LAS VEGAS – Gilbert Urbina thinks he lastly confirmed UFC followers what he’s manufactured from.
The UFC welterweight picked up a nasty, physique kick TKO end at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 224, placing away Orion Cosce within the second-round of their contest. It was his second combat within the UFC, however Urbina (7-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) is counting it as his first.
“This was my UFC debut,” Urbina mentioned on the UFC Combat Evening 224 post-fight press convention. “I fought the TUF (29) finale on 10 days’ discover. I wouldn’t rely that as a UFC debut. It was a weight class above me. However that is my UFC debut at 170 kilos and man, it feels fairly good. It feels fairly good.”
Together with the nice, Urbina felt he made some errors in opposition to Cosce (8-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC). He’s not one hundred pc blissful along with his efficiency and is aware of there’s room to develop.
“It feels actually good like I mentioned, however I do know there’s much more work to be performed,” Urbina defined. “Like I mentioned, I went in there and I confirmed lots of good issues and a few dangerous issues, but it surely’s solely up from right here. I’m actually centered and simply blessed to be right here on this setting on the UFC Apex and I can’t wait to indicate some extra.”
You may watch Urbina’s full scrum within the video above.
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