Eddie Wineland Says He’s Going to Knock John Dodson Out at UFC Fight Night 108

Eddie Wineland spoke with MMAjunkie ahead of his fight with John Dodson at UFC Fight Night 108. Highlights are below:

On his time off after his broken jaw: “When I broke my jaw against Johnny Eduardo, I had a lot on my plate. My fiancee at the time was pregnant with our first, we were building a house, I was trying to build a pole barn – way too many irons in the fire. My head wasn’t in the game, so I paid the price for it. With the Caraway fight, mentally I was there. But subconsciously, I wasn’t ready to let my hands go or test my jaw. After my boys were born, it kind of re-lit that fire to prove to these kids that, ‘Your dad got knocked down. … You keep moving forward. You get up, you move forward, you mkae it happen. You do what you’ve got to do to get there.’”

On Dodson: “I look at Dodson kind of like Benavidez. He’s small, but he’s very fast. The size isn’t to be overlooked, because he’s been fighting guys bigger than him his whole career. He went down to ’25 and fought guys that were his size and had very good success. He’s had good success at 135.”

On the fight: “I just think that as soon as I find a home for my right hand, or even my left hand, I think he’s going to realize he’s in for trouble. He claims he’s never been knocked out, but neither had (Scott) Jorgensen when I fought him. Everybody I put my hands on, they all fall down. Whether they stay down or get back up, I’m going to knock them right back down. I think he brings a speed factor. He moves a lot, I move a lot – so it’s going to be a matter of who finds a home first.”