Aleksei Oleinik Says His Win over Travis Browne Was One of His Biggest Yet

Aleksei Oleinik spoke with MMAjunkie about his win over Travis Browne at UFC 213. The highlights are below:

On trying to trick Browne into thinking he wanted to stay standing: “I was thinking of doing that. If you want to fight someone and get your opponent confused, you have to tell them the opposite. I wanted to do something he wasn’t expecting. … Today, I tried the (Ezekiel choke) three, four, five times, but Travis is very high level.”

On the importance of his win: “I think this is one of the biggest. Not the biggest, but one of. I think Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ is bigger. He’s a legend. He may not be as strong as Travis, but he’s a legend.”

On his next fight: “I think I’m going to move up in the rankings, so I want to fight guys ahead of me – not down.”