New York – UFC welterweight Ramiz Brahimaj took some time to reflect on his journey to UFC 309 and his win over Mickey Gall on Saturday night.
“I’m nothing without the help of God, without the help of my team, and all the support that I got,” Brahimaj told reporters including Cageside Press at his post-fight scrum.
“My mind and my heart I think is a testament to a lot of things. I’ve been through some pretty rough times, some pretty dark times.”
Brahimaj (11-5) scored his first win in two years at Madison Square Garden when he knocked Gall out in the first round. The dark moments he spoke of may have been the motivation to start fighting.
“I think everybody has dark moments, but I probably had a lot of dark moments even before fighting. That’s probably why I started fighting, right? It’s crazy to think how life goes,” he said.
“If you were to ask me about a year and some change ago if I would be here…I probably say no. I had a horrific neck injury that I thought was going to derail everything. I thought it was going to alter the way that I live my life.”
Brahimaj detailed a neck injury that took the use of his right arm to the point that he couldn’t move it or even lift 5 pounds.
“A lot of these emotions, a lot of these feelings are rushing back right now, and I don’t know,” he said.
“I don’t know.”
Watch the entire post-fight scrum with Ramiz Brahimaj above.
