“It was almost like I knew that I could die, and I did exactly what I needed to do,” Caceres said. “My body understood that this is a very stressful and dangerous situation, so I went limp and let the current take me out of the riptide, and it worked. I knew then that when I am faced with these crisis situations, that something innate inside of me knows to relax and calm down in order to make this, whether the outcome is negative or positive, more of an acceptable experience for myself.”
Lately, those outcomes are positive ones for Caceres, who won seven of his last eight fights.
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He gets a heck of a dance partner at UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs The Korean Zombie in Giga Chikadze. The kickboxing specialist was tabbed as a potential title challenger before running into Calvin Kattar in his first main event back in January 2022. Chikadze hasn’t fought since that decision loss, but the stylistic matchup has striking fans drooling.
The bout is also Caceres’ first outside of the UFC APEX in Las Vegas since July 2019. Regardless of that, though, Caceres is just eager to put on a show.
