I said it before the 1st fight that Vlad was going through some personal issues and that was the reason he looked the way he did. Now to confirm, his gf was spotted without her ring yesterday. I'll forever say that 99.99% of the time, personal issues with these athletes and their wives/gf's screw with their performance more than we would like to believe. Funny part, there is + money to make if you know beforehand. On the flip side, Joey Chestnut last year was heart broken going into the hot dog contest and you knew he would fall hard, this year he was all well mentally and he soared