Oban Elliott will have the best weekend of his young life.
On Saturday, Elliott makes his UFC launching, handling Val Woodburn on the prelim card of UFC 298. Just 26 years of ages and with a 9-2 record accumulated mostly in Cage Warriors, “The Welsh Gangster” made his area in the promo with a win on the most current season of the UFC’s Competitor Seriesand in so doing, attained among his life’s fantastic aspirations.
“It’s been this dream considering that– I saw Brock Lesnar in 2009 when he remained in the UFC– given that actually I was a youngster,” Elliott stated today on The MMA Hour“My father had a video tape of UFC 40, Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock. I believe it was UFC Vendetta. I saw that– Chuck Liddell, that was the day he knocked out Babalu. I’ve been a fan of this video game, this business, this sport, for a long time. For a bulk of my life.
“And when I saw old uncle Chael [Sonnen]who you tipped your hat to, when I saw him feuding with Anderson [Silva]when he got on the mic when he beat Brian Stann, I simply believed– I’m this enormous fumbling fan, WWE fan, maturing as a kid, and after that you’ve got this guy who resembles a wrestler. I resembled, ‘That’s me. That’s me there. That guy on the television. That’s what I’ve got to be.’ I didn’t understand how I was going to get here at the time, however I talked my instructors in school, I talked my buddies, ‘I will remain in the UFC one day and I’ll be going after that belt.’ And here I am! Take a look at me now.
“I’m definitely over the moon to be here. This is my long-lasting dream. I’ll inform you where it truly did get deep. It’s recorded I’ve lost my daddy. … Me taking that belt and putting it by his tomb, that was the only method my head, as a young kid, where I seemed like I could, certainly not fill that space, however attempt to fill it. That was the only thing that got me through that from a young age. And here I am. It’s f ****** mad.”
That occasion, Elliott discussed, was another thing that drew him to Sonnen. Sonnen likewise lost his daddy at an early age and made a guarantee before he passed that he would beat Tito Ortiz and end up being world champ. Elliott might not assist however see himself in Sonnen.
“This guy is a hero,” Elliott stated. “He stated, ‘My dad passed away and it was my pledge to him to get the world champion.’ I do not care what you state, he’s larger than a world champ. He was a world champ. He won that title when he beat Paulo Filho, however he’s ended up being larger.
