Tim Elliott Looking For A Bloody Battle With Ben Nguyen at UFC Fight Night 110

Tim Elliott spoke with MMAjunkie for a new interview ahead of his fight with Ben Nguyen at UFC Fight Night 110. The highlights are below:

On adjusting to the different timezone and weight cutting after the flight: “[It] sucks…but I’m not going to lose a fight because of an airplane ride. I’m not going to lose a fight because of lack of sleep. And I’m not going to miss weight for any of those reasons. Really, it’s just the way it goes. You’ve got to roll with the punches. Sometimes (expletive) doesn’t happen exactly like you wanted, and you can either let it hurt you or you can just move on with it. I’m trying to stay positive. I have great coaches here with me, and I couldn’t be more ready, really.”

On fighting in New Zealand: “I get to come to a new country. I get to do what I love to do. And they’re going to give me money to do it. So, I couldn’t be happier about the situation, or the opponent, or the people that I have with me. Life is good. Everything is good.”

On Nguyen: “He’s very technically sound, he’s very durable, and he’s very tough. And these are the fights that I live for. I want a knockdown, drag-out, bloody ‘Fight of the Night’ kind of fight, and I think Ben is a good opponent for that.”

On anticipation for the fight: “My record is not that great – excitement is all I have. And I think that’s what the fans want to see. The only way the 125-ers are going to stay relevant is they go out there and they put their nuts on the line. And I feel like I do that. And I feel like, you know, Demetrious Johnson does do that some, but he’s also a little bit reserved. He doesn’t fight with the same passion that some guys – I say some guys – like I do. He’s good. He’s technically good. But people want to see more than that. You’ve got to put something special out there if you want to get paid as something special. I hope things go well for him. I hope they don’t shut the division down. But it’s not going to hurt my feelings none if they do it. That’s just the way it goes.”