Jared Cannonier Had No Problem Striking With Ion Cutelaba

Jared Cannonier spoke with MMAjunkie about his fight with Ion Cutelaba at TUF 24 Finale. Some highlights are below:

On striking against Cutelaba: “I ain’t scared to take no shots. But they will be scared once I start hitting them. Once they start missing, and I start hitting them, they’re gonna go backward. I can promise you that.”

On getting confident in the final minutes of the fight: “I put that Twinkie on a stick, dangled it in his face to see if he bit, and he bit a few times. I need to work on being able to capitalize on that a little bit more effectively.”

On a possible move to middleweight: “It’s not the near future. I want to test the waters at 205. There’s a lot of 205ers out there I’d like to fight, maybe two or three more fights, and if everything goes well, maybe I’ll stick around. I’m 32 years old. I’m one of the older guys in the division. The lifespan isn’t long for a mixed martial artist, so who knows.”