Las Vegas – UFC welterweight Neil Magny is used to being the target for up-and-coming fighters, and this weekend is no different as he faces Carlos Prates at UFC Vegas 100 on Saturday night.
“At this point it’s all about…let it be known that you still stand to be a force in the division so to speak,” Magny told reporters on Wednesday.
“I don’t do that by fighting guys I know I can beat. I’ll do it by going out there and challenge myself against whomever the UFC throws at me. This is yet again another example of that.”
Magny (29-12) could turn those type of fights down in order to give himself a better shot at a win streak, but he doesn’t turn down fights.
“I can very easily (be) like hey you guys have any 30-year-olds, 40-year-olds I can fight right now? Like I don’t want to fight another up-and-coming killer, but I know that’s not what’s going to make me happy at the end of the day. I know I want to challenge myself.”
Another hungry prospect coming for his rank what does Magny need to do to keep it?
“The biggest thing is being present. I know this guy is dangerous everywhere else. I can’t afford to be complacent at any moment in this fight,” he said.
“I know I’m able to go out there and I’ll strike, I’ll wrestle, I’ll grapple. I can do whatever it takes to get the job done. For me I’m all about being present and executing at this point.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Neil Magny above. He takes on Carlos Prates at UFC Vegas 100 in the main event on Saturday night.
