Regardless of being on an unbelievable 11-fight profitable streak, UFC 301 flyweight title challenger Steve Erceg is not a family identify. The tenth-ranked Australian has largely flown below the radar however plans to vary that on Saturday.
Erceg takes on flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja within the UFC 301 predominant occasion in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday and is not frightened bout being the underdog.
“I do know that I wasn’t on the highest of everybody’s thoughts when it got here to a title shot, however the way in which that the division was Pantoja had already overwhelmed a whole lot of the challengers and persons are injured” Erceg mentioned on the UFC 301 Media Day. “The one different man that was actually in line for a shot was [Muhammad] Mokaev and I used to be on the identical card as him. I had a extra thrilling struggle than he did and the UFC determined to provide me a shot.
“I am right here to be the most effective man on this planet, so whether or not I am an underdog or I am the favourite, it does not actually matter to me. I will go in there and struggle one other dude in a cage and whoever is greatest goes to come back out. on high.”
Pantoja is understood for his sturdiness and toughness. Erceg expects the struggle to get ‘scrappy’ and he is out to show how robust he’s.
“I believe I will maintain vary. I will stroll him into area and hit him from angles and that wanting factor. I do know he is an actual robust man, so sooner or later it should get sloppy. It’ll scrappy and I will show that I am not only a technical man. I am additionally a troublesome man,” he mentioned.
“I have been working for this dream my complete life and that is the fruits of all my onerous work,” Erceg continued. “To lose right here could be devastating for me. I’ve received loads of stress on my shoulders and I am assured in all of the work I’ve carried out over time. I’ve educated very onerous for a really very long time.”
