“Now I’m in the phase where I’ve started losing weight. So I’ve been losing weight for a long time, but now it’s like I had to stop sugar, and that’s already quite challenging. I was just training and the energy is a bit lacking,” she said a thirty-one-year-old native of Příbram during the final stage of preparation.
He divides his training between Prague’s Reinders Gym and Ireland’s Straight Blast Gym, from which, for example, Connor McGregor, the world star of MMA, emerged.
Lucie Pudilová
She was born on June 13, 1994
in Příbram. Between 2017
and in 2020 she was the first Czech to become a member of the UFC, the most prestigious organization in the world. She is the first Czech MMA wrestler to win a title belt. It was
in 2016 in the GFC organization. She is a pioneer of this sport
with us.
Dropping kilograms to the necessary limit is an inherent part of the preparation of wrestlers. And also for the most demanding ones. “When I had my last match, I threw badly. I had a throwdown and a match on the same day. I had to lose a lot of kilos. I won the match, but I could have won it much better, I struggled a lot. Therefore, dropping the weight well is very important,” she pointed out.
Pudilová will soon complete her third dozen professional matches and can thus compare where she enjoys the best atmosphere during matches.
“I haven’t wrestled in Stuttgart yet, but I did in Germany, my last match before my knee injury was in Dortmund. It seemed to me that it wasn’t like that at the beginning, but then people started cheering more. In the Czech Republic, it’s definitely about something else. For me, it’s definitely better to fight at home. I’m Czech and I feel the most support. The Octagon is good for this, a lot of people cheer and it creates a great atmosphere during the matches,” she declared.
Lucie Pudilová will enter the cage at bantamweight after an eight-month hiatus caused by a knee injury. Her German rival Katharina Lehner, champion of two organizations, awaits her.
“She’s pretty aggressive, a stand-up, it’s going to be a lot of boxing. She tried takedowns in the last fight (pulling the opponent to the ground – author’s note). She is very experienced, she has a lot of matches behind her. In Germany it is a pioneer, a bigger name. I’m happy to fight her,” Pudilová mentioned.
MMA like volleyball
The German audience will understandably be on the side of the home star. Will it be worse for the Czech wrestler because of this? “I don’t think about it at all and I assume that they won’t cheer for me there. But if the atmosphere is stormy, it will be good. I haven’t experienced anyone booing me yet, maybe I have to start preparing for that,” she smiled.
As mentioned, Pudilová has had a forced break and is looking forward to a better year. “I wrestled only once last year, this year I would like to do as many as possible. I would definitely like to fight for the title if I get the chance,” she added.
The life of a professional wrestler is full of travel and moving for training and the evening show itself.
“I don’t like traveling very much, but I’ve gotten used to it and when I don’t travel, it feels strange. There are a lot of nice places where I haven’t wrestled yet. I’d like to visit Australia,” she revealed.
The Octagon world has been talking lately on mandatory doping controls. It should happen in about half a year. “It is definitely a step in the right direction and hopefully it will help,” said the Czech fighter.
To outsiders, the world of MMA can seem full of animosity, exchanges of sharp words and hard punches. “A lot of people feel like they fight, beat each other up and then calmly shake hands and go talk. It’s the same as when someone plays volleyball, for example,” she pointed out.
