UFC on FX 5’s Jacob Volkmann says critics just ‘don’t understand the sport’

ST. ANTHONY, Minn. – In advance of UFC on FX 5, Jacob Volkmann took his allotted hotel room from the UFC despite living just 20 minutes away.

Fighting for a hometown crowd is stressful, but fighting in front of a hometown crowd in the UFC is even mor…

ST. ANTHONY, Minn. – In advance of UFC on FX 5, Jacob Volkmann took his allotted hotel room from the UFC despite living just 20 minutes away.

Fighting for a hometown crowd is stressful, but fighting in front of a hometown crowd in the UFC is even more so. And coming off a loss inside the octagon, well, Volkmann needed his own space.

“I’ve got to focus a little bit more,” he told MMAjunkie.com.