October 15, 2024 2:45 pm ET
LAS VEGAS – Cody Haddon beat Dan Argueta with a unanimous resolution Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Struggle Evening 244 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Have a look contained in the battle with Haddon, who gained his UFC debut only a couple months after a contract win on Dana White’s Contender Sequence.
Cody Haddon
End result: Cody Haddon def. Dan Argueta via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 12: (L-R) Cody Haddon of Australia punches Dan Argueta in a bantamweight battle in the course of the UFC Struggle Evening occasion at UFC APEX on October 12, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) “I 100% ready for that. I used to be so scared and nervous coming into this battle as a result of I knew that it was going to take it out of me. I almost threw up again there after I got here out the octagon, so I knew that Dan’s that kind of man. You possibly can hit him 1,000 occasions with so many bombs, and he’s simply going to maintain coming ahead. … He’s had quite a lot of expertise and I knew that it was going to be a really robust battle. I’m simply glad that I may get the job executed, to be sincere. He was tremendous robust in there, however in some way I pulled it off once more.”
“I’m exhausted. That was a f*cking back-and-forth battle. Like I mentioned my final battle within the press convention after I was sitting up right here: The second I’m in a boring battle, Dana (White) can minimize me, and I stand by that. Hopefully I could make some cash within the course of.”
Cody Haddon def. Dan Argueta, UFC Struggle Evening 244 (by way of UFC)
“It’s probably the most lively I believe I’ve been ever in my MMA profession, so it feels actually good, truly, stringing them collectively like that. I assume now’s the time. Everybody has their time. I’ve had just a few ups and downs and accidents and sicknesses and folks on the regional scene avoiding me and never combating me. I’m not mentioning any names, however lots of people didn’t wish to battle me on the regional scene, and clearly (me being on the UFC degree) is why. However the UFC, they wish to push me and clearly I hope they like what they noticed tonight, and hopefully I’ll be again in February. I hear there’s a card in Australia coming. I wish to be on that one so I can carry all my followers from Australia. … A battle on Aussie soil? I’ll blow the roof off the place. I actually will. That’s a dream, and hopefully they will ebook that for me.
“… I’m not the kind of individual to name folks out. I really feel like each bantamweight within the UFC, they’re right here for a motive. They’re all nice fighters. I don’t hate anybody. I’m not making an attempt to pick folks. Simply give us a reputation, I’ll more than likely say sure, and will probably be a banger on my behalf. I’ll carry a battle to anybody.”
To listen to extra from Haddon, take a look at the video of the complete post-fight interview above.
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Cody Haddon def. Dan Argueta
Up to date data: Haddon (8-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Argueta (9-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC)
Key stats: Argueta had 24 takedown makes an attempt.
Haddon on the battle’s key second
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Haddon on what he needs subsequent
