn't fix some things in my training but the loss has made me do that. It was a hard time for me mentally, but I'm over that now and I'm looking to improve on it in this fight.
