{"id":18902,"date":"2026-01-31T16:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=18902"},"modified":"2026-01-31T16:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:25:01","slug":"jacob-malkoun-mamba-makes-his-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=18902","title":{"rendered":"JACOB MALKOUN | MAMBA MAKES HIS RETURN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>Ask anyone that has dealt with any kind of moderate to serious back issue and they\u2019ll tell you it\u2019s a tricky thing to contend with because getting things figured out and in proper working order isn\u2019t as straightforward as it is with the usual assortment of body parts that get jacked up in this or any other sport. The biggest difference-maker is often patience and a willingness to just trust the process, something Malkoun admittedly struggled with in the early days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the back gets injured \u2014especially for someone who\u2019s not patient like me, who tried to come back early and push it again, made it worse,\u201d said Malkoun, who was booked to face Rodolfo Vieira last February, but suffered a setback and was forced to withdraw. \u201cIn the beginning, it was hard \u2014that\u2019s why I tried to come back early. It was frustrating, and I accepted that \u2018It\u2019s not your time yet. Be patient \u2014 your time\u2019s gonna come, and when it does, be ready for it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/embedded\"><strong>UFC 325 Embedded<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/video\/153893\"><strong>Countdown<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe middleweight division is a hard division to fight in, so you have to be not only physically, but mentally prepared to fight with these guys because everyone is an animal; everyone is big, everyone is strong. I think the edge is gonna be in the mental, and with what I\u2019ve been through, I don\u2019t think anyone can stop me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mind plays tricks on you, and you get some doubts, but I\u2019ve always had that (philosophy of) feed the faith, starve the doubt,\u201d he added, touching on the hashtag. \u201cMarvin Hagler always said that, and it\u2019s the truest thing. When the doubts come, you think positive, because (your opponent) is going to be having doubts too. Everyone has it, but it\u2019s who\u2019s mentally tough to push through and perform? The top people do it, and I think I\u2019m a top-level athlete and I\u2019m gonna get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ufc.ac\/4bkBSU3\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>(function(d, s, id) {<br \/>\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];<br \/>\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}<br \/>\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;<br \/>\n  js.src = &#8220;\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&#8221;;<br \/>\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);<br \/>\n}(document, &#8220;script&#8221;, &#8220;facebook-jssdk&#8221;));<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/jacob-malkoun-mamba-makes-his-return\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask anyone that has dealt with any kind of moderate to serious back issue and they\u2019ll tell you it\u2019s a tricky thing to contend with because getting things figured out and in proper working order isn\u2019t as straightforward as it is with the usual assortment of body parts that get jacked up in this or &#8230; <a title=\"JACOB MALKOUN | MAMBA MAKES HIS RETURN\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=18902\" aria-label=\"Read more about JACOB MALKOUN | MAMBA MAKES HIS RETURN\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JACOB-MALKOUN-MAMBA-MAKES-HIS-RETURN.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18904,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18902\/revisions\/18904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}