LAS VEGAS – UFC middleweight Zach Reese swept the scorecards in his third look within the promotion, however he was “slightly disenchanted” with how issues performed out within the octagon.
On the prelims of UFC on ESPN 62 on the UFC Apex, Reese (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) confronted newcomer Jose Medina. It was a one-sided affair, one which Reese received 30-27 on all scorecards. He repeatedly dug in laborious kicks to Medina (11-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC), who merely wouldn’t go away.
“I hope everybody loved it, however that was a kind of Waffle Home fights I really feel like,” Reese instructed reporters at a post-fight information convention. “I needed to return in right here and be affected person, attempt to decide him aside, however I harm Jose with a variety of stuff.
“He has a chin and a half, and he should not have a liver, as a result of I kicked the sh*t out of his liver and he took it. … Strongest liver within the UFC, for certain.”
It was the primary battle of Reese’s skilled profession to go the space. In truth, it was the primary battle to make it out of the primary spherical, together with his one loss. Reese didn’t essentially show something to himself by going the complete quarter-hour, however says it was good to get the work in in opposition to a tricky opponent.
“I’m undoubtedly not a one-trick pony, I’m a one-trick mustang, you recognize what I’m saying?” Reese joked. “Coming for the end each time. It’s cool. I’ll take it.”
Reese hopes to return to the octagon in December when the UFC makes its anticipated journey to Tampa, Fla. Though a date and venue has not but been formally introduced, Reese is wanting ahead to getting a spot on the cardboard so he can take his youngsters to Disney World afterward.
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