McKee: ‘I should have the UFC belt by the end of 2011’
Antonio McKee has a plan. It’s simple, really. “By the end of the year I should have the UFC [lightweight]…
Antonio McKee has a plan. It’s simple, really.
“By the end of the year I should have the UFC [lightweight] belt,” he told MMA Fighting. “I’ve got to get through [Jacob] Volkmann here, beat up Volkmann real quick, and after I get done with Volkmann they’ll think I’m serious and we can start moving forward and making progress.”
See? Nothing to it. After 11 years as a pro fighter, the 40-year-old McKee is set to make his Octagon debut at UFC 125 this Saturday, so of course he already has his future mapped out.
But does he really think becoming a UFC champion is going to be that easy? Seriously?
“Oh yeah, come on, man. I’ve got a four-fight deal, so I’d say that sounds about right. Randy [Couture] won the belt when he was about 44, right? I’ll be 41 by the end of the year, and I think McKee is made of a little better stuff than Randy, so I should have it by then.”