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Ilir Latifi Discusses His Bout With Ovince Saint Preux for UFC on FOX 28

February 24, 2018 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris

UFC fighter Ilir Latifi recently spoke to reporters in a media scrum (via MMAjunkie) ahead of his UFC on FOX 28 bout with Ovince Saint Preux. Below are some highlights.

Ilir Latifi on refocusing his training and preparing for Ovince Saint Preux: “In this sport, these things happen. You’ve always got to be prepared for the unpreparable. (The challenge) was to refocus and start over, but everything went well after that.”

Ilir Latifi on his training: “(I’m) just working hard with my teammates – me and Alex and Jimi have been pushing the limits and the results have been good. We’re just doing what we have to do to be the best.”

His thoughts on OSP: “All respect to ‘OSP’ – I think he’s a great fighter. He’s been around a while and fought the best. He’s been in some tough battles. It was a good challenge for me, but it was the fight to take to (go to) the next level. In this sport, everybody has struggles. But when you overcome those struggles you get better. He came back after a three-(fight) loss streak and he’s been doing good. He got his things together and did something good out of it, so all respect to him. (Winning gets me) closer to the title – that’s what I’m aiming for, too. That’s why we’re here fighting, because we want that shot.”