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Was watching the recent vids on the UFC's youtube channel, and came across this little interview Jon Anik does with Joe Silva and Sean Shelby, discussing the matchups at UFC 202.
Joe Silva mentions that Neil Magny offered to step up and fight Daniel Cormier on 2 days notice. Said that he was walking around at 189 lbs i believe, and that he would be willing to take the fight.
This guy makes a bigger fan out of me every time he fights. He is super active, always willing to step in on short notice and save the shows, shows excellent heart in most of his fights, like vs Hector (first round) and vs Gastelum (was getting clobbered in the last 2 rounds but stayed in it). He is also very humble in his interviews, and has a great positive and a learning attitude (asked Maia if he could attend his seminar after getting submitted by him).
I believe we give a lot of credit to fighters like Connor and BJ (and well deservedly) for stepping up weight classes but there are also lesser known guys like Magny who are willing to do the same thing, but are not a big enough name so is not given the opportunity to step up (in this case, on 2 days notice against the frickin champion two weight classes above his!)
Respect to Magny, big fan of his, hope he starches Larkin and continues his steady climb up the rankings.
Joe Silva mentions that Neil Magny offered to step up and fight Daniel Cormier on 2 days notice. Said that he was walking around at 189 lbs i believe, and that he would be willing to take the fight.
This guy makes a bigger fan out of me every time he fights. He is super active, always willing to step in on short notice and save the shows, shows excellent heart in most of his fights, like vs Hector (first round) and vs Gastelum (was getting clobbered in the last 2 rounds but stayed in it). He is also very humble in his interviews, and has a great positive and a learning attitude (asked Maia if he could attend his seminar after getting submitted by him).
I believe we give a lot of credit to fighters like Connor and BJ (and well deservedly) for stepping up weight classes but there are also lesser known guys like Magny who are willing to do the same thing, but are not a big enough name so is not given the opportunity to step up (in this case, on 2 days notice against the frickin champion two weight classes above his!)
Respect to Magny, big fan of his, hope he starches Larkin and continues his steady climb up the rankings.
