Tim Elliott just isn’t sorry for the way in which he carried out throughout his win at UFC 272, whether or not you prefer it or not.
Elliott picked up an upset win over Tagir Ulanbekov through the preliminary card of the UFC’s pay-per-view even earlier this month. Throughout the struggle, the previous title challenger was proven grabbing the glove of Ulanbekov, which Elliott admitted to doing with out hesitation.
One one that was fairly offended about it was Ulanbekov’s cornerman and coach Khabib Nurmagomedov, who was proven screaming at referee Chris Tagnoni. Elliott didn’t hear the soon-to-be UFC Corridor of Famer, and nonetheless wouldn’t change a factor.
“I’ve seen some memes, however I’m actually good at pinpointing James Krause’s voice,” Elliott informed MMA Preventing on the newest episode of We Received Subsequent. “I really feel like I can solely hear him in there, it’s simply him and I. We’ve acquired a very good chemistry proper now. However [Khabib will] be high quality.
“On the finish of the day, if Tagir would’ve beat me, no one would’ve mentioned s*** concerning the glove seize, no one would’ve mentioned something concerning the dishonest. The one purpose why persons are upset concerning the glove seize s*** is as a result of they misplaced. His workforce misplaced and it simply makes them look dangerous. They wouldn’t have mentioned something about something had they received, so it’s simply a kind of issues.
“In case you’ve ever been in a struggle — and possibly I’m completely different — I’m attempting to win, man. It’s the referee’s job to step in there if I’m doing one thing mistaken. He was telling me every kind of s***, he informed me to let go of the glove and I let go of the glove. However for me, it’s not that massive of a deal. I’m in there fist combating. Individuals are happening and on concerning the morality of the game and the warrior spirit and all of that bulls***, however I don’t f****** care. I’m not a martial artist — I’m a fighter and that is my job. I’m attempting to earn cash at this job, and that’s what I did [at UFC 272].”
UFC 272 was an occasion that had a whole lot of storylines within the aftermath, nevertheless it appeared like there was some kind of foul — seen or missed — in nearly each struggle on the cardboard. In the long run, just one level was taken away all through the night time — on a second eye poke from Kennedy Nzechukwu in his cut up choice loss to Nicolae Negumereanu.
If the referee isn’t going to take factors away, what’s to cease a fighter from discovering an additional benefit? Within the present panorama and pay construction that the UFC implements in the direction of a lot of the roster, there actually isn’t.
“For me, it’s not a problem,” Elliott defined. “The bosses don’t care, Dana White doesn’t care, Mick Maynard — I’m good with all these guys. That they had no downside reducing my checks, dishonest or not dishonest. I sleep high quality at night time and much more comfortably now that I’ve cash within the financial institution.
“However it occurs on a regular basis and it’s going to occur. I used to be sparring as we speak and I acquired poked within the eyes, I acquired my glove grabbed, I acquired head butted, acquired scratched, and these are my pals, these are my teammates. It occurs, and everyone is aware of that. I don’t know — even in basketball, in case you slap the hand it’s a part of the ball. You’ll be able to’t inform me you’re not in there grabbing every thing you possibly can. I don’t wish to get into any arguments about it, I’m simply going on the market attempting to placed on a present and attempting to win.”
Elliott has now received three of 4 as he seems to be to climb the rankings of the thrilling flyweight division. The 35-year-old is hoping for an lively yr and a return to the octagon after his fiancé Gina Mazany takes on Shanna Young on the UFC’s occasion on April 30.
What stood out probably the most about Elliott’s win over Ulanbekov was the very fact that there have been no surprises, due to the preparation he had along with his head coach at Glory MMA.
“The best half for me was that every thing that occurred in that struggle, James Krause and I labored on it particularly,” Elliott mentioned. “There was not a second — even when he had my again, I knew he was going to be robust on the again and we labored a ton of again escapes, though I didn’t get away, that choke was tight, and he could have gotten me with that choke had I not had the camp I had. I couldn’t be extra proud of the outcomes, and with that camp, and my workforce. What an amazing weekend [it was].”
