Philippou aiming for ‘Fight of the Night’
Costas Philippou: “I’m going for (a) ‘Fight of the Night’ (bonus). No matter what the result will be. I want to win, but I want people to remember this fight.”
After reeling off five striaght wins in the UFC, Constantinos Philippou is coming off a lackluster decision loss to Francis Carmont, but in his next is hoping to have an exciting brawl with ex-Strikeforce champion Luke Rockhold:
I can’t have another boring fight like that, the 34-year-old Cyprus native said. I just want to get in and have an exciting fight so I can show everybody that that wasn’t me there last time.
He doesn’t take many lessons from the Carmont loss, who snapped a five-fight winning streak that had Philippou entering title contention. He said it simply wasn’t his night and that he wasn’t able to stay on his feet, where he does his best work.
It was a boring fight; he laid on top of me, Philippou said. My fault – not his fault. I wasn’t able to get him off of me.
Still, he hopes his next opponent isn’t in the mood to wrestle when they face off.
I want excitement, Philippou said. I’m going for (a) ‘Fight of the Night’ (bonus). No matter what the result will be. I want to win, but I want people to remember this fight.