Chris “Action Man” Curtis was not happy with his performance at UFC 282. Curtis knocked out Joaquin Buckley in the first round, picking up a Performance of the Night bonus in the process. Curtis admitted on The MMA Hour, however, that he was hoping for more.
“It was good. This is going to sound like the most weird thing to say. But for me, I’m happy with the outcome, happy with the performance, we did everything we said we were going to do, the fight kind of went how we saw it going. But going into it, Joaquin and I had talked about getting ‘Fight of the Year’ – I was excited, because in my head, I was thinking there’s going to be this knock-down, drag-out war of attrition, we’re going to leave bloody and beat up, and that wasn’t it. And I was just like, ‘Uh.’ I’m happy to win, but you have this weird feeling where I wanted more.
Chris Curtis Wants “F***ing Unit” Dricus Du Plessis
I’ve been searching for that fight since I’ve started fighting, and I still haven’t gotten it. I’m just like, ‘Ugh, so close.’ And I thought that would be it, because he’s a warrior. He came to fight. It’s just one of those things, I wanted one of those fights where I really felt in danger. I wanted it to be a fight where I was like, ‘Shoot, I think I’m in danger,’ and have to dig deep.
I got into fighting because of f****** cartoons and video games, so I think I have a weird perception of what I’m f****** doing here anyway. But I was really hoping for that. So I’m sad that didn’t come to pass, but I got out with my health and a nice paycheck, so I’ll take it.”Curtis has a clear idea of who he wants for his next fight: a man he described as a “f***ing unit”, Dricus Du Plessis.
“Just from even this weekend and everything going on at middleweight, I would be surprised if it wasn’t Dricus Du Plessis.
We were supposed to fight once, before this weekend we were ranked one apart, I think, he should get a little bump, top-10 maybe, but I’ll be, maybe, 14, so I’m surprised if that doesn’t happen. I think it’s a really fun fight still. It sucked that it got cancelled before because I got hurt, but I think it’s still a really fun fight. Dricus is a f***** unit. That’s an athletic South African man right there. So I’d be shocked if that wasn’t it. And if it is it, I’d love to get a main event on a Fight Night card. I want a five-round fight with him. That would be crazy.”
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