{"id":40950,"date":"2026-10-09T05:23:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T05:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Malcolm-Wellmaker-admits-costly-mistake-ahead-of-UFC-Vegas-122-203148"},"modified":"2026-10-09T05:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T05:23:03","slug":"malcolm-wellmaker-admits-costly-mistake-ahead-of-ufc-vegas-122","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/malcolm-wellmaker-admits-costly-mistake-ahead-of-ufc-vegas-122\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm Wellmaker admits costly mistake ahead of UFC Vegas 122"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Malcolm
\nWellmaker<\/a> believes his recent losses in the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> have helped him become a more
\ncomplete fighter.<\/p>\n

Wellmaker (10-2) will look to snap a two-fight losing streak when
\nhe faces Otari
\nTanzilovi<\/a> (10-2) at
\nUFC Vegas 122<\/a> on Saturday at Meta Apex in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

\n

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Malcolm Wellmaker says he underestimated Ethyn Ewing before
\nchanging camps and preparing for Otari Tanzilovi<\/h2>\n

Wellmaker suffered his first professional loss to Ethyn Ewing<\/a>
\nlast November. He was then submitted by Juan Diaz<\/a> in
\nMay, dropping his UFC record to 2-2 after earning a contract on
\n
\nDana White\u2019s Contender Series<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n

Wellmaker said the losses exposed shortcomings in his game and
\nprompted him to seek a new training environment. He subsequently
\njoined
\nAmerican Top Team<\/a>, where he has worked with experienced
\nfighters and coaches to refine his skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never had to deal with the loss part until recently, and
\nfortunately those words stuck with me,\u201d Wellmaker said in a
\nprefight interview. \u201cSo, when I lost my fights, I mean, yeah, that
\nhurt, but, you know, they took nothing away from me. That made me
\nbetter.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also acknowledged underestimating Ewing.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy confidence was a little bit high,\u201d Wellmaker added. \u201cI
\nrespected him, but not enough. And so, you know, that was a
\nmentality shift, but also like a skill thing too, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old wants to maintain the aggressive style that earned
\nhim a UFC contract and victories in his first two appearances with
\nthe promotion while taking a more calculated approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI need to go in there, still be aggressive, still try to put this
\npower on people, knock them out cold, but, you know, just do it in
\na more strategic manner,\u201d Wellmaker said.<\/p>\n

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\n

“Never let a win go to your head, and never
\nlet a loss go to your heart.” Malcolm
\nWellmaker<\/a> (@WallaTheMachine) believes a mentality shift and
\nmove to American Top Team will help him return to form at
\n#UFCVegas122. Fight By Fight Preview \u27a1\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/QO9ltlLz7T
\nhttps:\/\/t.co\/futrKGbUUL<\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC News (@UFCNews)
\nOctober 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Malcolm Wellmaker believes his recent losses in the Ultimate Fighting Championship have helped him become a more complete fighter. Wellmaker (10-2) will look to snap a two-fight losing streak when he faces Otari Tanzilovi (10-2) at UFC Vegas 122 on Saturday at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Advertisement Malcolm Wellmaker says he underestimated Ethyn Ewing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40950","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\/40950","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=40950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}