ATT Fighter: Poirier Retirement, Strickland Suspension, Pereira Call Out

Krzysztof Jotko will collide with Marek Mazuch at Oktagon 74: Bolander vs. Szabová on August 9th.

Jotko appeared on Bowks Talking Bouts and covered multiple topics like: -what he had to adapt, if anything at all, after previously being lined up to fight Vlasto Cepo in the Oktagon MMA cage here

-viewing Mazuch as a better opponent than Cepo ultimately

-being in the semi-finals of the Tip Sport Game Changer tournament

-dealing with a divorce earlier this year and now being in a much better place overall in his life, mood-wise

-aiming for an Oktagon MMA championship before his career ends

-training at American Top Team alongside people like Kayla Harrison and Alexandre Pantoja who are UFC champions in the context of how much ATT can behoove his championship path

-getting in some sparring rounds with Bo Nickal per a past post on social media in the context of his thoughts on Nickal's loss to RDR

-training with Marvin Vettori, previously fighting Brendan Allen himself, and his thoughts on the Vettori vs. Allen fight at UFC 318

-fellow ATT compatriot Johnny Eblen's recent upset loss to Costello Van Steenis to PFL Africa 1 in the waning moments of their fight

-the main takeaways from his Oktagon MMA debut win over Ion Surdu at Oktagon 70 in April

-refining his submission grappling game in the gym with Buchecha and what he thinks Marcus Almeida's ceiling in the UFC can be

-still being so high up in the UFC middleweight history for his percentile of effectiveness with his takedown defense

-Roman Kopylov topping the list for highest percentage of takedown defense among UFC middleweights all time, who Jotko was supposed to fight in April 2019 before Kopylov withdrew from injury, in the context of his thoughts on Kopylov's performance against Paulo Costa at UFC 318

-being featured on some past undercards for Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier in the context of his thoughts on the UFC 318 headliner with Holloway and Poirier having their trilogy bout

-previously fighting Sean Strickland in the UFC, training with the former UFC middleweight champion later on, and his thoughts on Strickland's Nevada suspension for storming the cage to confront a regional mixed martial arts fighter who was goading him on

-previously calling out Alex Pereira and saying that he agreed to fight 'Poatan'early in his UFC career before the Brazilian KO artist was booked to fight Bruno Silva in the context of his thoughts on the upcoming Pereira vs. Magomed Ankalaev rematch for UFC gold

-if he thinks Pereira has grown in his anti-wrestling game over the years in that prior context of how demonstrably good Jotko's takedown defense inside the UFC octagon has been

-if a rematch with current Oktagon champion Will Fleury is something that interests him after this tournament is done considering the inauspicious Fleury fight he had in PFL