Hey UFC, don’t break John Dodson’s heart
John Dodson: “If the UFC cuts me, whatever,. If the UFC brings me back, hell yeah. I’m going to go knock out anybody that’s going to be in my way.”
The UFC’s preference is to re sign fighters prior to the expiration of their contract. However, some brave fighters choose to fight out their contract and test the open market. It’s brave because if you lose your final fight, there is a significant drop in market value. Current bantamweight John Dodson took a risk, and then he won at UFC 222 on Saturday night, with a split decision over Pedro Munhoz on the FS1 prelims.
I was just going out there having fun, enjoying life, said Dodson after the fight to Steven Marrocco for MMAjunkie. I have my family outside. I have my kids, my wife and my brother. I’m good to go.
Dodson was dragged the garden of painful fouls Saturday, repeatedly taking kicks to the groin. Munhoz got a talking to again and again, not the equivalent to getting kicked in the junk again and again. Dodson didn’t take the full five minute recovery periods, just so he could get back in there.
I was just like, f*** it, let’s just keep on going, said Dodson. No point deduction. This fight’s almost over. I need one more child, and I think he’s going to stop that right now.
So Dodson wants another child, and he wants another UFC contract. The fighter was asked about leaving.
Nah, that’s highly unlikely, he said. Because what is the UFC going to do without my bubbly personality and my beautiful smile?
If the UFC cuts me, whatever,. If the UFC brings me back, hell yeah. I’m going to go knock out anybody that’s going to be in my way. It doesn’t matter whether within the UFC or not. Or, I’ll put on an awesome performance, and hopefully, my nuts don’t get kicked in the next fight.
Honestly, I don’t want to go anywhere else, because I love the UFC so much. If they don’t love me as much as I love them, then I’ll go somewhere else, and my heart will be broken. But this doesn’t mean that this is the last ride for me.