PARIS – Fares Ziam is trying to make an announcement in entrance of his house followers.
Recent off a brand new four-fight deal, Ziam (12-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) meets newcomer Michal Figlak (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at Saturday’s UFC Battle Evening 209 at Accor Enviornment in Paris. The cardboard streams on ESPN+.
Previous to signing with the UFC, Ziam had completed all however considered one of his skilled wins. He went the gap in his two octagon wins over Jamie Mullarkey and Luigi Vendramini, however is keen to notch his first UFC end in opposition to Figlak.
“I need this to be an excellent combat,” Ziam informed reporters at Thursday’s UFC Battle Evening 209 media day. “I need all my abilities to be good, however I wish to end the combat. I need my first end within the UFC, in Paris, for the followers, and I desire a huge knockout.
“It’s a very good combat for me, good combat to be Battle of the Evening or Efficiency (of the Evening bonus).”
Ziam is coming off a fast submission loss to Terrance McKinney at UFC Battle Evening 202, which marked the ultimate combat of his contract. Many have been beneath the impression that he was launched by the UFC, however the promotion determined to re-sign him simply because it landed in France for the primary time.
“For this combat, it’s a brand new contract,” Ziam mentioned. “I’m completely satisfied to have a brand new contract as a result of earlier than, I used to be not reduce, however I used to be free (agent). I’m completely satisfied I’ve a brand new contract and I really feel good to carry out.
“Mentally, I realized rather a lot as a result of for me, Terrance McKinney is an excellent man, an excellent fighter. He received quite a lot of fights now. However I feel usually, I beat him. However this night time, I don’t know – I’m within the cage, however my thoughts was not targeted on the combat.”
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