Calvin Kattar wants Top 5 opponents
Calvin Kattar has been on a run this year. He is already 2-0 and looking for another fight.
Kattar fought at Fight Island and won a fight against a dangerous contender.
“The Boston Finisher” defeated Dan Ige at UFC on ESPN 13.
When asked how he scored the fight, Kattar answered.
“I would say a B-minus,” Kattar told MMA Fighting while appearing on What the Heck. “I got the win. Anytime you can learn off a win, it’s great. There’s things I could’ve done to make things easier on myself, but there’s good takeaways, bad takeaways, I was happy with the defense on the takedowns.
“I busted up my hands a little bit mid-fight so I had to adjust with some elbows and knees later in the fight. I would’ve liked a little more volume but I got the job done.”
Kattar is approaching the top guys in the featherweight division but he thinks he still has more to prove.
“I still feel like I haven’t had my best fight yet, which is good,” Kattar explained. “Taking on this next calibur of guys in the top-five, I’ll need to perform at my best. Knowing I’ve yet to do that is good considering I’m getting the job done and catching some wins.”
“That’s always been the plan to be active and let the results speak for themselves,” Kattar said. “Right now, I’m one of the only guys out there—along with Dan—and we got rewarded for that. We got a main event opportunity and you have to take those risks to taste that greatness, fight guys with six-fight winning streaks in order to get those spots.
“It was a calculated risk on our end and we didn’t really stop after the Jeremy Stephens fight and we parlayed that into a big win over Dan Ige. It was funny, it was the 15th back home and the 16th in Abu Dhabi. It was like living in the future out there.”
Kattar is ready to take on all comers. Whether it’ Holloway, top contenders, or a title fight.
“Yeah, sign ‘em all up. I don’t care. Like I said, I don’t mind beating all these guys on the way to the belt, so this way, when I get it, they can’t give me anybody because I had already fought them all. It doesn’t matter to me. It’s all the same sh*t. On the other end of all of these guys is the win money so I can change my life and do the things for the people I want to do them for.
“Whoever is in the middle between me and that win money, sign them up and they can all get the same treatment. I don’t need nothing from nobody. It’s just my mentality. Unless these guys are busy competing during a pandemic, I don’t see any of these guys doing anything other than talking.”
“We want to talk about rankings, now? This is why I don’t get lost in all this sh*t because it’s all bullsh*t. Do I get lost in all the bullsh*t? Or do I focus on training—the only thing that pays dividends—worry about my next meal, getting the right sleep because when these guys get cold feet and pull out of their fights, someone’s gotta step in, and I’m that guy.”
