Chris Wade Wants To Fight At UFC’s New York Debut

In an interview with MMA Junkie, Chris Wade said that he really wants to fight at UFC 205, which happens at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Here are highlights:

On wanting to fight at UFC 205: “I want the Garden so, so bad. I don’t care where it is. I just want – I’m born and raised in New York on Long Island, and I don’t care if it’s the prelims. I just want to get out there in front of my people and my family and just put somebody out for them.”

On his loss to Rustam Khabilov: “I’m itching right now, really bad. The way I am competitively, I was itching like three days after the fight. I felt I could have competed again a couple weeks later. I felt like the fight that I lost I kind of got more controlled, outgrappled in a couple different situations, where he won the first and third rounds with a couple of key takedowns. I felt like I got the better of the striking exchanges, so I wasn’t really beat up from the fight. But it was a step back. I had six fights in a row there that I had won, and four with the UFC.”

On wanting to fight again: “I really thought I was on the precipice of that top-15, and it’s a little bit of a step back, but I’m chomping at the bit to fight again and get back in there and put someone away.”