Steve Erceg is wanting ahead to a putting battle with Kai Kara-France.
Erceg (12-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) takes on Kara-France (24-11 MMA, 7-4 UFC) within the UFC 305 co-main occasion Aug. 17 at RAC Area in Perth (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).
Erceg is coming off a aggressive title loss to flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 301 in Might. The Perth native acknowledges Kara-France’s energy, however thinks he has extra instruments within the standup division.
“I believe he’s very harmful, however I believe I’m barely extra dynamic,” Erceg informed Submission Radio. “I steer clear of sure weapons of his, and I believe I’d have extra methods to win on the ft.”
Kara-France, who has 11 knockouts on his resume – together with a end of former champion Cody Garbrandt, obtained his want in combating Erceg. Kara-France stated he sees Erceg as a fantastic dance companion, and the previous title challenger agrees.
“We’re going to attempt to be killing one another from the primary bell, and I’m going to attempt to knock him out,” Erceg stated.
Though his struggle with Pantoja was shut, Erceg is aware of he has a bit of labor to do earlier than he can get one other title alternative.
“I believe I get put within the high 5 within the rankings,” Erceg stated of a possible win. “I don’t suppose that’ll get me a (title) struggle immediately. He (Pantoja) fought quite a lot of rematches and there’s quite a lot of thrilling fights for him in the mean time within the division, so I think about it’ll be a couple of fights away nonetheless. However it places me in good stead at the very least for my subsequent couple of fights.”
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