Rob Font Wants to Put Douglas Silva de Andrade Down in the First Round

Rob Font spoke with MMAjunkie ahead of his fight with Douglas Silva de Andrade at UFC 213. The highlights are below:

On de Andrade: “He has a boxing record. You don’t see records like that too often in MMA…I’ve only watched his UFC fights. I don’t like to go back to the old ones. I really just watched his debut and the last one. I try not to watch too much video.”

On his strategy: “I’m trying to get rid of him in the first round. I want to get my hands on him. I’m thinking a straight right down the middle. Get off the to the side, hit him with the straight right and then see what happens from there. I’ll take anything I can get, but I want that right hand to the chin in the first round.”

On not looking past de Andrade:“I see the 135ers and I think, ‘Oh, it would be awesome if I did this or fought him.’ I could do that, but slowly I have to stop. There’s a fight in front of me. Let’s win this fight and we’ll go from there.”