UFC heavyweight prospect, Joey Beltran has been speaking ahead of his potential slugfest with Pat Barry at UFC Fight Night 23 this coming weekend in Fort Hood, Texas, explaining it will be nice for once to be fighting on a level playing field.Speaking via MMAWeekly.com, Beltran said:
“Finally, I get to fight on somewhat of a level playing field. My first fight, I fought a Gracie in Vegas. Second fight, I fought a giant Canadian in Canada. And then I fought Matt Mitrione practically two miles from his house in Indianapolis. Everywhere I’ve gone so far, I’m booed. Maybe I’ll get some love from the troops. I’m pretty sure I will. I know that crowd is going to be freaking nuts. I definitely feed off of that. It makes me pumped. The crowd scares some people and freaks them out, but it gets me going.”
“More than likely, it’s loser go home between us two. I don’t want to go back to DJing Bar Mitzvahs. I like fighting for a living and UFC is the place you gotta be for that to happen. It is what it is at this point. I think with the additions of all the WEC fighters and all those fighters getting under the payroll now, it is win or go home time. It’s all good, though. At the end of the day, if I get cut, it’s not the end of the world. You see people all the time get back here and I know that I haven’t come close to reaching my potential as a fighter. I just want to win and come back home.”
“(If) all goes well, (I’ll) win this fight then get on that Brazil card.”
Beltran will be hoping to bounce back from a loss himself after he lost via unanimous decision to Matt Mitrione at UFC 119 in September. The defeat was his first since joining the promotion after putting together back-to-back wins. Stay tuned to MMABay all week for more build-up to this one as we get it.
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