There’s no denying the UFC’s bantamweight division is stacked. Outdoors the promotion’s official top-15 rankings, there are a number of younger contenders on the rise, and lots of discover Peru’s Daniel Marcos to be a part of that pack.
Marcos (15-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC), unbeaten in his MMA profession, returns to the octagon Saturday in opposition to John Castaneda (21-6 MMA, 4-2 UFC) at UFC on ESPN 57. He plans to make an enormous assertion and proceed his undefeated run within the sport.
“I consider in my work, and I’m going to do one thing that many individuals don’t count on or don’t suppose I can do.” Marcos advised MMA Junkie in Spanish. “… It is a nice alternative for me. I’m going to exit and end him, and this time he received’t have an opportunity to have his moments or have the judges award him a win.
“I’m going out to complete. I’m fueled and I’m very hungry. My blood is boiling and when he’s in entrance of me. He’s going to really feel my energy. Any opponent that faces me goes to really feel my energy.”
Marcos expects this struggle to play out on the ft, however is prepared for something.
“Holding in thoughts he’s a southpaw and the angles he makes use of, I feel numerous this struggle goes to be standing,” Marcos mentioned. “I feel followers are going to take pleasure in this struggle and wherever this struggle goes, I’ll be prepared. If he needs to wrestle and grapple, I’m prepared. If he decides to take me down, he higher be prepared as a result of I’m going to squash him.”
Marcos thinks he needs to be 3-0 within the UFC, as he was beating Aoriqileng in his final outing earlier than a groin strike from him ended the bout in a no contest. He hopes a win Saturday might get him a spot within the rankings.
“It is a very powerful division, however I’m 100% certain that within the subsequent few months my title goes to be up there,” Marcos mentioned. “It’s going to occur very quickly. I’ve visualized it, and it’s solely a matter of time.”
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