August 24, 2023 6:50 pm ET
For Alex Caceres, Giga Chikadze is simply one other battle.
Caceres (21-13 MMA, 16-11 UFC) meets Chikadze (14-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC Battle Night time 225 featured bout at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. The occasion streams on ESPN+.
“Each battle is at all times the most important check of my life,” Caceres instructed reporters at UFC Battle Night time 225 media day. “There isn’t a battle that’s much less or greater than one other. I don’t have a look at it as a development. I have a look at it as a doing or simply an motion that I’m performing to be able to see the place I’m at within the standings in the meanwhile of time, not something to do with the long run or previous.”
Beating Chikadze would give Caceres a possibility to enter the highest 10 featherweight rankings, however he’s not paying an excessive amount of thoughts to the standings.
“I really feel like rankings are form of fickle,” Caceres mentioned. “Some persons are ranked above their precise station, and I’m right here to show it.” Caceres’ carefree mentality has helped him go from shedding 5 of seven bouts, to now profitable seven of his previous eight.
“I took the battle on shorter discover than I’d often take the battle. It’s simply I don’t care,” Caceres mentioned. “Let me battle. Let me do the factor that I like to do essentially the most in life. So, I do perceive that profitable this battle and beating individuals at increased rankings does push me additional and nearer to a title shot, however as soon as once more, I’m right here to show how good I’m to myself and has nothing to do with the accolades and treasures that I can possess in reaching such rankings.”
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