Jessica-Rose Clark suffered a tough loss Saturday at UFC Vegas 48 against Swiss fighter Stephanie Egger. The result was a submission in the first round with Egger finding the armbar very quickly.

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Jessica-Rose Clark spoke out after the fight and revealed that she was suffering from performance anxiety. Many UFC fighters go through it but not everyone is comfortable talking about it.

“Obviously, I fucked up on Saturday night,” the UFC bantamweight said in an Instagram video. “I’m super gutted, there’s something that’s going on, like a bit of performance anxiety that I have experienced in the last couple of fights. I’m fortunate that in the fights leading up to this win it worked out,” Clark said, “Our game plan for this one was not to clinch at all, not clinch for a second. I don’t know how I ended up there, I don’t know, my brain shut off and my body went into autopilot. That’s her game, she’s fucking amazing at it, when she hit that second hip toss it rocked me pretty hard.

“She’s incredible at the things she does, it’s obviously unfortunate for me that my autopilot was to go in and clinch and give her what she needed. I’m super disappointed, I’m pretty heartbroken about that,” UFC fighter Clark added. “I had the best camp I have ever had, my body felt amazing. One little injury happened before the fight that did impede things a little bit but I felt great mentally, I felt incredible. I really thought this performance anxiety thing wouldn’t happen and how confident in my preparation I was. This is a tough sport for a reason.”