WHAT'S NEXT FOR WALKINS

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Here's a fighter who is locked in on his mission to fight in the UFC Ultimate Fighting Championships. Despite coming off of a defeat in his last encounter Mixed Martial Artist Joash Walkins says he is not giving up on his dream of competing on the highest level. Walkins now has a record of 16 wins and two losses and now he is aiming to work on his weaker areas before targeting new opponents.

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00:00Joash the Honey Badger Walkins has not given up on his dream of representing

00:04the Red White and Black at the Ultimate Fighting Championships. His record now

00:08stands at 16 wins and 2 losses after moving up a weight class and losing

00:12unanimously to TJ Laramie. It's a risk he knew he had to take and now he's

00:18planning his next move. I am going back to the drawing board actually to be

00:23honest I felt like I felt like a pressure is lift off of me like I lost

00:32again and something just the pressure of losing is lift I I think I don't even

00:42have the pressure of losing anymore because we all win we all lose you can

00:46see Adesanya is one of the best in the world he lost his last fight anything

00:50can happen in this game so that is why I release that pressure of losing now

00:54now when you see me going there you're gonna see the real honey badger. He says

00:58he's been getting offers for other fights and has sent a warning to his

01:02next opponent. And I'm over the fear of losing so I'm going in there a free guy

01:08I've lost already once I've lost twice I'm going there a free guy and the world

01:14is gonna see all my tools all my tools at hand and I'm gonna try my utmost best

01:20to finish those guys in devastating fashion that is what Dana White like to

01:24see he like to see a finish guys in devastating fashion and that is my next

01:29goal now to demolish everybody in my pathway. While his heart and mind is

01:33locked in on the mission, Wilkins is still hindered by traveling issues. It's

01:38an issue he needs to find an answer to if he is to attain his dream of getting

01:43A-level training to prepare to face the best. So the US is the next best place

01:47for wrestling for MMA and I do not have my US visa so I was looking at the next

01:53best option which is will be Russia so I've decided that I'm gonna try for my

02:00US visa again if I could get government assistance by letter or something

02:06because come on I'm the king of the Caribbean for mixed martial arts and the

02:12king of the Caribbean need to make it to the UFC and I think the only way to make

02:16it to the UFC for me I have to train with the best in the world. Back in TNT

02:21Wilkins continues to guide fitness enthusiasts through his club HitFit by

02:26sharing high-level experience that only a select few possess in the country.

02:30Sergio Dufour, TV6 sport

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