“I’m where I’m supposed to be. I’m supposed to be in the UFC and I’m supposed to be fighting the best fighters in the world. I’m going to chop my way up this tree to the top pretty quickly here,” Riddell said. “I will go out on my shield and I will fight until I can’t stand up, literally.”
In Riddell’s bout with Mullarkey, he threw a punch from his knees in the final moments of the bout. That sequence definitely showed Riddell’s heart and let the world knows that he is the type of fighter to give everything in his gas tank.
Nearly half a year has passed since Riddell, Israel Adesanya and Dan Hooker had their hands raised at UFC 243. Riddell is now confident that he will join Hooker and Kai-Kara France in continuing City Kickboxing’s momentum at UFC Auckland on Saturday.
But rather than feeling like they have something to prove, Riddell believes the team will just do what they do best.
