UFC lightweight Ignacio Bahamondes knew he would fight Jalin Turner at some point given the two fighter’s physical attributes, and he’ll show them off at UFC 313 on Saturday night.
“I love it. I love it. Since I got into the UFC I knew I was going to fight him. Just because he’s tall, I’m tall,” Bahamondes told reporters including Cageside Press on Wednesday.
“Every day they were saying oh he’s the tallest in the division, and then the other commenter said oh what about Ignacio Bahamondes? He’s tall too. He’s 6’3 too! So I knew it was going to happen. I was ready for it.”
Bahamondes (16-5) actually wanted to fight Turner sooner than UFC 313.
“I thought it was going to be before. (At) Noche we asked for him. The fight (didn’t happen), but soon as I got out of the cage I talked to Sean Shelby,” he said.
“Told him Jalen Turner. He’s next. I want to be on the top 15”
Besides a big fight at UFC 313 Bahamondes has had a busy personal life. More specifically an addition to the Bahamondes family.
“My life is beautiful right now. I have my baby is going to be 7-months (on the) 9th. My wife she’s the best she’s the MVP of every camp. I’m so blessed I’m living my dream,” he said.
“Whenever I got back from Noche I think I didn’t (leave) the house for two weeks. It was so beautiful. It made me emotional because how much time I could spend with my kid. It’s something that men don’t talk (enough about). I always told me wife you got the hardest job in the world.”
Mom is the MVP, but dad life is for real.
“Nobody talk(s) about the dads. Like whenever they got to leave in the morning, leaving the kid and the wife, losing those beautiful times. (Missing) those beautiful times like whenever he started saying ‘papa’ whenever he started moving or doing something funny,” he said.
“It’s hard so having those times and being able to have time with my kid is the best thing that (ever) happened to me.”
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Watch the entire media day scrum with Ignacio Bahamondes above. He takes on Jalin Turner at UFC 313 on Saturday night.
