Jake Hadley discusses his upcoming fight at UFC Vegas 64
Jake Hadley is looking to get his first career UFC win at UFC Vegas 64 and he is very confident that will happen.
Prior to joining the UFC, Hadley made waves in Europe when he was in the Cage Warriors promotion and calmed their flyweight title.
After a 6-0 start to his career and a championship in Europe’s premier promotion, the UFC matchmakers brought Hadley to the United States to compete on Dana White’s Contender Series.
On the show, Hadley would get a second round rear naked choke submission win over Mitch Raposo to earn a UFC contract.
While Hadley had torn through the competition ahead of is UFC debut, he would suffer his first career loss in his first octagon appearance when he Allan Nascimento got the better of him for a decision win.
Hadley is using that loss as a learning experience as Nascimento is martial arts veteran who is very well rounded.
After getting back in the gym and correcting some things, Hadley is ready to showcase his full skill set to the UFC fans and get make to his winning ways.
At UFC Vegas 64, Hadley will fight Carlos Candelario and Hadley believes he is the better fighter and his planning to go out and dominate the fight.
Prior to the fight, Hadley spoke with MyMMANews to discuss his matchup with Candelario, his confidence in earning his first UFC win and his being teammates with current UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards.
You can watch his full interview in the video above.
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