“The good part of me is naturally, I don’t like where it’s too loud or parties or stuff like this,” he said with a laugh. “I was blessed as well because I don’t like these things. It is so easy for me to be so far away from these things. I don’t drink alcohol. I don’t smoke. I’m just so grateful to God, and I want Him to keep me on this line; I don’t want to change.”
It’s just gym, train, and then home to his kittens, Lily and Mia.
“For me, it’s the best life.”
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Though he doesn’t want his approach to change, there is one shift that has already transpired for Gautier ahead of UFC 324, as the middleweight wrecking machine has dropped his old moniker of “The Silent Assassin” in favor of something more fitting of his approach in the Octagon — “The Storm.”
“‘Silent’ was because I didn’t speak any English; I didn’t speak a word of English,” began Gautier, explaining the genesis of his initial nickname and the impetus for changing things up. “Before, if you asked me a question in English, I would just look at you, wondering, ‘What is he trying to say?’ because I used to speak French. I didn’t learn to speak English before getting to England. I never took the time to learn English in Cameroon because I’m from the French part of Cameroon, so there was no need.
“As soon as I get in England, it was like, ‘Oh my god,’” he added, laughing as he recalled an earlier teacher who told him he was making a mistake by not taking the time to learn English as a youngster. “She was right, but now it’s okay now.”
As for his new name, “It’s right because I just come to destroy everything.”
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