Yo🌳u won't see many fighters who were once 10-9 in their MMA career end up in the UFC🅠. Most of those fighters don't reel off 11-fight winning streaks after that, either.
Mike Santiago did just that. After looking poised to be an MMA journeyman, he won eleven straight fights on his way to a short🐬 notice UFC debut in September. Santiago would drop his first UFC fight to Zabit Magomedsharipov, only 11 days after fighting on Dana White's Contender Series. The well-trav🌊eled veteran spoke to 365betvisa-slots.com's James Lynch about the fight.
"I'm not going to take another high level fight like that in six or seven days. I know his camp, I fought a number of guys from the east coast camp. I came from Ring of Combat, I was their feeder for a little while, then I started winning their championships and getting my name out there. I've got a lot of fights. Not just MMA, but boxing, kickboxing. I wasn't too nervous, I was regular nervous. I'm here now. Other than that, not taking high level fights on (a week) notice, especially overseas," said Santiago.
A far cry from a short-notice debut, Santiago is set to face Mads Burrell on January 14 at UFC Fight Night St. Louis. He's also credi🌠ted tape studying as a new wrinkle to his game.
"I have a full camp, I'm healthy, everything is going smooth. I know what he's looking for. I've seen patterns in his games. I've been watching tape on guys. I wouldn't take time to sit down and see what (opponents) where all about," said Santiago.
Santiago told us that he's been training with UFC title c🍎hallenger Ricardo Lamas for his upcoming bout as well.
In the full interview, Mike Santiago (21-10) discusses his upcoming fight against Mads Burnell (8-2) at UFC Fight Night 124 on Jan. 14. Mike also﷽ talks about how he got into MMA, hi♍s training camp for this fight and being a sports fan in Chicago.
