UFC APEX – UFC welterweight Uros Medic knows he has a scrap on his hands as he gets set to face Tim Means at UFC Vegas 91 on Saturday night.
“He shows up to fight. I’m excited it’s going to be a good fight,” Medic told reporters on Wednesday.
“He is a veteran. You’ve got to respect that. This is a sport where men die young, and when you see an old man you got to respect that.”
Medic (9-2) comes into this fight having lost his last bout against Myktybek Orolbai who used a wrestling-heavy game plan. Having drawn Means in this one could turn this bout into a standup war.
“He probably watched my last fight so he’s like oh maybe I’ll take this guy down. He can try. I definitely did work on it (takedown defense) so let’s get it,” said Medic.
Even with Means’ vast experience in MMA Medic believes he not only has what it takes to beat him, but is also keeping an eye on a bonus for this one.
“I’m pretty confident in my ability to finish fights, and he gets hit. I hit pretty hard. I finished a lot of guys that have never been finished in the UFC including (Omar) Morales and Matthew Semelsberger,” he said.
“I finished both of them. For whatever reason I didn’t get a bonus for neither one of those fights and I will keep that against them. Specially for Semelsberger. Whoever was there to see the chaos in the arena after my spinning back fist and then not award me with a bonus?
I’ll make sure to cement that this time so they can write the three checks out.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Uros Medic above. He takes on Tim Means at UFC Vegas 91 on Saturday night.
