After that loss to Brundage, he stopped Julian Marquez in 20 seconds and decisioned Jose Medina, putting him on the must watch list at 185 pounds. The loss to Bekoev stings, but it hasn’t deterred the 31-year-old from moving forward. And while he usually supplements his work at home at the War Training Center with a trip to Thailand, this time around, Reese landed in Las Vegas, where he’s been working with former world champ Sean Strickland and the Xtreme Couture squad.
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“I’m just pushing those looks, just trying to get around the best guys I can,” he said. “And I met Chris Curtis in Thailand last trip out there and he opened the invite, so I figured I’d check it out. And there’s a bunch of UFC guys in the room and I’ve been getting to partner up with Sean Strickland every day, so I can’t ask for a better partner. And yeah, I like Sean too. I think the coolest thing with Sean is that in all the oil field jobs I had, there was always a guy like Sean out there. He works super hard, is a good leader, but he says s**t how he feels, and it’s refreshing. I like being around that. And I think Xtreme Couture has a really good room, really good energy, and the head coach is great.”
Admitting that he’s a work in progress, Reese is confident that he will get back in the win column this weekend, kicking off a run that he hopes will include a couple more victories.
