“The thing is, Thursday night to Friday night is very hard for every fighter,” MMAnews quoted Topuria as saying. “I have a hard time sleeping, I have a hard time resting, but I drink half a liter of wine and get high – have a great time with the team.”
“We’re changing the atmosphere. We don’t think about the fights, we give ourselves a holiday and I fall asleep like a child. I wake up the next morning two pounds lighter from dehydration, so it’s working out really well for me.”
As a reminder, the featherweight title fight between Alexander Volkanovski and Elijah Topuria will headline UFC 298 in Anaheim on Feb. 17, and the official weigh-in procedure for the numbered event kicks off on Feb. 16 at 6:50 p.m. ET.