Nate Marquardt warns Rick Story that he should have had a full training camp to face someone like him

Former UFC middleweight title contender, Nate Marquardt has been giving his final thoughts on dropping to 170 pounds to face Rick Story in the main event of the UFC on Versus 4 card this Sunday night in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, explaining the welterweight prospect should have taken a full training camp to face someone of his stature.
Speaking via UFC.com, Marquardt said:

“There’s a ton of guys to fight at welterweight and it’s all new and exciting. The fans are gonna love to see fights like me against (Josh) Koscheck, me against (Jon) Fitch, Anthony Johnson and (Thiago) Alves, and of course Rick Story, the guy who just beat Alves. Those are all very exciting fights and it’s one of the big reasons why I’m moving down, to put on exciting fights for the fans.”

“It’s a chance to be the main event and fight a guy like me who has a bigger name. If it was a more seasoned vet kind of guy, they’re not gonna take the fight in most cases because they have more to lose than to gain. But he’s in a win-win situation. He’s a new kid on the block, he’s on a six fight winning streak, and he’s looking at a lot of opportunities.”

“He doesn’t understand that he should be doing a full camp to fight a guy like me. Earlier in my career, and I’ve even done the mistake more recently, you fight guys and you have success early on in your career on short notice, but it’s different when you’re fighting a guy of a higher caliber who has more experience than you, and I think that’s definitely gonna be a factor, but I don’t know if it’s necessarily something that would have made a difference if he had a full camp.”

Marquardt has been inconsistent of late at 185 pounds, losing to the likes of Chael Sonnen and Yushin Okami while managing to defeat Rousimar Palhares and Dan Miller. He hopes that a move down in weight will see him enjoy a big size advantage over his opponents as he looks to capture UFC gold.
By Michael Pepper.