Zach Reese vows to by no means be in a boring battle.
Reese (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) picked up his first octagon win when he knocked out Julian Marquez (9-5 MMA, 3-5 UFC) in simply 20 seconds this previous Saturday at UFC on ESPN 57 from KFC Yum! Middle in Louisville, Ky.
All six of Reese’s wins have are available Spherical 1, and the Dana White’s Contender Collection graduate appears ahead to thrilling followers with extra livid finishes.
“I hope the followers will resonate with my model as a result of I grew up a fan and I hate boring fighters,” Reese advised UFC Information. “I’ll by no means be a boring fighter. I’ll die earlier than I’m in a boring battle. My plan was to be slightly extra affected person with Julian, sort of draw him out, getting him consuming on my feints after which crack the sh*t out of him, and that’s what occurred.”
Reese was on the incorrect finish of a spotlight reel in his UFC debut when he was knocked out courtesy of a Cody Brundage slam in December. The 30-year-old was comfortable to rebound and present the true model of himself towards Marquez.
“I’m not making excuses for my debut. That final month of my camp, I received injured and I wasn’t in a position to practice for the whole lot of the final month of the camp,” Reese mentioned. “I nonetheless took the battle considering I may win based mostly on my expertise, and I didn’t. So it meant a ton to come back in right here and present what a wholesome Zach Reese can do.”
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