“I feel good, I feel good to be here. I’m always grateful to have an opportunity; you never know when your last fight is in this sport,” Ige said. “I’m here, I’m present, just embracing a new city,a new place, but the same thing.”
Ige is a company man and has shown that he is as game as anyone when he stepped in on four hours’ notice to face Lopes. The fact that the fight went to a decision in a fiery 29-28 unanimous win for Lopes is a testament to how game Ige is, because there are only a few fighters that would take the risk to fight anyone on less than a day’s notice.
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“I am always trying to go out there and be the best version of myself, whatever that looks like,” he said. “If that’s technical, physical, mental, spiritual, however it is, I am just looking to be a little bit better and constantly improve. I still feel like I’m doing that, so I’m happy to say that.”
Looking forward to this week, Ige understands that it would only be a matter of time that he would fight someone like Pitbull. After losing in his UFC debut against Yair Rodriguez, Pitbull is aiming to rebound. Both fighters have a calculated game plan and fight like one another, which Ige also notes.
