Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady: Bolaji Oki’s aggressive model will assist with bonus at UFC Saudi Arabia

Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady thinks Bolaji Oki will make for an thrilling struggle at UFC Battle Evening 250.

Initially scheduled to face Jordan Leavitt, Al-Selwady (15-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) will now face Oki (9-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in a light-weight bout Feb. 1 at ANB Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Al-Selwady sees Oki as an opponent who will deliver out the very best in him.

“I just like the matchup. He’s an aggressive model kickboxer, striker,” Al-Selwady instructed MMA Junkie of Oki. “He’s very athletic, robust, however guess what? So am I. I feel he’s going to assist me get a UFC bonus due to his aggression and my aggression. We each don’t step again. We each don’t surrender. So, certainly one of us goes out, and I can inform you one factor: I’m actually hungry for this, and it’s not going to be me.”

After upsetting former Cage Warriors champion George Hardwick to earn a UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Sequence, Al-Selwady misplaced his promotional debut to Loik Radzhabov by third-round TKO in March. It was a back-and-forth battle, the place Al-Selwady was beginning to rally earlier than getting stopped.

The Fortis MMA fighter took many useful classes from that struggle.

“I’m comfortable from all the things that occurred in that struggle, besides simply pissed off at myself as a result of I sort of let go,” Al-Selwady mentioned. “I noticed the end line, and I knew I used to be profitable the struggle – although it was scored 1-1 in rounds, the best way he saved trying on the clock, the best way that he was drained, I knew I had him. It let me let go of the gasoline just a bit bit, simply sufficient for him to catch me in that one change. It’s simply one other a type of actually arduous classes that you just simply need to remind your self that the struggle isn’t over till it’s over.

“I’m actually pleased with the adversity that I needed to overcome. It was back-and-forth at first, after which the second spherical was all mine. Even the primary spherical, he was being actually aggressive, however I additionally rocked him in the direction of the tip of the primary spherical. It was fairly back-and-forth, however me, mentally, I’m actually pleased with the issues that I went by in that struggle, and I simply know that I can beat that man once more, and once more, and once more.”

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