UFC welterweight Chidi Njokuani stays fully focused on Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos who he faces at UFC Vegas 104 on Saturday night.
Njokuani (24-10) is not overlooking his opponent’s skillset.
“He’s in the UFC man so he has it all. He didn’t make it here on accident,” Njokuani told reporters on Wednesday.
“I’m putting him up there. I don’t ever underestimate any fighter. I’m looking at him like the best fighter I’ve fought in my career, and we’ll go from there.”
The pair will serve as the co-main event of UFC Vegas 104 which Njokuani was not aware of until very recently.
“I just found out I was co-main event a couple days ago,” he laughed.
“It’s still the same pressure. It’s a fight. I don’t care if I’m the first fight, or the last fight, it’s a fight. Train for like I would any other fight.”
Even if it’s the toughest opponent, in his mind, up to this point in his career it’s not something he hasn’t seen before.
“I feel like I fought opponents pretty similar to him in the past. It is a fight, so anything can happen, but I do want to keep him at the end of all my punches and kicks,” he said.
“See how he does with that.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Chidi Njokuani above. He takes on Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos at UFC Vegas 104 on Saturday night.
