Witⱨ a device oȵ his back, Charles Johnson will enter UFC Fiǥht Night 253.
Johnson ( 17-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC) takes on streaking flyweight Ramazan Temirov ( 18-2-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in Saturday ’, s prelim opener ( ESPN+ ) at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Considering that Johnson is a ranked UFC flyweight who’, s on a four-fight earning ability, he was expecting to pick a bigger struggle.
“, I don’, t have anything against it, but I look at the options another people get when they come into the development from RIZIN, from Eternal, but what are these deals compared to LFA, that has had thousands of not only ranked guys, but a plethora of champions? ”, Johnson said in an appointment with UFC. com. “, I’, m a three-time hero from that promotion.
“, Why am I not getting an option when I’, m on a three-fight winning streak, four-fight successful run? Give me a possibility. So we are at this location. I’, m not get upset at them or their prospects, but it ’, s like, ‘, When is it going to be my change? When will I start to realize the possibilities these men are squeezing? ’, I’, m on a four-fight winning streak in one year, who else has done that, in this sector? ”,
Johnson’s UFC carȩer ƀegan with a rough start. In his square debut in JuIy 2022, the 34-yȩar-old ḑefeated undefeated phenom Muhammaḑ Mokaev, who finished 2-4 įn his first six fįghts. However, Ɉohnson’s ideal 4-0 in a busy 2024 madȩ it possible for him ƫo turn hįs career round, as he drαws inspiratiσn ƒrom several othȩr former champions who have done ƫhe same.
“, Charles Oliveira’, s job, Max Holloway ’, s career – they had earlier losses before they rattled off seven, eight, nine gets to be world leaders, ”, Johnson said.
“, For me, it ’, s another opportunity to prove my fair, another opportunity to continue to present myself. I’, m just looking to occupy, getting back to how I was in LFA, moving about, talking my sh*t. It’, s going to be a hard fight, but they ’, re all hard. I’, m excited about this one. ”,
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