Seattle – UFC middleweight Mansur Abdul-Malik had a tough fight, as far as 2-round bouts go, with Nick Klein at UFC Seattle, but came out with the victory.
Abdul-Malik (8-0) seemed to get hurt from a spinning shot that Klein landed in the first. The young middleweight had to gather himself before finishing the fight in the next round.
“Definitely wasn’t hurt, but I got knocked off balance, got knocked off my game. In that moment, it was a moment of adversity, I had to get myself back to where I needed to be,” Abdul-Malik told reporters including Cageside Press at his post-fight scrum.
“Focused on the next round and got it done.”
With the win secured at UFC Seattle Abdul-Malik now looks ahead at what’s next. He might not be throwing out names, but he definitely pays attention.
A lot of attention.
“I see several good fights. I pay attention to every single person in this division. I know what every single person in this division had for breakfast this morning,” he said before cracking a smile and taking it back a tiny bit.
So what did Sean Strickland have for breakfast? That got a big laugh from the middleweight before getting serious again.
“Man I’m aware of every single person in this division. I have many, many fights in my mind, but I’m also someone that doesn’t want to say something and then not be prepared to back that up the next day,” said Abdul-Malik.
“If I say something about someone I’m fighting them tonight. I’ll see him at the hotel.”
Watch the entire post-fight scrum with Mansur Abdul-Malik above.
