DWCS 71 winner Navajo Stirling able to begin UFC dream

LAS VEGAS – Navajo Stirling is prepared for the massive stage after Dana White’s Contender Collection 71. Stirling (5-0) knocked out Phillip Latu (6-2) with a thunderous left hand Tuesday of their mild heavyweight bout on the UFC Apex to earn a UFC contract.

Metropolis Kickboxing’s Stirling stated nerves had been a non-factor, and he felt proper the place he belonged within the octagon.

“It’s all part of my dream that’s going as I deliberate it,” Stirling informed MMA Junkie and different reporters Tuesday at a post-fight information convention. “I really feel like I’m meant to be right here.

“For me, it’s like, lastly I might do what I signed up for, I can battle folks. Alternative runs skinny the place I’m from, so now that I get to be within the huge league and battle all the highest guys is rather like lastly, now my dream can begin.”

Stirling competed for the third time in simply 4 months. He by no means had a doubt that he would ship within the largest second of his profession.

“I’ve been speaking my sport up for thus lengthy, I used to be inviting as a lot stress as potential,” Stirling stated. “I do know the place I’m headed, so I used to be simply attempting to tackle as a lot stress as an individual probably can, and I simply undergo and prepare dinner these boys.”