{"id":40825,"date":"2026-10-01T02:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T02:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Ateba-Gautier-has-blunt-advice-for-fighters-who-want-to-look-pretty-203027"},"modified":"2026-10-01T02:20:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T02:20:59","slug":"ateba-gautier-has-blunt-advice-for-fighters-who-want-to-look-pretty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ateba-gautier-has-blunt-advice-for-fighters-who-want-to-look-pretty\/","title":{"rendered":"Ateba Gautier has blunt advice for fighters who want to \u2018look pretty\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ateba
\nAbega Gautier<\/a> wears his battle scars with pride.<\/p>\n

Gautier is scheduled to face Roman
\nKopylov<\/a> (15-5) in an
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> middleweight bout at UFC
\n332<\/a> on Oct. 3 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The rising
\ncontender understands that physical damage comes with the territory
\nin combat sports.<\/p>\n

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Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ateba Gautier embraces his battle scars before facing Roman
\nKopylov at UFC 332<\/h2>\n

The Cameroonian believes those concerned with preserving their
\nappearance might want to reconsider a career in combat sports.
\nGautier considers the scars on his face badges of honor.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t fight if you want to stay clean,\u201d Gautier told the UFC. \u201cIf
\nyou want to look pretty, don\u2019t fight. Because there\u2019s always
\nsomeone in front of you who wants to look dirty. And he wants you
\nto look dirty as well. So, I\u2019m not there to look clean. I have
\nscars on my eyebrows. These are gold\u2026 I\u2019ll never get rid of them.
\nSo, why are you fighting? To be a model? No, I didn\u2019t choose to be
\na model. I chose to be a fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gautier (11-1) has finished four of his five UFC opponents so far,
\nthree of them in the first round. Meanwhile, Kopylov is 7-5 in the
\nUFC and has shared the Octagon with several established
\nmiddleweights. The Russian is coming off a victory over Marco
\nTulio<\/a>, rebounding from consecutive losses to Paulo Costa<\/a>
\nand Gregory
\nRodrigues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

\u201cIf you want to look pretty, don’t be a
\nfighter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ateba Gautier (@AtebaGautierMMA) is embracing the fire as he steps
\nup to fight Roman
\nKopylov<\/a> and hopes to make it a “dirty” fight on October 3.
\n#UFC332<\/a><\/p>\n

Fight by Fight Preview \u27a1\ufe0f: https:\/\/t.co\/Sw9Lgv3uJ3<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/cXiKsnR7rY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC News (@UFCNews)
\nSeptember 30, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Ateba Abega Gautier wears his battle scars with pride. Gautier is scheduled to face Roman Kopylov (15-5) in an Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight bout at UFC 332 on Oct. 3 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The rising contender understands that physical damage comes with the territory in combat sports. Advertisement Ateba Gautier embraces […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}