Fortis Mma’s Sayif Saud Shares Key to Reaching 100 UFC Coaching Wins

Coaches Are Among The MOST UNHERLED PEOPLE IN MMA, BUT AT UFC FIGHT NIGHT 254 This Past Saturday, Fortis Mma Leader Sayif Saud Got His Flowers.

After Being A Frequent Presence in the Corner of Notable Athletes Under The UFC Banner, Saud Reached The Landmark of 100 Team Victories with The Sport’s Biggest Promotion, and IT Came Couries. Triumph Over Stephanie Luciano in a Strawweight Bout at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The moment hughes’ hand was raised, she took the Microphone Durying Her Post-Fight Interview and Showed Saud with Praise, Vocalizing The Signification of The Dallas-Based Team Hitting UFC.

“Everybody was so Cool about it like, ‘Tonight’s the Night,’ ‘Saud Told Mma Junkie. “IT surprised me, honestly, because there’s so Much Fights, so Much Crap Going on. EveryBody Who Plays A ROLE (at The UFC) that people don ‘. EveryBody Handled It Pretty Awesome and Gave me A Lot of Love.

“Winning Fights in the UFC isn’s Easy. Winning Double Digit Fights Over Multiple Years, It’s So Hard. I Think We’ve Done It Five Times Year, We’ve Done That A Couple of Times.

Saud, a former fighter who found his place as a coach with the famped jackson-wink mma in albuquerque, nm, got his first coaching: September 2013. His personal Highlights as a Cornerman on the Road to 100 includd geoff neal’s 90-second Knokout of Mike Perry in December 2019, An Brandon Moreno Emer. Deiveson Figueiedo as UndisPuted Flyweight Champion.

Althugh 100 Represents A Monumental Achievement for Saud and A Key Item Crossed Off His Bucket List, He Said It’s Not The Time to Rust on His Laurels. He’s Still Got Relevant, Highly Ranked Names in His Stable of Fighters Who Have Aspirs of Their Own.

“I HAD TWO GOALS (AS A COACH): My First Goal Was to Get To 100 Wins, Because and Thought That’s Don Shula-Esque, You Can You Be Denied,“ Saud Said. “That’s a Lot of Wins. The Second Was to Win an UndisPuted Title, WHICH THAT WASN’T Easy at All and Will Be Very Hard to Again and that’s What We’re Striving To, To.

Althugh fortis mma is now Among the MOST ESTABLISHED AND PRESTIGIUS GYMS IN THE SPORT, SAUD SAID IT’s A Priority to Continue Expanding and Evolving. Longtime Team Member and UFC Lightweight Veteran Diego Ferreira Recently Committed to a Role As Full-Time Jiu-Jitsu Coach, Which Saud Said Adds to The “Very Un.

In December, Saud Told Mma Junkie That HE WAS MUCHING A COACHING RETIRIMENT IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE. He Said Those Comments Were Met with Pushback from His Athletes, Especially Those Who Are Younger in Their Respect Careers.

Saud said he’s not yet ready to make his exit as forta mma’s head coach, especialyly as he Reflects on Such A Big Moment in his Career, which he preacted asa Compete at the Highest Level of MMA.

“I’ve got to thank everyone at the gym that have been part of this journey Since Day 1,” Saud Said. “This DREAM THAT WE HAD TO BUILD This Team from Scratch, To Kind of See It Now Hit This Milestone of 100 Wins is Just Kind Crazy. It’s Surreal In Someone Ways Beca And I Feel Like’s What kind of this 100 wins shows, is the consistency at the Highest Level WHEN The Sport Has Continued to Get Harder and Harder. I so much more competitive.

“I’m gone so much. Life’s Trade-Offs. For Those 100 Wins, That’s 100 Times That I Wasn’t Here at Home To Watch My Own Kind Appreciate Everybody.

To Hear More from Saud on His Milestone of 100 UFC Wins, Check Out His Complete Appearance On “The Bohnfire” PodCast with Mma Junkie Senior Reporter Mike Bohn in the Video.