Nick Klein Talks UFC Fight Night 292 Contest Against Joe Kropschot

Fight fans, talk about Carl Pruz MMA. WE GOT A GUEST TODAY that we haven't had here in a while. You know, one of our favorite guests here at Carl Pruz MMA. He's getting ready making his UFC rout return. I CAN'T EVEN SPEAK. HALLOWEEN NIGHT, October 31st. He's taking on Joe Crop Shot. They call him the blue collar

one, ladies and gentlemen. He is Mr. Nick Klein. Nick, my friend, what's going on? >> Not a whole lot. How are you? >> I'm doing good, man. It's been a while since we talked. The last time we talked, you were getting ready to fight Andre Pulv was August of 2025. So, I've been out here over a year, man. What's

been the last year been like for you? >> Uh, really just kind of flying under the radar. Um, training, working, and uh was healing an injury. I was supposed to have another fight, but uh had a rib injury and so I had to heal that up and uh was really just waiting on a call uh

you know from from the time that I was healing up until now. So here's the next offer. >> Absolutely. You know, in that one year off, man, do you feel like you improved? Like what are some of the things you've been working on? >> Yeah, 100%. Uh not necessarily in like a physical aspect at all, but more of like

a mental one. I mean, I've always had like the size and strength, you know, and like certain technique and stuff to get by in the UFC, but um more or less uh kind of IQ choices and uh just the way um I I how dynamic I want to be in the cage and just making uh smarter choices in

there. >> Do you feel that fighting is more mental than is physical? >> 100%. Is that >> and and I've I've always relied more or less on the physical aspect of it. I think that's been my problem um my last two fights. >> You feel like the mental side of things, is that something you can train? Can you