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Gunnar Nelson Doesn’t Mind Flying Under the Radar With UFC Fight Night 113 Bout

July 14, 2017 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Gunnar Nelson spoke with Conor McGregor ahead of his fight with Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC Fight Night 113. The highlights are below:

On his fight not getting the media attention of McGregor & Mayweather: “I don’t mind. I’ll be doing my thing here on Sunday night, and that’s all I really care about. I definitely enjoy watching Conor doing his thing. … I definitely enjoy hanging around with them, but I’m happy here (in Scotland).”

On wanting to face bigger names: “I was hoping to get somebody in the top rankings this time. Last time, I was supposed to have a top-10 ranked guy. They said after that one, I’d definitely get it this time, but there was nobody available to fight. I wanted to be on this card. Eventually they just said, ‘Here’s Ponzinibbio, he’s ready to take it.’”