Jack Swagger Hoping For Mid-2018 Bellator Debut

Jack Hager, the former Jack Swagger, spoke with MMAjunkie about signing with Bellator MMA and more. Highlights are below:

On his MMA career: “Personally I feel very confident doing it. I know it’s a big risk leaving professional wrestling and jumping over into professional fighting without an amateur background in it. But no big reward comes without a big risk. Bellator’s doing a great thing here. As soon as I started talking with them it felt like the right place to be. So, I’m excited.”

On being compared to Brock Lesnar, CM Punk and Bobby Lashley: “I’m OK with it. I understand that I have to go out there and prove everything right. Everything is just talk. Everything is just me signing a contract right now. I have to go out there and back it up. It’s going to be exciting, and it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

On when he wants to fight: “I want to fight in 2018 for sure. I almost want to fight twice. That’s a bold statement, but I don’t want to waste any time. I want to jump in there. I feel like I’m in good shape now. I feel like in six months, in the summertime, I’ll be ready to make a statement.”