Dan Ige Needs Spot at UFC 306, Trusts No matter Matchmakers Have in Thoughts
Talking to Damon Martin of MMAFighting.com, Dan Ige stated that he feels a battle throughout UFC’s debut on the Sphere in Las Vegas makes plenty of sense.
“I wish to battle on the Sphere. I feel my plan was to battle July 20 and name out an opponent for the Sphere. I simply suppose it is smart. What we did and getting Dana’s reassurance that we are able to have that, I’m going all-in on that. We’ll see what occurs. Is it Diego? Is it Yair [Rodriguez]? Is it Chepe? I don’t know. I feel we’ll get an enormous battle. Whoever it’s, goes to be an enormous battle on the Sphere.”
Ige is uncertain if he’ll ever share the Octagon with Diego Lopes once more, however he believes they each have etched their names within the MMA historical past books with their UFC 303 battle on the absolute eleventh hour.
“You by no means know what’s going to occur from right here on out, however we cemented our legacy proper there,” Ige stated of Lopes. “Can we battle once more? I don’t know. He has an incredible quantity of respect for me, as I do for him. That being stated, it might be enjoyable. You give us each time and alternative to recreation plan, to review one another, to each weigh in at 145 so there’s no bizarre variables. I’m not going to sit down right here and name him out like, ‘I’d have had you if I had two extra minutes!’ As a result of it doesn’t matter.
“I suppose we’ve simply received to sit down and wait and see what occurs. The UFC is intelligent and clearly they do their job very properly and may get shit executed in 4 hours, to allow them to make one thing occur, and I’m simply going to belief no matter they’re doing. We’ll see what occurs from right here on out.”
It’ll be attention-grabbing to see what’s subsequent for Dan Ige, however it’s protected to say that MMA followers have newfound respect for the 26-fight veteran.