Jason Young from London, England will meet Dustin Poirier this weekend at UFC 131, stepping in after Rani Yahya was forced to withdraw from the bout several weeks ago.
Young - a striker by nature (which I'm sure you guys wouldn't expect from a UK guy) - speaks highly of Poirier and is predicting an exciting fight.
He has recently defeated a BJJ black belt in Canada and Sergej Grecicho, who was Europe's #1 featherweight at the time and a Sambo and submission specialist, at Cage Warriors.
He was delighted to get the call to take the fight, and hopes to put on a good show in his first outing:
“I get up early in the morning for a 4-and-a-half mile run to try and keep the weight down,” Young says. “I go from there straight to the gym at Team Titan which is good at the minute because Brad [Pickett] is over from America, so I’m training with Brad quite a lot, training with Ash [Grimshaw]. We’ve got a good camp. I train with Kieran Keddle as well for my stand-up. No doubt he is one of the best stand-up Thai boxers in the country at his weight. I do bits with Peter Irving as well, Nick Osipczak, Jess Liaudin, Michael Pastou, the names are endless. I’ve got the right guys around me and I’m always there training. I put everything into what I’m doing.”
www.yourmma.tv/fighters/interview-details.asp/id/147/jason-young-ufc-131-interview.htm
Check out the link for the whole thing - should be a good one this weekend.
