Jalin Turner
-spoke to his manager and wanted him on the dana white card
-wanted the bellator contract due to his r1 wins but they didnt offer it
so is glad got the ufc shot
-matches up well max opponent since he likes to
stand and bang, is a brown belt.
-He just got his purple belt from gracie, is a striker also
and says has much better wrestling then him and on the ground
is good not impressed with maxes and is a much better striker.
-focused more on tatical stuff, working with a long time team mate(also fighting on contender series)
not so much hard sparring this camp.
-so many ways for him to win so can work on strategy here
-has been dieting, cuts 15-20 pounds at most its coming off nicely is 170-171 already.
-2nd round sub is possible but can't deny his r1 finishes but does feel like his 7th r1 finish
Riley Dutro
-got into mma from watching martial arts and bjpenn, bruce lee etc
-wrestled in school and got interested in competiting
-guest service agent as a job to pay the bills but
still trains full time
-cares for daughter so is a full time dad also
-matches up well against jordon, does not know much
about him but more focused on improving himself has range
on his opponent though and some surprises for him.
-trains with his brother main sparring partner, trains
with a bjj black belt guy and does a decent S&C coach and
also a boxing coach has surrounded himself with top people
so will get that contract.
-lives a healthy life style, no issues cutting weight
-will be an exciting match, but will focus on playing his
game but will get the W either way. Will see a calm
and controlled chaos in there.
Toby Misech
-balancing life with mma and being a father duties
-was hard to get fights lately
-first time in LA to do the dana white promo stuff
-perfect match up for Ricky, he likes to stand and strike
with opponents and its a great match up for himself.
-has to go in there and if the finish comes it comes.
-weight cut is going well, first time he has had time to
cut weight since last few fights were at 135 so this is
easier.
-expects a war between ricky, but feels one of them to go down.
-5hr flight from hawaii, will fly out friday so reach on saturday.
will catch the ufc fight since team mate Racheal ostovich
is also fighting on the weekend joint card.
Alton Cunnighham
-team mate montel jackson recently fought on dana white show and won
-didnt have full camp and training in last win against wayman carter LFA 34(march 2018)
-has that special ability to knock out guys with all 8 limbs at any moment
-knew about his opponent in march but couldnt announce the fight or opponent so
had to concentrate on himself and improvements.
-stuck with same coaches and montel and jonas, works with many other killers
down there.
-discusses working with LFA organisations and half his guys at his gym are going
in and out there.
-His opponent Bevon will be ready for him, well rounded guy. At some point in this fight
will land something big on bevon and he will go down.
-Knows bevon works at jacksons winks, knows he is tallented and got the 2nd shot at
dana white show, knows ufc is preping him for the big show since he was still too young.
-believes the match up has been made for the perfect match up for both of us though
since both guys go for the finish. They want a fight of the year deal here.
-weights good, 208 weight is a big dude but weight comes off easily for him.
will eventually move to 195 div but still happy with 185 class.
-both main coaches will corner him
-Will feel him out in r1, expects him to back up once he feels his power. Perhaps
late r1 will rock him, r2 both will be comfortable but will ko r2.
Bevon Lewis (slighly older interview from april 2018)
-discusses his last dana white win, but they wanted him to build up his record bit more
-been taking time to train and learn, was given a ufc 'development deal'
-is back in the LFA, knows many LFA guys move onto ufc quickly also
-At jackons winks gym, always growing well down there
-use to fight @ 170, but it got more harder as he got older
so went to 185 since was better since no weight cut and could
focus more on performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDKZYevxBpY
-wants an explosive finish, happy to be back on the 2nd contender series
-wants to be more savage in his performance, wasnt quite there in the first fight
and wants to be more vicious and hit harder.
-more of a mental battle in the ring, more confident now
despite last fight going to distance he wanted to learn more.
(last fight was a grinding clinch work fight) and still won.
-focused this camp to work on gnp and throwing more power into punches
-will be looking for the finish and to expect the unexpected
-its hard to control emotions sometimes so wants to act professional
and wants to talk to dana white and the 2 judges to get into ufc.
-will be a stand up at start, will approach Bevon like a normal man
either right or left hand finish.
-wants to keep evolving and getting better with each fight.
Kevin Aguilar (may 2018 interview)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4DRjwvCimM
-cant wait to get back into LFA cage and show people he still has the power in his hands
-broke his thumb against rader fight (august 2017) but now healed and better that
explains the lay off. (3 months to heal up)
-been doing everything right and beaten the whos of whos, didnt get a call from ufc
though so still waiting for it. Feels his injury caused ufc delay.
-manager always in ufc contact.
-people love to watch me throw down when fighting, says himself
is a great striker. But happy to go onto the ground even.
-expects ufc call after he wins against Thanh Le (LFA win)
-use to pushing the pace with 25 minute fights
-never had issues with weight cutting or hitting weights.
-not scared to take fight where ever it takes place
-always looking for a ko, hard intense fights even if it means a ko
or gnp finish or sub