Manuel Torres wants opponents to fear him when they sign the contract to fight him.
Torres is set for his first UFC main event against Rafael Fiziev at UFC Baku on Saturday, in a fight that is a pick’em. Torres enters the fight coming off back-to-back knockout wins, and he eyes another stoppage win on Saturday.
If Torres does KO Fiziev on Saturday at UFC Baku as he plans, he believes it will send a statement to the division and make him feared.
“I don’t know how that happened, but ever since I was a little kid, I just wanted to finish the fights; I wanted to get out of there and to knock my opponent out,” Torres said to UFC.com. “That’s how things have happened, and I’ve always thought that’s how you become the best in the world, and that’s what I want to do — I want to be the best in this.
“I want to be feared. I want to be the Mike Tyson that people fear, and I have the mentality that I’m gonna be the best in the world, and I’m gonna beat them all.”
Manuel Torres believes he can enter the title conversation at UFC Baku
Although Torres’ goal is to make opponents fear him, he knows that with a win over Fiziev, he will enter the top of the lightweight division.
If Manuel Torres does beat Rafael Fiziev on Saturday at UFC Baku, he believes it puts him in the title conversation at lightweight.
“I thought about this, about what this means, and it’s that I will be one step closer to going for the title,” Torres said. “God-willing, if that’s what’s supposed to happen, a nice win on Saturday puts me closer to a title shot.”
Torres is 17-3 as a pro and is 5-1 in the UFC and all five of his wins have come by stoppage. He has notable wins over Grant Dawson, Drew Dober, and Chris Duncan.
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