Las Vegas, NV – UFC featherweight Isaac Dulgarian wanted to prove that he could go the full 15 minutes at UFC Vegas 78 on Saturday night to prove the doubters wrong, but a first round finish of Francis Marshall isn’t bad either.
“People say I haven’t had the toughest opponents, but I mean if you look at anyone on the regional scene, they don’t have the toughest opponents either. People are saying I can’t go three rounds. I proved that I don’t necessarily have to,” Dulgarian told reporters including Cageside Press at his post-fight scrum.
“I do train in Denver and I can go three rounds with anybody in the world. I’m just excited to be here, excited to do what I did, and that’s it.”
Dulgarian (6-0) came in with plenty of hype coming into UFC Vegas 78 with 5 wins, no losses, and all finishes. The naysayers still remained stuck on that he finishes his fights quickly because he can’t hang in the cage for a full fight.
“I don’t want to fight three rounds, but I know that there’s people in the world that can push me to go three rounds. I’ll keep taking the first rounders. I’ll try to finish in the first round always, but I just want people to know I’m going to stick around that whole fight, the whole 15 minutes,” he said.
He knows that in the UFC’s featherweight division he’ll eventually get his wish to prove he can go a full fight.
“At 145 any of those guys in the top 15, they’re dogs, they’re tough. Not any specific person,” he said.
“I’m still young so those guys will definitely push me. I’m still young in the sport, but once I get 2-3 years from now, and a little more experience under my belt, I think I can do the same thing to people in the top 15.”
Watch the entire post-fight scrum with Isaac Dulgarian above.
